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Language Arts Semester 8B
Unit 4: Reading Literary Text – Study Guide
Assignment: Please complete this study guide as your sample work for this unit. Make sure to complete all the definitions and answer any questions asked. All information for this study guide can be found within the unit lessons. If it says “KNOW and UNDERSTAND,” you do NOT have to write anything down to earn credit, however you may choose to take notes on that section to use for your test.
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DEFINE (definitions can be found throughout the lessons):


inference (Lesson 2) –


central idea (Lesson 3) –


theme (Lesson 3) –


summary (Lesson 5) –


dialogue (Lesson 6) –


plot (Lesson 6) –


metaphor (Lesson 7) –


simile (Lesson 7)


allusion (Lesson 8) –


analogy (Lesson 8) –


ANSWER these QUESTIONS…
Is the theme stated directly in a story? (Lesson 3)


What do characters do in a story? How do they affect the plot of a story? (Lesson 6)


KNOW and UNDERSTAND…
-When authors state ideas directly, this is called explicitly. This means in stated directly in the text. Other ideas are implied, leaving it to the reader to make inferences. (Lesson 2)


-The central idea of a story is also referred to the main idea (what the story is mostly about). (Lesson 3)


-Know how to determine the theme of an excerpt (the message or lesson of a story). (Lesson 3 & 4)