WorksheetsWeek 7 RECAP: Literary non-fiction, poetry, passages
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the purpose of an auto-biography? (Choose 3)
it tells the author's life story in a meaningful way
The author wants to tell an entertaining story and teach a lesson.
it uses some elements of fiction such as dialogue, theme, and point of view.
the characters and setting are real.
A literary genre that is a TRUE story about REAL people and has some elements of fiction is
poetry
historical fiction
literary non-fiction
drama
A biography is a story about a REAL person written BY THAT PERSON.
TRUE
FALSE
A short essay written by that person about a specific moment in their lives, from the 1st person POV is...
biography
auto-biography
memoir
personal narrative
A story written by a person remembering a span of time in their life, written from the 1st POV is...
Memoir
biography
fiction
poem
This type of literary non-fiction is a story about a person's entire life, written BY THAT PERSON, from 1st person POV.
plot
auto-biography
biography
biology
What type of text is "My Life With the Chimpanzees"?
fairytale
article
autobiography
fiction
What is the setting of "My Life With the Chimpanzees"?
The present time at Gombe National Park in Africa
The 1960's in Gombe National Park in Africa.
The 1980's at Cambridge University in England
Why was Jane Goodall thrilled after she observed the chimp, David Greybeard squatting on a termite mound?
he was using a blade of grass as a tool, which was thought only humans could do
He began kicking empty cans down the path
she realized chimps sleep all night, like humans do
What is the Author's Purpose in "My Life With the Chimpanzees"?
to tell an imaginative story about monkeys
to tell about the struggles living in Tanzania in the wild
To encourage everyone to donate to help save chimps in the wild
to convey the author's curiosity in her interactions and discoveries with chimpanzees
"The Blessing" by James Wright is written from what POV?
1st POV
3rd Omniscient
3rd limited
2nd POV
Who greets the speaker and the speaker's friend?
a pair of Arabian horses
an old friend
two Indian ponies
donkeys
What does "the slenderer one" do that moves the speaker?
she ate the tufts of grass
she came alone, "gladly out of the willows"
she "nuzzled" his left hand
she was shy and wouldn't come towards him
What phrase projects human qualities on the ponies (personification)?
"For she has walked over to me"
"the light breeze moves me to caress her long ear"
"their eyes darken with kindness"
"I would like to hold the slenderer one in my arms"
Line 21 in "The Blessing":
That is as delicate as the skin over a girl's wrist.
is an example of what type figurative language?
metaphor
simile
irony
idiom
How can you infer that the ponies are in a fenced pasture?
the poet steps over barbed wire
the ponies jump the wooden fence
the poet opens a gate and enters the pasture
because the ponies are "just off the highway"
The conflict is the problem or struggle the character is facing. What conflict to both passages have in common?
character vs. society
character vs. machine
character vs. character
character vs. nature
