Standards
Figurative Language
Literary Devices
100

Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision

What is RL.8.3

100
Michael’s cell phone dropped into the toilet like a falling star.
What is a simile?
100
First Person Third Person limited Third Person Omniscient
What is Point of View?
200

Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

What is RI.8.2

200
The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.
What is a metaphor?
200
Also called story line. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
What is plot?
300

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

What is RL.8.4

300
Sadia heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name.
What is personification?
300

An all-knowing narrator not only reports the facts but may also interpret events and relate the thoughts and feelings of any character.

What is Third-person omniscient 

400

Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

What is RL 8.6

400
Timothy drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid.
What is a hyperbole?
400

I, Me, Myself

What is first person

500

What standards have been covered this nine weeks?

What is RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, and RL.8.6

500
"Plink, plink, fizz, fizz"
What is onomatopoeia?
500

A narrator reports the facts and interprets events from the perspective of a single character.

What is Third-person limited 

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