Student’s Name:
……………………………
IN HIS NAME
Tehran International School
(Girls)
Time: 60 minutes
Subject:Literature
Teacher’s Name:
Shahrzad Yazdanfar
Date: 93/3/7---Wed.May.28
Second Term Exam
2013-2014
Grade: Six
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-Explain
point of view in fiction and nonfiction.
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P.O.V. in Fiction:
First person P.O.V: The P.O.V of a character inside the story.
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Third Person P.O.V: The P.O.V of a narrator outside the story.
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P.O.V. in nonfiction:P.O.V of the narrator or the author.
-What is a subplot? Which type of fiction includes subplots?
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Minor stories within the larger story.
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-Compare and contrast biographies and autobiographies.
Two Similarities:1.They are both nonfiction.
2. They both tell the story of someone’s life.
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One Difference:Biographies are told from the third person point of view.
Autobiographies are told from the first person point of view.
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(By the author, about him/herself.)
-Indicate whether each literary work is an example of fiction or nonfiction:
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A letter from a famous author to his son
nonfiction
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A first person account of what it is like to live on Pluto fiction
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-What is the purpose of “My Heart Is in the highlands”?
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To use the Scottish way of building as a metaphor for how memories are used to build books.
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-The essay “My Papa Mark Twain” contains many misspelled words. Why do you think it was
published without the errors being corrected?
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To keep the feelings of a young child’s voice.
Teacher’s name: Shahrzad Yazdanfar
Mark (number): …………………………….
Teacher’s signature: ……………… Date: …………….
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Mark
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In “The Sound of Summer Running”, what do the new shoes symbolize for Douglas?
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The coming freedom of summer
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-Define direct and indirect characterization.
o Direct Characterization:Writers make straightforward statements about a character.
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o Indirect characterization:Writers present a character’s thoughts, words, and actions and
reveal what others say about the character.
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-Fill in the blanks using the words below.
 (One of the words is redundant.)
symbol
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Ode
prediction
Opinion
narrator
Sensory language
theme
A. ___prediction_ is a reasonable guess about what is most likely to happen next.
B. The __narrator_ is the voice that tells a true or imagined story.
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C. A/An __opinion___ is a person’s judgment or belief.
D. A _symbol______ is anything that stands for or represents something else.
E. The __theme____ of a story is the central thought, message, or lesson about life that the
story conveys.
F. Sensorylanguageis writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses, sight,
sound, smell, taste, and touch. This language creates word pictures or images.
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-What theme about relying on others does “Feathered Friend” convey? Explain.
People cannot just rely on technology to survive; they also need to rely on each other-and in this case, , a
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bird-to survive.
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-Why did Zlata give her diary a name?
1. To imagine a friend she could talk to.
2. To feel the pride of ownership
3. To have a sense of humor
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-Write the correct letter in front of their matching sound devices in the first column.
1. Repetition C
A. The repetition of sounds at the end of words, such as pool, rule, and fool.
B. The beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
2. Rhyme
A
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C. The use of any element of language- a sound, word, phrase, clause, or
sentence- more than once.
3. Rhythm
B
4. Onomatopoeia
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D. The use of words that imitate sounds: crash, bang, hiss, splat.
E. The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words: lovely
lonely lights.
 (One of the definitions in the second column is redundant.)
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-What is figurative language?
Figurative language is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literary.
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-Compare and contrast simile and metaphor:
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1 Similarity:They both describe things.
1 Difference: Metaphor describes one thing as if it were something else.
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Simile uses like or as to compare to apparently unlike things
-Name two different forms of poetry, and define one of them.
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Narrative poetry tells a story in verse. Narrative poems often have elements similar to those
in a short story, such as plot and characters.
Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in a highly musical
verse.
Concrete poems are shaped to look like their subjects. The poet arranges the lines to create a
picture on the page.
Haiku is a three line Japanese verse form. The first and third lines each have five syllables
and the second lien has seven.
Limerick is a humorous rhyming, five lined poem with a specific rhythm patter and rhyme
scheme.
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Identify the figure of speech in each of these sentences.
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The honeybee buzzed by and landed on a nearby flower.onomatopoeia
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Moonlight crept slowly into the boy’s room at night. personification
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The silver stars swirled in e the summery sky.Alliteration/personification
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He was as hungry as a bear after school.Simile/hyperbole
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17 In the story “The Tail”,how does Tasha feel about baby-sitting for her brother?Explain.
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She has very negative feelings about baby-sitting Junior.
What does Tasha mean when she says, “I found out that you will never miss a tail until you almost
lose one.”?
She means that people don’t value what they have until they no longer have it.
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What are Tasha’s feelings as the girls begin to jump? How do these feelings change when Junior joins in?
 She is proud because their talents have attracted attention.
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 When Junior joins in, she is a bit jealous because he gets attention.
 Then when they fall, everyone laughs and she is very embarrassed.
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Choose the best answer:
1. When you paraphrase a line, you________ it. (A)
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B.
C.
D.
Restate
Define
Preview
Explain
2. ________ your conclusion with evidence. ( C )
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Identify
Examine
Support
Refer
3. When a word has multiple meanings, the reader has to look at the ________- clues to
decide how it is being used. ( C )
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B.
C.
D.
Restated
Defined
Context
Explain
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21 According to this-the last-stanza of the poem “Oranges” answer the following questions.
“ ...
Outside,
A few cars hissing past,
Fog hanging like old
Coats between the trees.
I took my girl’s hand
In mine for two blocks,
Then released it to let
Her unwrap the chocolate.
I peeled my orange
That was so bright against
The gray of December
That, from some distance,
Someone might have thought
I was making a fire in my hands.”
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A. What form of poetry is this poem? Explain.
Narrative. It tells a story.( has elements similar to short stories, such as plot, and characters)
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B. What contrasts do you notice in this stanza?
The fog is thick and the sky is grey. In contrast, the orange is bright.
(The metaphor of the fire emphasizes the speaker’s feelings of happiness and warmth.)
Dust of Snow
By Robert Frost
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
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22 To which senses does the image of a dust of snow appeal? Sight & touch
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23 What lesson do you think the speaker gets from this experience?
Those small pleasures can help ease a bad day; attitudes can change unexpectedly.
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What design does Athene weave?
She weaves a scene depicting mortals coming to awful fates after attempting to fight with the gods
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What is Athene’s original intention toward Arachne?2
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To advise Arachne against claiming equality with the immortal gods.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate words.
 (One of the words is redundant.)
Nigh
Obscure
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rouge
regulation
Distorted
chorus
I didn’t even hear what they said. I saw only their faces distortedin ecstasy and
expectation.
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She came out pulling at her gloves, face bright, with rouge.
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The Gingko’s tune is like a chorus, with everyone joining in.
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Come our lovely lady nigh. So, good night, with lullaby.
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Arachne was a maiden who was neither wellborn nor beautiful, and she lived in a/an
obscure little village.
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