Valley Forge Middle School Mr. Hopkins English 8 Test Description/Format: This test will ask you to demonstrate your understanding of the unit on Short Stories and the foundations of a story. The format will include a combination of multiple choice, matching, fill in the blank, and short answer questions. The total points for the test will be between 80 and 100. The information below outlines the stories covered with the foundations of story terms studied in each specific story. You will be asked questions specifically about each story as well as the foundations studied within them, so it is important to be able to APPLY your understanding of the terms to the stories. "Being Mean." Gary Soto. Summary- This story is a memoir-type short story where Gary Soto, the narrator, describes his chaotic childhood in Fresno, California by recounting some of the interesting activities his siblings and the Molina children engaged in! Terms Studied- Setting: The environment created by the author in which the story takes place. *You must know the specific types of setting from your notes! Tone: an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Mood: evoking certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. Personification: the giving of human qualities to something non-human. Simile: a comparison between two things using or “like” “as”. Metaphor: a comparison between two unrelated things. Onomatopoeia: A word that expresses a sound. Alliteration: The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.
Valley Forge Middle School Mr. Hopkins English 8 Test Description/Format: This test will ask you to demonstrate your understanding of the unit on Short Stories and the foundations of a story. The format will include a combination of multiple choice, matching, fill in the blank, and short answer questions. The total points for the test will be between 80 and 100. The information below outlines the stories covered with the foundations of story terms studied in each specific story. You will be asked questions specifically about each story as well as the foundations studied within them, so it is important to be able to APPLY your understanding of the terms to the stories. "Being Mean." Gary Soto. Summary- This story is a memoir-type short story where Gary Soto, the narrator, describes his chaotic childhood in Fresno, California by recounting some of the interesting activities his siblings and the Molina children engaged in! Terms Studied- Setting: The environment created by the author in which the story takes place. *You must know the specific types of setting from your notes! Tone: an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Mood: evoking certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. Personification: the giving of human qualities to something non-human. Simile: a comparison between two things using “like” or “as”. Metaphor: a comparison between two unrelated things. Onomatopoeia: A word that expresses a sound. Alliteration: The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.
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