LA Test #1: Literary Elements &
The Light in the Forest
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When? Tomorrow
The test is worth 40 points.
10 Multiple Choice questions @ 4 points each.
The Study Guide is worth 40 points.
– Due Tomorrow
• Tests may be corrected for 50% credit:
– With an explanation WHY an answer is correct.
– Parent/Guardian Signature
How can I STUDY effectively?
Smart Student Tip! Use Study Guides to identify what you know verses what
you don’t know.
• 1. Using a pencil and without your notes or consulting with anyone, fillin your study guide answering everything you know as quickly as you can.
THIS is what you know.
• 2. Then, using a pen and your notes/ book or fellow classmates, fill-in
anything you do not know.
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STUDY what you didn’t know.  All things written in pen.
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Review all the things you knew. All things written in pencil.
• Pre-Test Yourself! Cover parts of answers. Answer OUT LOUD. Yes, talk
with yourself!
• Ask a Home Supporter to pre-test you.
• “Psych out” the test. - What could the test questions possibly be?
LA GP 1 Test A - Study Guide:
Name: ___________________
• Genres – Characteristics
• Imagery
40 points _______
• Literary Elements
•The Light in the Forest
• CUPS: 1) Capitalization of Titles, 1st word in sentences; 2) End punctuation
required; 3) Underline book titles, except for holy texts such as the Koran or Bible
1. Genres = __________________________________________________________
Literary Element = an inherent (part) of all works of narrative
fiction—a necessary feature of verbal storytelling that could be
found in any written or spoken narrative.
7. Literary
Element
8. Description
9. An example from Light in the
Forest
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What are the key characteristics of the following genres?
2. Historical Fiction: ____________________________________________________
P_________
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3. Coming-of-Age Fiction (Bildungsroman) - ________________________________
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4.
Imagery = ________________________________________________________
Assume the First Person Point of View (P.O.V.) for True Son/ John Butler, and
make-up an appropriate statement using imagery to complete the table:
5. Imagery Sense
6. First Person P.O.V. by True Son in Light in the Forest
Seeing
True Son felt at home as he gazed at the mixture of
dark and light green leaves with the sunlight filtering
through the lofty, sylvan canopy of the forest.
Character –
P_________
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Character –
A_________
Character Supporting
C_________
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H____________
T__________
T____________
T____________
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____ 10. Which of the following is grammatically correct?
A) The Heart of a Chief
WHY Is your choice the right
answer?
B) The heart of a Chief
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C) the Heart of a Chief
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D) The Heart of a Chief
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