BJU Lit 8 Unit 2

Legends often help children to learn about their culture's past.

What is the genre of "The Nail"?

"Where the Girl Rescued Her Brother" is set in

The attitude of an author toward his or her subject.

In the excerpts from An American Plague, Dr.Deveze and Dr.Rush do not agree on how to care for patients with the fever.

In "After Twenty Years" the patrolman walking along the avenue is an example of foreshadowing.

In "The Flying Machine" why does the emperor want to keep the invention a secret?

Which of these selections has an explicit theme?

Which genre has historical figures, may be exaggerated, lacks historical evidence, & may have elements of fantasy?

One feature of a graphic novel like "The Flying Machine" is the use of several characters to tell the story.

Which elements of folktales are included in "Pleasing All the World"?

Hyperbole is a type of verbal irony.

Which of these does not include situational irony?

The theme of the poem "Opportunity" is that if something appears worthless, it probably is.

Storytellers used legends as warnings to caution people from making the same mistakes.

Whom were Matthew and Marilla expecting at the train station?

The theme of "Pleasing All the World" is an implicit theme.

A story format using a sequence of pictures with short captions or speech bubbles to tell the story.

"Days" is a poem that uses figurative language to express its theme.

Which selection shows that appearances can be misleading?

The main type of figurative language is the poem "Days" is

Psalm 90:12 says that we should be grateful for each day and use our time wisely. This truth is shown in the theme of

Marilla uses a biblical allusion when she describes the decision to keep Anne as "putting her hand to the plough."

The Grimm Brothers may have been inspired to write "The Nail" after reading a proverb in Poor Richard's Almanack.

Using dishes to represent a person's life is an example of a/an

In the poem "Days" the poet describes days being stacked "like the impossible tower of dishes." This is a

What is the theme word for Unit 2?

This is a type of irony that takes the form of mock praise.

The theme of "Pleasing All the World" is

The theme of "Pleasing All the World" is limited and not universal, because the setting is in the Middle East.

Which beast of burden is featured in the folktale "Pleasing All the World"?

In the excerpt from Anne of Green Gables, situational irony and a plot twist add to the humor in the story.

What quotation from Skunk Ladder is an example of sarcasm?

What is the plot twist in the excerpt from Anne of Green Gables?

What does the king's son do with the broken sword that is unexpected?

In the poem "All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter" an example of alliteration is the words roots and reached in line 4.

Buffalo Calf Road Woman's character highlights that Cheyenne women often traveled to battle with the male warriors.

What does the merchant in "The Nail" blame his problems on?

What is the situational irony in "Pleasing All the World"?

"Where the Girl Rescued Her Brother" is a legend from which culture?

Anne gives very dramatic and overly detailed descriptions of everything. This is an example of

The theme of "Days" is to appreciate each day given to us. Is the theme explicit or implicit?

There are two allusions in the excerpt from Anne of Green Gables. Anne describes being "led to the block" alluding to

A hero or heroine is emphasized in a legend.

The theme of "Pleasing All the World" agrees with biblical wisdom. We should fear God and not man.

"Pleasing All the World" ends with humor.

What is Anne blamed for stealing?

Folktales can have implicit or explicit themes.

Difficult circumstances and realistic characters make fables unrelatable to most readers.

Which of these is the flashback from Fever 1793?

Which sound device found in "All That Is Gold" is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds?

This is a statement which seems contradictory yet makes sense when applied at the right moment.

Which of the following selections qualifies as narrative nonfiction?

What is the moral of "The Nail"?

Which of these is not a method of indirect characterization?