UNIT 1 TOPIC GUIDE
Raymond’s Run
 plot
 conflict
 theme
Cub Pilot on the Mississippi
 conflict
Old Ben
 foreshadowing
Fox Hunt
 genre
 flashback
 foreshadowing
The American Dream
 genre
 author’s purpose
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
 genre
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author’s purpose
mood
frame story (which is its narrative
structure)
Bells Ferry Schedule and Map
 genre
 useful features for reading it
Personal Narrative
 dialogue
Terms
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fiction
nonfiction
theme
central idea
internal and external conflict
plot (5 parts)
foreshadowing
flashback
For each of the items below, be sure to NOT only fill out the information on this sheet, but
ALSO go back to the texts and review the material we talked about in class. Study any
notes you have taken in class, as well as skim back through the selections themselves.*
 Elements of Fiction and Nonfiction: Review the information on p. 4 and 5 in your
literature textbook.
List key elements of fiction below:
List key elements of nonfiction below:
Examples:
Examples:
 Be familiar with the charts on p. 8 and 17 in your literature textbook. What types of
evidence are used to help readers determine theme? Central idea?
 Elements of Plot: Study your notes in your Reading Workshop section (the post-it visual
with definitions).
 Conflict—List major differences between the two types:
Internal:
External:
 “Raymond’s Run”—Fill out the following chart:
Summarize the plot below:
Evidence of Internal Conflict:
Evidence of External Conflict:
Theme (s):
Major Characters’ Names:
 Functional Texts: List examples in the space below.
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What is the purpose of functional texts?
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What are some characteristics of maps that might help us “read” a map correctly?
 “The American Dream”—Fill out the following chart:
Genre:
Central Idea:
Author Purpose:
 “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”
 Genre:
 Overall mood of the story:
 Examples of clues/foreshadowing:
 Red herrings:
 Narrative structure of the story:
 Major Characters’ Names:
Style/Tone:
 “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi”—Fill out the following chart:
Major Characters:
Central Idea:
Evidence of Internal Conflict:
Evidence of External Conflict:
 Author’s Purpose: What types or examples of texts do the following? Think genres,
subgenres, and specific examples.
Inform:
Persuade:
Entertain:
 Personal Narrative
o What is it?
o What are some transitions that show shifts in time and setting?
o Study examples of correctly punctuated dialogue.
 MLA Citations and Formatting: Review your Guide to Research.
o How to write a paraphrase
o How to do a Works Cited page (easybib MLA citations)
o How to do parenthetical citation
o what to do if there is no author