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7^th Grade Study Guide for Final Exam

 

You will need to have a good understanding of the main characters and events from the following selections.  Some selections may be eliminated from the list when we review in class.

 

• “The Landlady”
• “The Third Wish”
• “A Boy and a Man”
• “After Twenty Years”
• “Rikki-tikki-tavi”
• “The Ransom of Red Chief”
• “Papa’s Parrot”
• “Amigo Brothers”
• “Suzy and Leah”
• “Hallucination”
• “The Third level”
• “All Summer in a Day”
• “Caleb’s Brother”
• “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
• “The Dying Detective”
• “Grandpa and the Statue”
• Where the Red Fern Grows
• “The Highwayman”
• “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout”
• “The Cremation of Sam McGee”
• “The Fog”
• “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

 

The following literary terms should be understood:

 

• Inference
• Drama
• Theme
• Conflict
• Setting
• Plot
• Characterization
• Foreshadowing
• Point of View
• Flashback
• Resolution
• The plot structure diagram

 

 

 

THE POETRY TERMS WILL BE INCLUDED.  FIND YOUR LISTJ

 

BE ABLE TO DEFINE A LITERARY TERM AND EXPLAIN HOW IT WAS USED EFFECTIVELY IN ONE OF OUR SELECTIONS.

 

BE ABLE TO RESPOND THOROUGHLY TO ESSAY QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT SELECTIONS.

 

CHARACTER SKETCH

 

YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CHOOSE ONE PERSON FROM TWO MAIN CHARACTERS. 

 

Incorporate and give support with several of that person’s character traits so that the reader can “see and hear” your chosen character.

 

Remember to write it in five paragraphs, using the first as an introduction and the last as a conclusion.  We will practice this in class.