Quarter 1
"Marla tightened the rope and glanced at the steep trail. Yesterday’s storm had turned familiar paths into slick hazards."
Question: Which word or phrase most creates a tense tone?
A. glanced at the steep trail
B. Yesterday’s storm
C. familiar paths
D. tightened the rope
D. tightened the rope
Words that mean the same as another are called....
Synonym
"Vaccines train the immune system without having to suffer the full disease."
Question: Which is the best paraphrase?
A. Vaccines always cause the disease they target.
B. Vaccines prevent all illnesses forever.
C. Vaccines prepare the immune system safely so you don’t have to get the sickness first.
D. Vaccines make people weaker than the disease.
C. Vaccines prepare the immune system safely so you don’t have to get the sickness first
What is the author’s attitude toward the subject, shown through word choice?
Tone
What is a "central idea" of a passage?
A. A random sentence from the text.
B. The author’s first sentence only.
C. The main point the author wants readers to understand.
D. A list of vocabulary words.
C. The main point the author wants readers to understand.
Read: "When Luis saw the letter, his initial joy collapsed into a thin line of worry. He folded the envelope and hid it under a pile of laundry."
Question: What does this reveal about Luis’s internal conflict?
A. He is embarrassed about the letter.
B. He feels torn between hope and fear.
C. He wants to show the letter to everyone.
D. He plans to throw the letter away.
B. He feels torn between hope and fear.
The idea or feeling a word brings up versus its literal meaning
Connotation
A teen researches health information online and claims: "I can protect myself by finding reputable sources."
Question: Which evidence best supports the teen’s claim?
A. The teen guessed about health topics without research.
B. The teen watched a single social-media video.
C. The teen read peer-reviewed studies and public-health sites.
D. The teen ignored professionals entirely.
C. The teen read peer-reviewed studies and public-health sites.
What is a small group of words that work together to add meaning to a sentence?
phrase
When something happens because something else happened. _________ and ________
Cause and Effect
"A town once depended on the river until a dam upstream changed everything. Fishermen had to learn new trades; some left."
Question: What is the best central idea of the passage?
A. Rivers are dangerous and should be avoided.
B. Dams always improve local economies.
C. Changes to the environment can force communities to adapt.
D. Fishermen never succeed in new careers.
C. Changes to the environment can force communities to adapt.
The literary term used to make an educated guess based on evidence
Inference
Which rhetorical appeal appeals to logic, numbers, and data?
Logos
What is a small difference in meaning or feeling that helps us better understand what a word or line is really suggesting?
nuance
Name the 5 sentences in a paragraph
Topic Sentence
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
Conclusion
"The marketplace hummed like an overfilled jar; colors spilled across stalls in reckless praise."
Question: What does the simile most suggest?
A. The market is empty and dull.
B. The market is crowded and lively.
C. The market is clean and organized.
D. The market is small and quiet.
B. The market is crowded and lively.
The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning
Context Clues
What are the opposite side’s argument—what someone who disagrees with you might say?
Counterclaim
What is the effect or influence something (like a word choice) has on the meaning or tone of the text?
Impact
Visual features in a play, such as punctuation, formatting, line breaks, and stage directions are-
graphical elements
A two-paragraph passage describes a student weighing a summer program vs. staying home.
Question: Which choice best describes how the author develops the student's decision?
A. By only listing pros of the summer program.
B. By focusing entirely on the opinions of the student's parents.
C. By showing the student’s internal thoughts and two specific events that influence the choice.
D. By providing unrelated background information.
C. By showing the student’s internal thoughts and two specific events that influence the choice.
What compares or contrasts things by putting two things together? (_____ is to _____ as _______ is to ______)
Analogy
What is the reason why an author writes a text?
author's purpose
To cause a character to make a choice or take action means-
provoke a decision
An important event or moment in a scene that affects what happens next-
incident