1st Nine Weeks Test Review
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1. What is non-fiction vs. fiction? Example story for each.
2. What is irony? How what is used in a story that we read?
3. What is tone? Example story (moment in story)
4. What is an autobiography? Example stories.
5. What is a biography?
6. What is chronological order? Example stories.
7. What is comic relief? Example story (moment in story)
8. What is conflict? Internal? External? Example stories (moments in stories)
9. What is imagery? Example story.
10. Objective writing? Example story.
11. Subjective writing? Example story.
12. Main idea?
13. Expository writing? Example story.
14. What is the job of a semi-colon?
15. I, we, they, us, them, she, it, and he are all examples of what?
16. Cassie’s, Sam’s, Bobby’s- What is the purpose of the apostrophe?
17. They’re, we’re, won’t- What is the purpose of the apostrophe?
18. October 23 2008- Place the comma in the correct spot.
19. Meredith Izzy Christina Alex and George are all main characters on Grey’s Anatomy.
Place the commas in the correct spots.
20. 9262 Country Drive Prior Lake MN 55372 used to be Ms. White’s address. Place the
commas in the correct spots.
21. Ms. Brown gets really mad when kids don’t use commas correctly and she loses sleep
over it. –Place the comma in the correct spot.
22. Ms. Brown hates comma splices, she wishes students would stop using them. – Fix this
sentence so that the comma is used correctly.
23. What is the definition of an Archetype?
24. What is a myth? (know how this is different from a fable) Example story.
25. What is a fable? (know how this is different from a myth) Example story.
26. I ran out to my car to get the CD. – What is the verb? What is the adverb? What question
does it answer (How, when, or where)?
27. What is alliteration? Give an example
28. What is the difference between it’s and its?
29. What is the difference between there, they’re and their?
30. List the archetypes we have studied in class and give an example for each from the stories
that we have read:
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31. List the themes that I gave you in the powerpoint and give an example for each from the
stories that we have read:
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In the blank, write the letter of the example that matches each archetypal pattern.
______1. a wicked stepsister
A. a task or quest that must be done
______2. stealing a witch’s
B. the character prevails through
broomstick goodness or cleverness
______3. a talking bird that helps
C. a cruel and unfair relative
the hero
______4. a girl outsmarts a witch
D. a mysterious or supernatural guide
Read the selection. Then, circle the letter of the choice that best answers each
question.
Rushing through the field, King Massy and his men charged the giant
snake that kept attacking their homeland. At one point, they forced it
underground. Believing it was gone, the men asked King Massy if they could
begin their long journey home. The king agreed but declared that he would
continue the quest until he was sure the snake was dead.
The men admired the king for his bravery and decided to stay and help
him. They continued to chase the snake over land and sea for seven years.
Finally, they trapped their enemy in a shallow hole. King Massy approached
the hissing snake and cut it in half with his sword. After their victory, they
began their long trip back home. Since King Massy fought so bravely for his
people, the gods helped him and his men return home safely.
1. What is King Massy’s role in this story?
A. He is the antagonist, C. He is the hero.
B. He is someone who learns D. He is a supernatural character.
a lesson.
2. Which of the following is the best example of the gods’ involvement?
A. the snake getting trapped C. the men returning home quickly
in the hole and in good health
B. the men staying to help D. King Massy cutting the snake
King Massy in half