English Literature Grade 6 Final Review Pack May 2016

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English Literature Grade 6 – Final Review Pack May 2016

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Section 1: Genre and Literary Terms

GENRE

· Genre is the name used to identify types of literature.

ex: biography, autobiography, realistic fiction – historical fiction – Narrative nonfiction - drama – poetry – informational text ….etc.

Write the genre of the following selections

1- The Phantom of the Tollbooth ------

2- Tuesday of the Other June ------

3- Problem with bullies ------

4- The Life of Houdini ------

5- What Video games can teach us ------

6- Story of My Life ( Helen Keller) ------

7- Holes ------

Fill in the grid with what is missing:

Literary Term / Definition / Example
It is repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of several wordsin a sentence / Ex
The dog dove into the water while chasing the flying Frisbee.
REFRAIN / It is repeating same word or line in a poem
IMAGERY / · Imagery is description that appeals to the senses.
PERSONIFICATION / ex: The daffodils danced in the breeze.
METAPHOR
SIMILE
An exaggeration.
It is the stretching of the truth to show strong feelings or a humorous effect. / ex: I ate so much dessert that I gained a hundred pounds.
ex: dry leaves crunching underfoot like broken glass
PUNS
It is the notes given by the playwright to direct the actors or the reader and help them imagine the reaction of the character
DIALOUGE / Conversation between two characters in a play
It is the story inside the main story. The writer uses it as parallel line to point out other ideas that might help the reader in understanding the main story.
PLOT
ROUND CHARACTERS / Stanley Yelnats
Zero
FLAT CHARACTER

Section 2 Vocabulary

Complete the following sentences using words in the box

1- After losing the competition I walked to home ------. It was not an easy project, I was ------a lot. I had many ------that stopped me from reaching my goal. If I am going to apply again, I need to ------another plan in order to win.

2- My brother doesn’t know how to tie his shoe laces, mum always try to ------them so he wouldn’t fall.

3- The judge was only interested in evidences that were------and visible. The lawyer was so ------to his client to the extent that he spent one hour trying to prove that he was not there when the crime happened. The ------was strong enough to prove that the criminal was innocent.

4- Stanley’s great grandfather was ------in the desert for 16 days, when he was found, he was ------and no one understood what really happened to him. He was ------, when he woke up he only said that he found refuge on God’s thumb.

5- Teenagers are ------by playing videogames, parents sometimes need to ------their kids from the electronic devices because of the bad effect the games have on their bodies and behavior as well.

6- James’ life is so strange, sometimes he spends it ------without worries or rushing, and other times he is in a ------because of all stresses he might be facing. However, he tries to manage. There are lots of ------in his character. May be that is the reason of his success.

7- There are some ------articles in the book, I think I need to re-read and try to understand them. I hate this book, it is so ------.

8- The movie made me in a ------, the 3D is ------but the problem that I felt ------for a while.

Reading Poetry

In Memoriam A.H.H.

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

1. Which holiday would you associate with these lines?
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2. What kind of changes does Tennyson hope to see in the future?
------
3. What is afeud?
a. an ongoing quarrel with bad feelings on each side
b. a game that creates feelings of comfort
c. a waterway that is similar to a deep river
d. a home with separate living quarters for servants
4. What does "redress" mean in this poem?
a. to get dressed again, to change clothes
b. clothing worn by an older person
c. making up for a wrong or injustice
d. playing holiday music
5. Do Tennyson's words make you think about anything in your own life or in the news?
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6- Technical analysis:

· How many stanzas the poem is divided into:------

· Give an example of refrain: ------

· Give an example of alliteration ------

· Choose at least 3 images , what are their types and explain them

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Reading Passages:

The Story of Clever Hans: The Horse Who Knew All the Answers

by Margaret Davidson

Hans lived with his master in Berlin, Germany. One day Mr. Sedrek invited some friends to his house. He led them to a courtyard where the horse was waiting quietly. "Are you ready, Hans?" he asked. And the horse nodded!

"How much is four plus three?" Mr. Sedrek asked. Hans raised his right foreleg and began to tap his hoof on the old stone floor of the courtyard. "One, two, three," he tapped, "four, five, six, seven"─and stopped. Everyone began to talk at once. Mr. Sedrek just smiled and asked another question. Mr. Sedrek spread out six squares of cloth, each a different color. "Pick up the green one," he ordered. Hans walked over and stopped in front of the green square, picked it up in his teeth, and carried it back to his master. For the next hour, Mr. Sedrek asked questions , and Hans answered them. He was right almost every time. All this happened many years ago, when there was no radio or television. Slowly word of the horse and what he could do spread through Berlin, then all of Germany─ and at last into other countries. More and more people came to the Sedrek courtyard to see the wonder horse perform.

Almost every day Hans showed his eager audiences some new talent. He could tell all sorts of things apart─ even if they were almost the same size or shade or shape. Hans could also give the right answer when asked the time.

