Fiction. Read and familiarize yourself with the story below. One Winter s Night By Claire Freedmon and Simon Mendez

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1 Name: Period: Final Exam Reveiw Fiction Read and familiarize yourself with the story below. One Winter s Night By Claire Freedmon and Simon Mendez It was deepest, darkest winter. Wild snow blizzards had howled through the woods for days. The animals had been hiding in their dens, cold and hungry. But tonight, suddenly, all was quiet and the sky was clear. Fox peeked from his snowy den. Out of the darkness appeared a lone figure, a badger, gleaming silver in the moonlight. Hello, Badger called quietly. Please, I m so hungry. Do you have any food to share? Fox frowned. He had hardly enough food for himself. But there was such a kind look in the Badger s eyes, Fox felt he had to help him. Wait here, he said. Thank you, Badger smiled, gratefully taking a few berries Fox offered. Then, Badger went off into the snow, head bent against the bitter wind. Mouse was much too cold and hungry to sleep. As she tossed and turned in her bed, suddenly she heard footsteps outside. My, oh my! she gasped. Who s out at this time of night? Hello! a silvery figure called softly. Please, I m very hungry. Do you have any spare food? I ve nothing at all! Mouse grumbled. There s no food anywhere! I understand, Badger nodded, and he turned to go. Mouse listened as the heavy crunch of Badger s footsteps slowly faded. Badger had seemed so gentle and caring. Yet she had turned him away. Wait! Mouse scampered after him. Hare lives nearby. Maybe she can help! Together, Mouse and Badger struggled to Hare s house. The wind whipped. Snowflakes swirled. But somehow, even in the shadowy dark, Mouse felt safe beside Badger, his warm eyes twinkling like the bright stars. Hare was rather angry to be woken up. And she didn t really want to share the small handful of berries she d saved with anyone!

2 I know it s late, Hare, but I told Badger you might help. Mouse whispered. He s freezing cold and starving. And so am I! I suppose you had both better come in then, said Hare. Mouse, Hare, and Badger nibbled on Hare s last few berries. Hare thought back to when times were much kinder. Then, she and Mouse had spent happy days together, sharing everything. Hare missed those times. All too soon, Badger thanked them and left. Without him, the burrow felt colder, and the night darker. Poor Badger it s freezing outside! Mouse sighed, peering out onto the frosty darkness. I hope he ll be alright, Hare said anxiously. Just then they spotted a shadowy figure moving slowly toward them It s Fox! cried Mouse. What are you doing here? Hare asked him. I m searching for Badger! Fox explained. He was so exhausted and hungry! Mouse and Hare nodded. They were worried about Badger, too. I think we should go out and look for him, Mouse said. In the shimmering snow, Badger s footprints were pools of silver. The blizzard blew stronger still as the three friends followed Badger s silvery tracks deeper and deeper into the woods. Over there! pointed Fox at last. There was Badger asleep among the roots of a tree, covered in a frosting of snow. He s frozen! gasped Mouse. Poor Badger! We must help him, Fox cried. Quietly, so they didn t wake him, Mouse and Hare gathered some soft mosses and leaves for Badger s bed. Fox dug a snowy shelter to keep him snug. Then, together they curled up cozy and warm in their snowy den. The wind howled and snow fell thickly, but they had never slept so well. The next morning, Badger was gone! The friends looked around and saw a trail of silvery footprints stretching far into the distance. I wonder where Badger is going now? said Fox, and if he ll ever visit us again? But just then, Mouse gave an excited shout. Look! Over there! Everyone stared in surprise. What a wonderful gift! Fox gasped. It s magic! Mouse whispered. Then she spotted the tiny message: In every caring thing you do, The love you give comes back to you! It s from Badger! Hare cried. We all knew he was special! The sun suddenly burst through and a million snowflakes sparkled-bright as the twinkle in Badger s smiling eyes!

3 Define the fiction terms below, and be able to apply them to the story above. flashback- nonlinear plot- theme- dialogue- sensory language- Poetry Read the passage below and be able to identify the following poetic devices : rhyme scheme, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, tone, conflict, symbolism, and theme. The Road Not Taken Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Read the passage below and be able to identify the following poetic devices: type, couplet, metaphor, personification, and theme. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

4 And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Define the following Poetic Devices. Be able to identify examples of each. Imagery Metaphor Simile Alliteration Personification Hyperbole Idiom Rhyme Scheme Rhythm Couplet Romeo and Juliet What is the theme of Romeo and Juliet? What is the difference between tone and mood? Define the following Dramatic Addresses: Monologue Aside Soliloquy

5 Be able to identify the following Dramatic Addresses and the character s tone when it is made: Act 1 Scene1 PRINCE Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, Profaners of this neighbor stainèd steel! Will they not hear? What, ho! You men, you beasts, That quench the fire of your pernicious rage With purple fountains issuing from your veins, On pain of torture, from those bloody hands Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground, And hear the sentence of your movèd prince. Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets And made Verona s ancient citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments, To wield old partisans in hands as old, Cankered with peace, to part your cankered hate. If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. For this time, all the rest depart away. You, Capulet, shall go along with me, And, Montague, come you this afternoon To know our farther pleasure in this case, To old Free town, our common judgment place. Once more, on pain of death, all men depart. Act 2, Scene 1 O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I ll no longer be a Capulet. Act 2, Scene 3 FRIAR LAWRENCE The gray eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, Checkering the eastern clouds with streaks of light, And fleckled darkness like a drunkard reels From forth day s path and Titan s fiery wheels. Now, ere the sun advance his burning eye, The day to cheer and night s dank dew to dry, I must upfill this osier cage of ours With baleful weeds and precious juicèd flowers. The earth, that s nature s mother, is her tomb. What is her burying, grave that is her womb. And from her womb children of divers kind We sucking on her natural bosom find, Many for many virtues excellent, None but for some and yet all different. Oh, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give. Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use

6 Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime by action dignified. Within the infant rind of this small flower Poison hath residence and medicine power. For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part; Being tasted, stays all senses with the heart. Two such opposèd kings encamp them still, In man as well as herbs grace and rude will. Act 3, Scene 1 ROMEO Oh, I am fortune s fool! Know the following characters (Whom are they related to? What was their role in the play?): Romeo Juliet The Nurse Friar Laurence Benvolio Paris Prince Escalus Mercutio Tybalt Read the passages below. Be able to identify the following literary devices: irony, sarcasm, foreshadowing, or paradox. O God, I have an ill divining soul. Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Either my eyesight fails, or thou look st pale. Now, by Saint Peter s Church and Peter too, He shall not make me there a joyful bride. I wonder at this haste, that I must wed Ere he, that should be husband, comes to woo. I pray you, tell my lord and father, madam,

7 I will not marry yet. And when I do, I swear It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, Rather than Paris. These are news indeed! (Look at the two different conversations below. Juliet s response is where you see the literary devices.) NURSE Faith, here it is. Romeo is banishèd, and all the world to nothing That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you. Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth. Then, since the case so stands as now it doth, I think it best you married with the county. Oh, he s a lovely gentleman. Romeo s a dishclout to him. An eagle, madam, Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye As Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart, I think you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first. Or if it did not, Your first is dead, or twere as good he were, As living here and you no use of him. Well, thou hast comforted me marvelous much... NURSE His name is Romeo, and a Montague, The only son of your great enemy. (aside) My only love sprung from my only hate!

8 **Study Informational Text Features and Expository Organizational Patterns. **