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7R

Literary Elements and Short Stories

UNIT TEST#1: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016

Use this review sheet to help you prepare for your unit test on short stories and literary elements. Use your notes and handouts to help you. Remember I am always available for extra help on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in room 212!

Study the following information for your test:

I. Study the literary elements that we have discussed in class (USE YOUR NOTES AND HANDOUTS):

-SETTING

-CONFLICT (Know the 4 types of conflict)

-CHARACTERIZATION (Know the 5 methods of characterization)

-ANTAGONIST

-PROTAGONIST

-MOOD

-FORESHADOWING

II. Know the following short stories and be able to identify the literary elements WITHIN the short stories (USE YOUR STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND STORY ANNOTATIONS!):

1. “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto

2. “The Mysterious Girl at the Pool” by Juanita Havill

-Know the plot of each story.

-Know the characters of each story.

-Know the setting of each story.

-You should be able to explain how a literary element is relevant to the

story. For example:

What was the main conflict in “Seventh Grade”? What type of conflict was it?

III. Be able to identify literary elements in new pieces of literature.

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