Unit 2 Review

What is the situational irony in "The Blacksmith's Dilemma"?

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

What is the theme of "The Wise Old Woman"?

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

What term refers to a supposedly historical account of events that is popularly believed to be true but lacks factual evidence?

In "After Twenty Years" what is the plot twist?

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

In the excerpt from The Lost Princess, why does the wise woman tell Rosamond's parents that they have treated Rosamond badly?

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which quotation from Job 28 is an example of personification?

• "Brass is molten out of the stone."

• "The lion's whelps have not trodden it."

• "Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.'"

• "The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it."

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

In "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise," what imagery is used to describe God?

• thunder

• winds

• iron

• light

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following selections qualifies as narrative nonfiction?

• The Wise Old Woman

• The Lost Princess

• An American Plague

• Fever 1793

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CCSS.RI.8.10

Which of the following makes "Pleasing All the World" a folktale?

• The old man and his son are leading a camel through the desert.

• The old man and his son face an impossible task.

• The old man and his son ride the camel together.

• The old man and his son receive advice from several people.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following is the flashback in the excerpts from Fever 1793?

• Mattie's picking fresh asparagus grass for Eliza

• Mattie's mother's sending a note to the Ogilvies to check on Colette's health

• Mattie's visiting the print shop as a child

• Mattie's contracting yellow fever

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CCSS.RL.8.3