Semester 1 Review - 8th Grade

How did the butler/caretaker kill the old man?

Who wrote "The Tell-Tale Heart'"

What is the name of the tv show we watched and plot diagrammed?

What body part on the old man bothered the younger man?

What was the name of the hotel Billy Weaver didn't go to in The Landlady?

Which vocabulary word mean to create something out of nowhere?

What is the most exciting part of a story called?

What was the name of the town called in The Ransom of Red Chief?

Which word means an Arabic/Muslim/Hindu holy man? (From the Monkey's Paw)

What kind of dog did the Landlady have in her bed and breakfast?

What is the main character in a story called?

Which short story involved a little boy who was taken by kidnappers for money?

What is the name of the father in The Ransom of Red Chief?

What type of irony involves the use of sarcasm? Saying something and meaning the opposite.

What kind of dog did the Landlady stuff?

Which vocabulary word means "greedy"?

In The Law of the Land, what special power could kids if they used their imagination?

What was the name of the family who owned the Glensheen mansion?

What was the main character's name in The Landlady?

Which literary terms compares two or more things using "like" or "as?"

Who was the first person murdered in Glensheen?

Which vocab word best describes the Landlady?

How much money did the White's make from Herbert's death? (in the story)

Which literary term means the use of clues/hints as to what will happen in a story?

Which point of view uses words like "he", "she", "they", "him", "her", "them"?

Which type of irony involves this - when you expect something and the opposite happens?

What was the name of the son in The Monkey's Paw?

How many wishes did the White's get in the Monkey's Paw?

Which part of the plot introduces the characters and the setting?

Which teacher's face is rubicund of visage?