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The Devil's Arithmetic 
Second Quarter Cumulative Assessment
Here's What You've Done to Prepare...Here's What You Need to Review:

Test Topics
Historical Fiction Elements
    *You read this informational writing about the genre historical fiction.
    *You took a quiz on those elements.  That quiz has been returned to you. 
    *You provided examples of historical fiction elements on your  bookmark.    

Point of View/Narrator
   *You used this guide to complete your bookmark.  The guide explains the difference between first-person and 
     third-person point of view.  

Vocabulary/Vocabulary in Context

    *You completed a vocabulary in context practice activity.  
    *You practiced this skill again on this assignment for Chapter 6-7.
    *You also took a short assessment.  This quiz has been returned to you.
    *You also participated in an discussion of these two terms presented on the overhead.
    *I also filled the board with terms to describe characters from our novel when we looked closely at Fayge.
    *I have taken the following terms for use on the assessment:
 
Figures of Speech (Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Hyperbole)
    *You completed this figure of speech practice.  
    *Can you find two similes on page 139?
    *Can you find personification on page 141?
    *Can you find the metaphor on page 143?

Characterization (How does the author reveal the character?)
    *You used the author's characterization to complete character descriptions.      
    *You looked at how the author presented Fayge to us in the book with this spotlight.
    *You also completed a writing piece describing the author's characterization of Fayge
    *You're also in the process of creating a characterization piece about Rivka.


Unit Themes (How are they connected?)
    *Do you know theme from The Outsiders?
    *Do you know this theme from this unit?  Your "brick in the wall" symbolized the theme.
    *How are our two themes from this year similar? 


Sentence Structure
    *You should have several reference sheets about simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.  

Pronoun Chart
    *You will need to identify pronouns as subjects, objects, or possessives.  What is the difference between a subject and an object                     pronoun?


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