Unit 1&2
What provides an accurate definition of the term explicit?
directly stated
What are elements of a narrative text?
setting and conflict
Definition of Giddy?
experiencing a feeling of whirling about; dizzy
Definition of excavation?
Action of digging up or unearthing something
What are synonyms of cataclysm?
catastrophe, disaster
Which response most completely describes what a summary contains?
A summary contains all essential points in a text, and omits the opinions of the reader.
Which element of a narrative text is directly involved in the conflict of a story and moves the story along through actions, motivations, and interactions?
Character
What is the definition of textual evidence?
specific information, found directly within a reading, that is used to support assertions
Which options correctly identify elements in narrative text?
Foreshadowing and setting
By citing specific details to support an interpretation or position about a text, a person is using __________.
What word accurately completes this sentence?
Textual Evidence
Read: Today, when Julie walked by one of the houses in her neighborhood, she was furious and heartbroken because she saw five dogs bound in fetters in a backyard, and it was 115 degrees outside. She immediately called the Humane Society and reported this animal cruelty.
What evidence from this paragraph provides context clues that help define the word fetters?
five dogs bound
animal cruelty
Read the excerpt from The Mysteries of Udolpho.
‘But all this was told me for a great secret,’ rejoined Annette, without noticing the remark, ‘I am sure, ma’am, you would not hurt either me or Benedetto, so much as to go and tell it again.’ Emily remained silent, and Annette repeated her last sentence.
‘You have nothing to fear from my indiscretion,’ replied Emily …
Which context clue is most helpful in defining the word indiscretion as it is used in this passage?
all this was told me for a great secret
Read: I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
Which words in the lines provide the most effective context clues for defining the word breadth?
Height and Depth
Which option provides the most accurate synonym for the word sagacious?
Wise
If an author includes past events to explain a character’s present actions, he or she is using ________.
Which option most accurately depicts the device the author is using?
Flashback
Read the lines from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18.” : Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed.
Which options most accurately identify the figurative language shown by the phrases eye of heaven and often is his gold complexion dimmed?
Metaphor and personification
Read: In a fit of rage, Adam tore the letter asunder, throwing the pieces into the fire.
Which context clues from this sentence would be most helpful in determining the meaning of asunder?
Pieces and tore
Read: Round the cape of a sudden came the sea,
And the sun looked over the mountain’s rim:
And straight was a path of gold for him,
And the need of a world of men for me.
Which option accurately identifies a type of figurative language used in the excerpt?
The words “the sun looked over the mountain’s rim” are an example of personification.
Read: Nature had come into her own again and, little by little, in her stealthy, insidious way had encroached upon the drive with long, tenacious fingers.
What context clues would be helpful in figuring out the meaning of insidious as it is used in the sentence?
little by little and her stealthy … way
Read: Allan asked Vera to proofread his draft, and he then watched in horror as she mercilessly excised the passive voice from his sentences with slashes of her bright red pen.
Which response accurately defines the word excise?
to cut out, eliminate, or remove
Read the excerpt from The Faerie Queene.
The morrow next gan early to appear,
That Titan rose to run his daily race;
But early ere the morrow next gan rear
Out of the sea fair Titan’s dewy face,
Up rose the gentle virgin from her place,
And looked all about, if she might spy
Her loved knight to move his manly pace:
For she had great doubt of his safety,
Since late she saw him fall before his enemy.
Which response most accurately explains how the author uses the setting described in the excerpt to create a certain tone?
The description “Out of the sea fair Titan’s dewy face” creates a peaceful tone, even though Lady Una has cause to worry.
Read: And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.
What most accurately identifies the kind of figurative language used in the line “which Heaven to gaudy day denies”?
Personification
Read: Finding us distinguished, as a nation, by our love of athletic exercises, the little man, in the innocence of his heart, devoted himself impromptu to all our English sports and pastimes whenever he had the opportunity of joining them; firmly persuaded that he could adopt our national amusements of the field by an effort of will precisely as he had adopted our national gaiters and our national white hat.
Based on the context in which the word impromptu is used, which response most accurately defines this word?
at the spur of the moment or without any advance notice or preparation
Pippin subsided; but Sam was not daunted, and he still eyed Strider dubiously. “How do we know you are the Strider that Gandalf speaks about?” he demanded. “You never mentioned Gandalf, till this letter came out. You might be a play-acting spy, for all I can see, trying to get us to go with you. You might have done in the real Strider and took his clothes. What have you to say to that?”
What do the words “Sam was not daunted” mean in the excerpt?
Sam was not intimidated by Strider at all.
Read: Jennifer’s grandfather blew out the flame on the big wax “60” candle sitting atop his birthday cake. Then he said, “The older I get, the more I dread the inexorable passage of time.” His 8-year-old granddaughter looked at him quizzically and then turned to get a piece of birthday cake from her mother.
What option accurately defines inexorable as it is used in the paragraph?
not able to be stopped