McCafferty 13 ½ Weeks 4.5 Assessment Study Guide
Match 1, 2 and 3 with A, B, and C
1. metaphor C
2. simile B
3. hyperbole A
A. exaggeration for effect
B. comparison of two or more things using “like” or “as”
C. comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”
We Wear the Mask
Paul Laurence Dunbar
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,--
This debt we pay to human guile1;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad2 subtleties3.
Why should the world be overwise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile4
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
1.Guile: treacherous cunning; skillful
2. Myriad: a vast number; many.
3. Subtleties: being difficult to detect.
4. Vile: loathsome; disgusting.
Poet Among Barbarians
By: John Gould Fletcher
The rain drives, drives endlessly,
Heavy threads of rain;
The wind beats at the shutters,
The surf drums on the shore;
Drunken telephone poles lean sideways;
Dank summer cottages gloom hopelessly;
Bleak factory-chimneys are etched on the filmy distance,
Tepid with rain.
It seems I have lived for a hundred years
Among these things;
And it is useless for me now to make complaint against them.
For I know I shall never escape from this
Dull barbarian country,
Where there is none now left to lift a cool jade winecup
Or share with me a single human thought.
1. Tepid: only slightly warm; luke warm.
4. Which of the above poems uses more hyperbole?
a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians c. both poems d. neither poem
5. Which of the above poems uses metaphor?
a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians c. neither poem d. both poems
6. Which of the above poems uses simile?
a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians c. neither poem c. both poems
7. Which of the above poems uses more personification?
a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians d. neither poem c. both poems
8. In which of the above poems does the speaker use a pleasant or joyful tone?
a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians c. neither poem d. both poems
9. What’s the point of view? How do you know? When I got up this morning I brushed my teeth. Then I got dressed and ate my breakfast. This is first person point of view. The use of I and my indicates it is told from my perspective.
For numbers 10-18 identify the point of view as one of the above
10. The Ninja Housewife by Deborah Hamlin
After dropping her son off at school, Sara sat at a traffic light and waited. She was on her way to her office job as a secretary in a law office. It was mainly paperwork with very little time to interact with other people, but Sara had gotten used to that. It also gave her plenty of time to daydream, something she had also gotten quite used to. She was a woman in her mid-30s, married 13 years, with one child. 3rd limited
11. We crossed the road to a white house inside a walled garden, and found some food two loaves of bread, and uncooked steak, and half of a ham. We also found several bottles of beer, a sack of beans, and a dozen or so cans of soup, salmon and vegetables. We sat in the kitchen in the dark not daring to strike a light and ate bread and ham and drank beer out of the same bottle. The priest wanted to keep going instead of resting and eating. I was urging him to eat and keep up his strength when, all of a sudden, disaster struck! (134) 1st person
Define the following: point of view, narrator, first person, second person, third limited, third objective, and third omniscient
Point of view-the perspective of a story
Narrator-the person telling the story
First person point of view-“I“ tell the story. You may see the pronouns I, me, mine, ours, we, and us.
Second person-“You” tell the story. You may see the pronouns you and your. This is often used for directions and instructions.
Third person limited-The reader knows the thoughts, feeling, and actions of only 1 character.
Third person objective-The reader knows the facts of a narrative; they are reported by a seemingly neutral, impersonal observer or recorder-we don’t know how characters feel or why they do what they do
Third person omniscient-The reader knows the thoughts, feelings, and actions of every character.
12. She went to her best friend's house to study. When she got there, she started to wonder how big her best friend's dog Jasper had gotten. They went outside and rode their bikes for 20 minutes, went back to the house to study, ate dinner, and then she went back home. 3rd objective
13. "Do you love candy?" I asked my friend Roxis. I always make friends with other people. 1st person
14. One day Tina went to the movies. She went to see Epic Movie. Tina thought she should purchase a plate of nachos, a pop, and a box of candy, but her friend thought she shouldn't. Tina purchased the food anyway. 3rd objective
15. First, you will need to wash your hands and gather all of your materials. Once you've done that, follow all of the directions in your cookbook. Put your crispy teats in your oven and cook for 30-16. While your treats cook you might want to clean your working place. When you take the treats out of the oven, pour the honey and lemon sauce on immediately. Once the treats are cooled, you and your friends can enjoy. 2nd person
17. When I went to the store, I witnessed a girl crying on the street and I took a closer look and saw it was my friend. I walked to where she was and asked her what was wrong. She said, "Family problems." Being a good friend, I told her to call me later if she wanted to talk about it. 1st person
18. Maggie Wetherfield was walking to Jessica's house for a sleepover when she noticed Allen following her. She started to walk a little faster. When she heard him calling her name, she stopped. He came running to her and asked if she had tonight's homework. She replied, "We have to do math pages seven through nine, numbers one through twenty-four." 3rd person objective
19. In the novel "The Keeping Room," Joey says: "Like hot water, anger rushes through me."
What type of figurative language is this an example of?
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
d. hyperbole
19. She ran as fast as a cheetah to the store.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. idiom
d. personification
20. The flowers were crying for my attention.
a. personification
b. simile
c. hyperbole
d. metaphor
Match the following words to the proper definition
21. Exposition B
22. Rising Action E
23. Climax A
24. Falling Action D
25. Resolution C
A. Turning Point of a Story
B. Where characters and setting are introduced
C. Where the conflict is solved
D. Events leading to end of story
E. Where events build towards greatest interest
26. Primary Source B
27. Secondary Source A
28. Fiction D
29. Nonfiction F
30. Autobiography E
31. Biography C
A. Being derived from an original work
B. Being a firsthand account; original work
C. A written account of someone else’s life
D. An imaginative narration
E. A history of a person’s life as told by that person
F. A narration based on facts and reality
32. Define tone. Attitude of a writer toward a subject or audience
*Students will be expected to write an essay related to the 2 passages they have to read for the test. They will have to compare and contrast the accomplishments and significance of each. They will be graded based on organization, what they say and how they say it including introduction, body, and conclusion, transitions, hook, thesis statement, topic sentences, and the use of text evidence from the passage for details in body paragraphs.
*Students will read the passage about Eleanor Roosevelt and answer questions 1-8 and 1-6.
Answers to Eleanor Roosevelt Questions from study guide
Page 50:
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. C
Page 51:
1. 1920-women win the right to vote
1929-Great Depression begins
1941- US entered WWII /FDR’s 3rd term begins
1945-United Nations established/WWII ends/FDR dies
2. Her mother and father died when she was 10 years old
3. Eleanor Roosevelt fought to end child labor and worked for better working conditions for women.
4. The United Nations
5. Eleanor Roosevelt could be described as courageous, caring, energetic, brave, strong, and heroic
6. A humanitarian is someone who cares about the well being of human beings.