Study Guide for Literature Final Exam

Study Guide for Literature Final Exam

Name: ______May 7, 2018

Study Guide for 6th Grade Literature Final Exam Mrs. Scribner Literature Final Exam is scheduled for Thursday, May 24th

* Be able to list and define the five Genres in Literature that we studied this year.

* Know the following information from each of these specific genres:

Drama

* Know the Elements of Drama: (pg. IN6)

Acts

Dialogue

Stage Direction – written in brackets

Set

Props

* Be able to define the following terms:

Drama Blackout Theme Images Word Play

* Know the four types of Word Play

Alliteration Pun Literal Rendering Personification

* Review what Milo finds in his room at the beginning of the play, "The Phantom Tollbooth."

Poetry

* Know the following terms:

lean antennae beseech skimming flue

flee flaw nigh offense hence

* Be able to define the following terms: (pg. IN8)

Narrative Poetry (setting, plot, dialogue, characters) Lyric Poetry

* Know and recognize the three forms of poetry: (pg. 717)

Concrete poem

Haiku

Limerick

* Identify examples of narrative, lyric, concrete, haiku, and limerick poetry from Unit 9.

* Know how to read poetry – strategies.* Know what rhythm is.

Punctuation

* Know and recognize the three sound devices used in poetry: (pg. 725)

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Repetition

Oral Tradition

* Be able to write the definition of Oral Tradition.

* Know the three cultural details.

dialect values geography

* The storyteller’s purpose (pp. 763 & 775)

* Know the two main types of Oral Tradition. (pg. 779)

* Prediction (pg. 779)

* Know that oral tradition reflects the beliefs, values and customs of a culture.

* History of oral tradition involves the migration of societies.

* Trickster Tales

* Know the following terms:

startled lair cordial ungrateful reproachfully indignantly

Be prepared to write the title and author (spelling counts) of two stories we have read this year. They may be from fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry or oral tradition.

Hints:

  • Use index cards, they make great study tools.
  • Find all of the information from your Literature Textbook and your notebook.
  • Review some material each night - starting now. Don't wait until the night before your Exam!
  • Have your study guide completedby Monday, May 21st. Begin working on it now.

We will begin our class reviews on May 21st. We will only have three classes for review – one class is a double literature period.

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