Unit 4 Study Guide
Unit 4 Study Guide Matching – Literary Devices L.8.5 onomatopoeia _____ alliteration _____ hyperbole _____ personification _____ simile _____ repetition ______ Why does a writer use hyperbole ? _________________________________________________ Underline the key part of the term personification that gives you a clue to its meaning. Why do authors use repetition in their writing? _______________________________________ Give an example of when this might be true. ____________________________________ What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Compare a summer day to paradise. Write both a metaphor and a smile. Simile:_____________________________________________________________ Metaphor: _________________________________________________________ List five examples of Onomatopoeia. ______________________________________________ What is one example of Alliteration? _______________________________________________ When might a writer use alliteration and for what purpose? _________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Analogies Rock is to hard as pillow is to ______________. Water is to liquid as ice is to ______________. Tundra is to cold as desert is to _____________. Context Clues (L.8.4) From “The Story of an Eyewitness” by Jack London about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: The following will illustrate the sweep of the flames and the inability of men to calculate their spread. At eight o’clock Wednesday evening I passed through Union Square. It was packed with refugees. Thousands of them had gone to bed on the grass. Government tents had been set up, supper was being cooked, and the refugees were lining up for free meals. From context clues in this passage the reader can conclude that refugees are: a. b. c. d. People who have come to watch the fire. People on a camping trip People who have fled their homes and are in need of food and shelter. People out for an evening stroll. What textual evidence supports your answer? _____________________________________________________________________ In writing about the vast fire consuming San Francisco after the devastating earthquake, Jack London said, “The factories and warehouses, the great stores and newspaper buildings, the hotels and the palaces of the nabobs are all gone.” From context clues in the above description the reader can conclude that nabobs are: a. b. c. d. silly people wealthy people children the elderly What specific word in the text that helped you answer this question? ________________ In the following sentences, underline the context clues that helped you make your decision. Using sign language, chimpanzees can convey such ideas as “Candy sweet” and “Give me hug.” What does ‘convey’ mean? A. reject B. accept C. think of D. communicate A person can be very intelligent and yet be deficient in common sense. What does ‘deficient’ mean? A. lacking B. overqualified C. well supplied D. lucky The store detective faced the dilemma of either having an elderly, needy man arrested or ignoring store rules about shoplifters. What does ‘dilemma’ mean? A. memory B. proof C. difficult choice D. reason Affixes and Bases Given that the affix mal means bad, define the following words and underline the base : malodorous __________________________________________________________ malfunctioning _______________________________________________________ maladjusted __________________________________________________________ Inferences In describing people leaving their homes to stay ahead of the fire, Jack London wrote, They held on longest to their trunks, and over these trunks many a strong man broke his heart that night. The hills of San Francisco are steep, and up these hills, mile after mile, were the trunks dragged. Everywhere were trunks with across them lying their exhausted owners, men and women. From this passage, one can infer that: a. b. c. d. The trunks were lightweight and easy to carry. The trunks would be easy to leave behind. The people only had a short distance to travel. The trunks held as many items of value as possible. Dictionary Definition Using the definitions provided; identify the correct definition of “remote” found from the MerriamWebster Dictionary entry below, identify the correct definition as used in the sentences. remote: 1 1: out-of-the-way , secluded 2:not arising from a primary or proximate action 3:small in degree, slight 4:distant in manner 1) We encountered the recluse in a remote cabin in the hills. a) distant in manner b) not arising from a primary or proximate action c) outoftheway, secluded d) small in degree 2) Jason realized that he had only a remote possibility of winning the track meet. a) distant in manner b) not arising from a primary or proximate action c) outoftheway, secluded d) small in degree Text Structures: RI 8.5 (This could become a separate lesson or left as a link) Text Structure: Identifying signal words from The Learning Network Match the signal words that go with each text structure led to similarities numbering/numerical chronological results differences Cause/Effect: __________________________________________________________________ Compare/Contrast: ___________________________________________________________________ Sequential: ____________________________________________________________________ Read the passages in each box below and identify the text structure.
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