The Samurai's Tale Final Exam Study Guide

The Samurai's Tale Final Exam Study Guide

By Ms. Benson

Internal Conflict:​

1. man vs. self

​What are the 6 types of conflict?

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External Conflict:​

1. man vs. man

2. man vs. nature

3. man vs. society

4. ​man vs. the supernatural

5. man vs. technology

Open Ended

What are the differences between internal and external conflict?

Multiple Choice

Identify which type of conflict each example respresents...

An earthquake causes a tsumani that destroys a village in Japan.

• man vs. man

• man vs. nature

• man vs. self

• man vs. the supernatural

Multiple Choice

There are no candles left to provide light for the ladies to read by.

• man vs. self

• man vs. nature

• man vs. technology

• man vs. the supernutural

Multiple Select

The young child is frustrated by the group of boys who think that beating the horse is a fun activity and everyone should join in. Choose ALL that apply.

• man vs. self

• man vs. society

• man vs. man

• man vs. nature

Multiple Choice

The gentleman hears noises behind him, but when he turns around, nothing is there to be seen. The man suspects a poltergeist is occupying his lonely home.

• man vs. self.

• man vs. nature

• man vs. man

• man vs. the supernatural

Multiple Select

The fightened twelve-year-old cannot decide if she should run and hide, play dead, or stand up and fight. She must decide before the grizzly bear attacks. Choose ALL that apply.

• man vs. self

• man vs. man

• man vs society

• man vs. nature

• ​the narrator is the main character (know their thoughts and feelings!)

• key words are I, my, me, we, us, our, etc.

​​First Person POV​

• ​the main character is YOU, the reader.

• key words are "you and your'

• instructions, directions... ​

​​Second Person POV

• The narrator is outside the story.

• ​key words are names, he, she, they, his, her, etc.

​​Third Person POV

• one character's thoughts and feelings only​

3rd Person Limited

• ​all-knowing (all the character's thoughts and feelings!)

3rd Person Omiscient

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​​3rd Person Objective

• ​no characters thoughts and feelings are revealed.

Multiple Choice

What point of view is The Samurai's Tale written in?

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person

  Objective

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Open Ended

How do you know The Samurai's Tale is written in the POV you choose?

Multiple Choice

What is a theme?

• The conflict of a story.

• A lesson or moral the author is trying to teach its audience.

• A character like the protagonist.

• The climax of a story.

Multiple Select

Choose two themes that The Samurai's Tale has taught us.

• Difficult times breed strong men and women.

• It's not how hard your life is that matters, it's how you respond to it that does.

• Love is not for everyone.

• Country is more important than friendship.

Open Ended

List difficult things that Harutumo (Taro) goes through in his life.

Multiple Choice

What is figurative language?

• Words or phrases that don't quite mean what they say. (non-literal)

• Words that mean exactly what they say. (literal)

• Words written in a foreign language.

Multiple Choice

What is a simile?

• Compares two things withOUT using like or as.

• A funny joke using a play on words.

• Words with the same beginning consonant sound

• Compares two things using like or as.

Multiple Choice

Choose the metaphor.

• The city came alive with the gong of the church bell.

• Living words flowed from the author's pen like a river flows from a mountain glacier.

• The moon was a moldy, round ball of cheese.

• The boys were tender-hearted toward the injured sparrow.

The Plot

What are the 6 parts of a plot?

Multiple Choice

What part of the plot wraps up the story?

• The exposition

• The inciting event and rising action

• The resolution

• The climax

Multiple Choice

What part of a plot contributes to the suspense?

• The exposition

• The falling action

• The climax

• The rising action

Multiple Choice

What part of the plot reveals the characters and setting?

• The rising action

• The exposition

• The denouement

• The resolution

Multiple Choice

There are many genres of books, especially in fiction.

Which genre is The Samurai's Tale?

• Horror

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

• Myth

Open Ended

List as many different types of figurative language as you can.

Multiple Select

To support a claim or provide evidence to support a statement, one must _____.

(Choose ALL that apply)

• explain why a quote or example is cited.

• provide examples from the text.

• write from the head or heart.

• cite quotes from the text.

Multiple Choice

Examine the plot events below. They are NOT sequenced in chronological order.

Which of these events happens first?

• Taro meets Togan

• Taro's family is killed

• Taro becomes a messenger

• Taro works as a stable-boy

• Harutomo becomes a samurai

Multiple Choice

Examine the plot events below. They are NOT sequenced in chronological order.

Which of these events happens second?

• Taro meets Togan

• Taro's family is killed

• Taro becomes a messenger

• Taro works as a stable-boy

• Harutomo becomes a samurai

Multiple Choice

Examine the plot events below. They are NOT sequenced in chronological order.

Which of these events happens third?

• Taro meets Togan

• Taro's family is killed

• Taro becomes a messenger

• Taro works as a stable-boy

• Harutomo becomes a samurai

Multiple Choice

Examine the plot events below. They are NOT sequenced in chronological order.

Which of these events happens fourth?

• Taro meets Togan

• Taro's family is killed

• Taro becomes a messenger

• Taro works as a stable-boy

• Harutomo becomes a samurai

Multiple Choice

Examine the plot events below. They are NOT sequenced in chronological order.

Which of these events happens last?

• Taro meets Togan

• Taro's family is killed

• Taro becomes a messenger

• Taro works as a stable-boy

• Harutomo becomes a samurai

Poll

What testing stragies will you use tomorrow?

Choose ALL that apply.

• I will read carefully and slowly,

• I will write down my answers and justify my reasoning to catch any errors in my own thinking.

• I will take the test twice to look for mistakes.

• I will use my notes and my book when I feel it will help me.