Dear parents and students,
I have created study guides for 7th and 8th graders for the upcoming literature tests. Please, use these study guides in addition to:
- Reviewing selection tests
- Reviewing vocabulary worksheets
- Reviewing grammar worksheets
- Memorizing selection vocabulary words
8th Grade - Review Questions for Literature Unit 2
1. What are the two sides of the conflict between Twain and Pilot Brown?
a) How is the conflict between them finally worked out?
2. How does the Captain feel about the fight between Twain and Pilot Brown?
3. Define:
a) Pretext:___________________________________________________________
b) Indulgent:_________________________________________________________
c) Intimation:_________________________________________________________
4. Who is Henry Cooper in “The Secret”?
5. What is the main conflict in “The Secret”?
6. Define:
a) Third-Person narrative: __________________________________________________________________
b) Third-Person limited narrator: __________________________________________________________________
c) Third-person omniscient narrator: __________________________________________________________________
7. Provide 3 examples of harsh conditions that the slave had to endure on their journey on the “underground railroad”.
a) ______________________________________________________________
b) ______________________________________________________________
c) ______________________________________________________________
8. In the poem “Columbus” what verse is repeated? What does this verse demonstrate about Columbus?
9. Who is “Western Wagons” written about?
10. What is “The Other Pioneers” about?
11. What is the conflict and setting in “Up the Slide”?
a) Conflict: ____________________________________________________________
b) Setting: ____________________________________________________________
12. What is the theme of “Thank You Ma’am”?
13. What point of view is “Flowers for Algernon” written from ?
14. What is the theme of “Flowers for Algernon”?
15. Which character is the closest to Charlie throughout the experiment?
Grammar:
1. Define: the verb phrase past perfect tense: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Define a linking verb: _____________________________________________________________
a. Provide a sentence with a linking verb (highlight linking verb) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Define a transitive verb: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. List commonly used linking verbs: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7th Grade - Study Guide: Literature Unit
2
Name:
____________________________ Date:
______________
“In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens”
1.
Define a tribute: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.
What is the poem
included in the selection mostly about?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
Define theme:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.
Who made the
quilt that is hanging in the Smithsonian?
What does the quilt represent?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.
Define:
a.
Mutilated:
_________________________________________________________________
b.
Anonymous:
__________________________________________________________________
c.
Profusely:
__________________________________________________________________
d.
Radiant:___________________________________________________________
e.
Illuminates:________________________________________________________
f.
Hindered:
__________________________________________________________________
Score: ________/10
“Seventh Grade”
1.
Define the tone
of “Seventh Grade” and provide evidence of this tone within the selection:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.
Why does Victor
pretend to be fluent in French?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
What is the tone
of “Melting Pot”?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.
What are the
“micro” and “macro” levels mentioned in “Melting Pot”?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.
Define and give
an example of an idiom.
a.
Idiom:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b.
Example:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6.
Define
interloper: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7.
What details in
“Seventh Grade” suggest that Gary Soto likes Victor and enjoys his behavior?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8.
Define:
a.
Sheepishly:
___________________________________________________________
b.
Bigots:
______________________________________________________________
c.
Conviction:
___________________________________________________________
9.
Identify two
idioms in “Seventh Grade.”
a.
_____________________________________________________________________
b.
_____________________________________________________________________
10. Identify one idiom from “Melting Pot”
a.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Score:
________/10
“Fable”
“If” “Thumbprint”
“Mother
to Son”, “The Courage That My Mother Had”, “The Hummingbird that Lived Through
Winter”
1.
Define rhyme:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.
List the three
types of rhyme and provide an
example of each:
a.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
Define Rhythm:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.
What is the
symbol for:
a.
Stressed
syllables: _______________
b.
Unstressed
syllables: _____________
5.
What is the
common theme between “Fable”, “If”, and “Thumbprint”?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6.
What is a symbol
in poetry? What is the purpose of using
symbolism in poetry?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7.
Define:
a.
Quarried:
______________________________________________________
b.
Brooch:
_______________________________________________________
8.
Why is the
hummingbird dying?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9.
What does the
speaker in “The Courage That My Mother Had” want?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. What does the poet claim is the most precious virtue
of a person’s thumbprint in the poem “Thumbprint”?
