Review for Courage Literature Unit Test

Question 1

physical or sensory representation through language (creates a picture in the reader's mind)

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imagery

Question 2

The narrator is not part of the story and uses third person pronouns (he, she, it,they)

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third person voice

Question 3

a technique involving surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions

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irony

Question 4

The season is late winter. This means that

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spring has not sprung, so there is little to eat

Question 5

“Phoebe and the General” takes place during

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the Revolutionary War

Question 6

the central unifying element that ties a story together

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theme

Question 7

“Then a skeleton came out from among the trees. It was the skeleton of a Union soldier…”

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metaphor

Question 8

The story’s resolution is that

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Gen. Washington is saved and Phoebe’s fatheris proud of her

Question 9

struggle between forces; external and internal; plot element that gives the story interest

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conflict

Question 10

Abraham Lincoln

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writes back to Jethro’s letter, deserters may return

Question 11

language that varies from standard speech

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dialect

Question 12

the conflict that develops and the suspense that results, building toward the climax

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rising action

Question 13

Samuel Fraunces learned of a plot to

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kill General George Washington

Question 14

"Mr. Lincoln plowed the fields of Illinois; he had thought of the problems men came up against"

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characterization

Question 15

Samuel asked Phoebe to

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watch for a member of General Washington’sbodyguard

Question 16

cannot be seen; describes struggles that occur within oneself (man vs. himself)

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internal conflict

Question 17

Roko was wounded

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by a caribou

Question 18

a word that imitates a natural sound (ex: buzz)

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onomatopoeia

Question 19

the voice of the literature (first or third person)

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point of view

Question 20

The main characters in "The Race" are

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Mark and Debbie

Question 21

Jethro

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feels sorry for Eb and gives him food and water

Question 22

In Across Five Aprils Eb has

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deserted the Union Army

Question 23

the conclusion of the story, where the problem or situation is resolved

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resolution

Question 24

The genre of "The Race" is

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realistic fiction

Question 25

similarities of two different things are shown through comparison using the words like or as

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simile

Question 26

the similarities between two separate things are shown without using the words “like” or “as”

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metaphor

Question 27

Which element?: "...that he's livin' scared like a wild animal that’s bein’ hunted.”

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simile

Question 28

Which element? "big white-sailed ships, their tall masts pointing at the sky like fingers.”

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simile

Question 29

Across Five Aprils takes place during

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the Civil War

Question 30

The author of "The Story of Iqbal Masih" is

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David L. Parker

Question 31

the beginning of the story, including setting and characters

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exposition

Question 32

The narrator is the main character and uses first person pronouns (I, me, we)

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first person voice

Question 33

What is the genre of both "Phoebe" and Across Five Aprils

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historical fiction

Question 34

The pack discovered that Roko was wounded when

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Roko did not answer the wolves’ roll call

Question 35

when the problem or situation reaches its height, and there is a turning point in the story

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climax

Question 36

Jethro’s sister, Jenny,

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knows something is wrong, but is fooled by Jethro about it

Question 37

the time and place in which events of the story occur

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setting

Question 38

methods used by authors to reveal characters through description, action, dialogue, or thought

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characterization

Question 39

these events occur after the climax, banking down, leading to the end of the story

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falling action

Question 40

"The Wounded Wolf" is told in

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third-person voice

Question 41

What is the literary element?: “The wounded wolf wedges down…”

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alliteration

Question 42

can be seen (kinds: man vs.man, man vs. nature, man vs. society)

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external conflict

Question 43

"The Story of Iqbal Masih" is

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a short biography about a boy and child slave labor

Question 44

Eb feels

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ashamed and afraid of what he has done

Question 45

repetition of the same beginning sound (ex: season of starvation)

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alliteration

Question 46

'tis stranger yet that you & I will save him, & those like uswill have no share in that freedom

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irony

Question 47

a clue which suggests a later event in the plot, the outcome of the story, ...

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foreshadowing

Question 48

In the exposition

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we learnthat it is winter, Roko is wounded, and pack left

Question 49

Phoebe succeeded because she followed her father’s advice to

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trust no one

Review for Courage Literature Unit Test

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Review for Courage Literature Unit Test

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