Hans had one talent that amazed people more than all the rest. Mr. Sedrek could stand in front of the horse and just think of a question. He didn't move his lips or make the slightest sound. Yet Hans would answer the question anyway. Clever Hans could read his master's mind! But not everyone agreed that Hans was a real thinking horse. Paul Bush, a circus animal trainer, watched Mr. Sedrek very carefully to see if he was sending signals to the horse to give him the right answer. After careful study, Mr. Bush admitted that Hans was not getting signals from Mr. Sedrek.

Still, people had questions. One of these was a scientist named Mr. Henry . Other people had studied Hans for a few hours or a few days. Professor Henry would work for as long as it took to finally solve the mystery of Clever Hans. Professor Henry started out asking questions, just as other people had done. Hans answered easily. Then one day the scientist thought of something new. He asked the horse a question he didn't know the answer to himself. "How far is it from Berlin to London, England?" he asked.

Poor Hans tried again and again to answer that question, but he couldn't do it. The Professor grew more and more excited. He kept asking questions. When he asked a question he knew the answer to, Hans knew the answer. When he asked a question that he didn't know the answer to, Hans didn't either. Before the day was over, Professor Henry knew that Hans couldn't really add or subtract or multiply or divide. He couldn't tell colors or coins or playing cards apart. He couldn't read or tell the time. Hans wasn't a thinking horse at all. He only "knew" as much as the person who was questioning him and no more! That meant that the person questioning Hans was signaling him. But how?

Even the Professor himself must be sending signals but he had no idea how he was doing it. Day after day, Professor Henry asked Hans questions. He watched as many other people questioned the horse. Little by little, he began to understand. Most trained animals can follow signals like a hand movement or a change in the tone of voice. But none of these planned signals had ever been used with Hans. No, Professor Henry announced; people who questioned Hans were signaling Hans even though they did not mean to.

First the person asked Hans a question---and naturally he grew a little tense as he waited for the horse's answer. When this happened, many tiny body changes began to take place---changes the person wasn't trying to make at all. He might swallow a few more times than usual. His lips might tighten. Or one of his eyebrows would give the slightest twitch. These signs of tension told Hans to start giving his answer. Suppose the person had asked Hans how much five plus five is. With each tap of Han's hoof, the person got more and more tense. 1─2─3─4─5─6─7─8─9─ then, as Hans tapped 10, the person relaxed.

Now another whole group of tiny changes began to take place. The person might take a slightly deeper breath ─or begin to breathe more slowly. His lips might open a little. His skin might even grow a bit pinker. All these tiny signs of relaxation told Hans to stop.

When someone wanted Hans to nod yes, he couldn't help making some kind of upward motion himself. And when someone wanted Hans to walk over to something he couldn't help making some small movement in that direction. Hans would wander around until he happened to pass in front of what the person was thinking about. Then the person would relax─and Hans would stop. He had given the "right" answer again.

So Clever Hans couldn't really think ─not the way people do. Yet he was still a very special horse. He had puzzled one expert after another for a long, long while. He might not have been able to read minds ─but he was one of the champion muscle readers of all time!

Directions: Based on the article “The Story of Clever Hans: The Horse Who Knew All the answer and choose the correct answer.

1. Hans stops tapping his foot when he gets to the correct number because he

(A) can read his master's mind.

(B) knows it is time to walk around.

(D) senses the questioner is less stressed.

2. How is Professor Pfungst's breakthrough question different from other questions Hans has been asked?

(A) Henry does not ask Hans about colors.

(B) Henry asks Hans to divide a large number.

(D) Henry stands very still as he thinks of the question.

3. With which statement would the author most likely agree?

(A) Animals are more intelligent than people think.

(B) It is a mistake to believe that animals can be trained.

(D) Situations are often different from the way they appear to be.

4. The author's purpose in this passage can best be described as

(A) informing

(B) persuading

(D) sharing thoughts

5. Professor Henry can best be described as

(A) helpful and kind.

(B) pleasant and witty.

(D) determined and patient.

Passage 2 Shirley Chisholm

“Aim high!” Shirley Chisholm told her political supporters, and she practiced what she preached. Born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, Chisholm spent part of her childhood in the island nation of Barbados. She returned to New York later, graduated from Brooklyn College, and earned a Master of Arts degree at Columbia University. Chisholm spent some time working in early childhood education before running for political office in the New York State Assembly. After serving in the assembly, Chisholm ran for U.S. Congress in 1968 and became the first African American woman to be elected. Chisholm opposed the Vietnam War, and in her first speech in Congress, she promised to vote against any more spending on defense. “Our children, our jobless men, our deprived, rejected and starving fellows, our dejected citizens must come first,” she said. Aiming higher still, in 1972 Chisholm decided to run for president of the United States. She was the first African American to run as a candidate for the presidency in a major political party, and she was the first woman to run for president as a democrat. Ultimately, the democrats chose George McGovern as their candidate. McGovern later lost the presidential election to republican Richard Nixon. Afterward, Chisholm explained that she was tired of waiting for change to come someday in the future. “I ran because somebody had to do it first. I ran because most people thought the country was not ready for a black candidate, not ready for a woman candidate. Someday—it was time in 1972 to make that someday come.”