Unit 7 Study Guide 2015

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Unit 7 Biography/Autobiography Study Guide

Test- Tuesday 10/13

Define the following Concepts:

Biography

Sequence

Sources

Autobiography inference

Fictional Adaptations

Chronological order personal essay

Also, review the following stories and know the following vocabulary words.

Eleanor Roosevelt (Biography)

1. Prominent

2. Compassionate

3. Impoverished

4. Migrant

5. Grave

6. Dominate

7. Wavering

8. Brooding

Theme summary

Names/Nombres (Personal Essay)

1. Ironically

2. Merge

3. Specified

4. Chaotic

The Noble Experiment (Autobiography)

1. Shrewdly

2. Eloquence

3. Retaliate

4. Camouflage

5. Capitalize

6. Integrated

7. Disillusionment

8. Speculate

9. Insinuation

10. Taunt

Questions: Answer using complete sentences.

1. How can you tell that a piece of writing is a biography? Autobiography?

2. How can a biographer get information about the person they are writing?

3. What type of source is a biography? Autobiography? Which one is more valid and why?

4. How are the events of a person’s life in most biographies and autobiographies organized?

Sample Test Questions:

1. Based on lines 5374, you can infer…

2. Which of the following quotes proves that this is a biography/autobiography?

3. When did _________ leave her family to move to America?

4. Based on the person’s behaviors in lines 25-27, the reader can infer…

5. How did the person’s belief/action/attitude/ differ from others in the text?

6. Which statement best summarizes the text?

7. Which statement best summarizes paragraph 5?

8. Which words and phrases in paragraph 7 help you understand the order of events?

9. How does Sally feel in lines 18-24?

10. Which of the following details help you understand how Stuart was feeling in lines 45-52?

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