Narrative Review: Unit 2

Things are steeped in a new clarity, a clear focus. The definition for 'steeped' is:

• To relieve; to lessen

• To be filled with; surrounded

• To be embarrassed

• To be excited

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A pun is:

• A play on words

• A repetition of initial letter sounds

• A great exaggeration

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

Who wrote the story "The Dogs Could Teach Me" from Woodsong?

• Gary Soto

• Ray Bradbury

• William Sleator

• Gary Paulsen

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is NOT true of Gary Paulsen?

• Gary Paulsen was sued because his writing mirrored the lives of people he knew.

• At one point, Gary Paulsen lived in a makeshift chicken coop.

• Gary Paulsen forged his parents' signature to join the army.

• Gary Paulsen won the Iditarod.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Describe the accident that occurred to Paulsen in "The Dogs Could Teach Me."

• Paulsen fell off the sled and had wood enter under his kneecap. He then fell off a frozen waterfall landing on it.

• Paulsen fell off the sled, and the dog team ran over him, injuring his left leg and rib cage.

• Paulsen went to stop a dog fight between Duberry and Obeah, and Obeah bit him.

• Paulsen was chopping wood when he lost his balance and hit his head. The dogs sensed he was in trouble and saved him.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Making a sentence vivid means:

• Making it short, sweet, and to the point.

• Adding in detail and sensory language without changing the main idea.

• Making something brighter by adding in color.

• Taking away anything not important.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Theme is the same thing as:

• Main Idea

• Central Idea

• Subject

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CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"That plane ride took forever" is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Irony

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

There was some self-pity creeping in, and not a little chagrin at being stupid enough to just let them run when I didn't know the country. "Chagrin" means:

• Conflict

• To relieve; lessen

• Being embarrassed

• Having great excitement

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What language does Victor pretend to speak in "Seventh Grade"?

• Spanish

• French

• Italian

• English

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4