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Worksheets"Blood on the River" Literary Analysis
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 42mins
Vocabulary:
A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest foreshadowing and theme.
Epilogue
Epigraph
Text Evidence
Prediction
Vocabulary:
A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
Simile
Personification
Foreshadowing
Prediction
Vocabulary:
Dare to do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous or unpleasant.
Venture
Adventure
Voyage
Venison
Vocabulary:
First-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.
Proof
Primary Source
Nonfiction
Fiction
Vocabulary:
Which is an example of a primary source?
Letters
Journals
Photographs
All of the above
Vocabulary:
The author takes real life events and people from the past and is used to write a fictionalized account of what happened. Which genre is this?
Mystery
Poetry
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Vocabulary:
The people who lived in an area originally.
Originals
Natives
Colonist
Immigrants
Vocabulary:
What is the defintion of plot?
The moral or lesson learned from a story.
The sequence of events in a story.
The time and place of a story.
The people, animals and something animate objects that use dialogue in a story.
The main problem in a story.
Vocabulary:
What is the defintion of theme?
The moral or lesson learned from a story.
The sequence of events in a story.
The time and place of a story.
The people, animals and something animate objects that use dialogue in a story.
The main problem in a story.
Vocabulary:
What is the defintion of setting?
The moral or lesson learned from a story.
The sequence of events in a story.
The time and place of a story.
The people, animals and something animate objects that use dialogue in a story.
The main problem in a story.
Vocabulary:
What is the defintion of conflict?
The moral or lesson learned from a story.
The sequence of events in a story.
The time and place of a story.
The people, animals and something animate objects that use dialogue in a story.
The main problem in a story.
Literary Elements:
Who is the author of "Blood on the River"
Sally Walker
George Percy
Elisa Carbone
Samuel Collier
Literary Elements:
Who is the narrator of "Blood on the River?"
Sally Walker
George Percy
Elisa Carone
Samuel Collier
Literary Elements:
The narrator of "Blood on the River" is speaking in which point of view?
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
None of the above
RACES:
Consider this prompt/question: What is a theme of "Blood on the River?"
Which statement is restated properly?
One of the most important themes of blood on the river is...
One of the most important themes of "Blood on the River" is...
Overall, this proves that trust is a theme of this historical fiction.
What is the theme of "Blood on the River"
RACES:
Text evidence should be?
relevenat to the prompt/question
include quotation marks
exact words from the text
all of the above
RACES:
Elements of a summary include?
Main Ideas
Titles
Important Vocabulary
All of the above
RACES:
Summary sentences or conclsuions should include introductory word/phrases.
True
False
Grammar:
Which is an example of an introductory word or phrase?
First
Next
Finally
Overall
Grammar:
Which is an example of a transition word or phrase?
Finally
Overall
In conclusion
Ultimately
Grammar:
The title of a literary work should NOT be capitalized.
True
False
Literary Elements:
"Blood on the River" is a nonfiction text.
True
False
Setting:
What is the name of the ship that brought them to the new wolrd?
The Mayflower
The Nina
The Santa Maria
The Susan Constant
Setting:
What is the main setting of this story?
Jamestown, Virginia 1607
Jamestown, Virginia 2009
London, England 1607
The Susan Constant 1607
Setting:
What were living conditions like on the 'tween deck?
Cramped
Dark
Smelly
All of the Answers
Character Analysis:
How would you desribe Samuel?
the main character
an orphan
has trust issue
all of the above
Character Analysis:
How would you describe Captain Smith?
A commoner
Knowledgable
Passionate
All of the above
Character Analysis:
At the beginning of the novel, Samuel can best be characterized as...?
independent
friendly
shy
fearful
Characters/Plot:
This person is the leader of the entire journey and the Susan Constant.
Sam Collier
Reverend Hunt
Captain John Smith
Captain Newport
Characters/Plot:
This character was in the British military and communicated with the Caribs.
Sam Collier
Reverend Hunt
Captain John Smith
Captain Newport
Characters/Plot:
This character was took in many children that could have died or ended up on the streets of England.
Sam Collier
Reverend Hunt
Captain John Smith
Captain Newport
Plot:
How did Samuel settle his anger in the beginning of the book?
He looked at the locket
He used his fists
He screamed loudly
He meditated
Plot:
Sam was Captain Smith's page. What is the definition of 'page', as said in the book?
a temporary servant/apprentice
something you write on
Something in a book
A slave
Plot:
Why did Sam steal a locket at the beginning of the book?
He needed money
It was his mother's
He thought is looked pretty
It was his locket
Plot:
What do all of the gentlemen want to do when they arrive at Virginia?
Build shelter
Hunt for food
Dig for gold
Put a flag in the ground
Plot:
The arrival of Ann Burras causes a stir in Jamestown because...?
She is the first child to arrive in Jamestown.
She goes to live in an Indian village.
She is the first single woman to arrive in Jamestown.
She refuses to do her share of the work.
Conflict:
What is the main conflict?
Samuel vs Richard
The Natives vs The Colonist
Captain Smith vs Master Wingfield
The Colonist vs The Sea
Plot/Conflict:
Captain Smith's conflict with the gentlemen on the ship?
he wants to overthrow them and take over the mission.
he is a commoner but does not show respect to the gentlemen.
he does not want to go to Jamestown.
he only wants to find gold in the New World, while the gentlemen want to explore.
Plot/Conflict:
What is the event that finally motivates the settlers to build a palisade?
a surprise Indian attack
the return of Captain Newport
a warning from Pocahontas.
the death of half the settlers the first winter.
Plot/Conflict:
The relationship between settlers and Indians turns hostile when...?
the settlers run out of beads to trade.
Pocahontas moves to Jamestown.
a fire burns Jamestown.
new settlers attack an Indian village.
Plot/Theme:
Why does Captain Smith say that the Algonquian language is a more powerful than a musket?
Samuel can use it to spy on the Indians.
Samuel can use it to trade and make peace with the Indians.
Samuel can use it to write letters home.
Muskets are too expensive.
Plot/Theme:
In the novel, Samuel learns an important lesson about...?
how to trust people.
not to trust anyone.
to read and write.
how to win a fistfight.
