Midterm : Review Terms and Practice

1. Midterm: Review Terms and Practice

2. Define point of view: the perspective from which a story is told 2. List the 3 types of point of view and explain what they are: first person: narrator is in the story 3rd person limited: narrator is outside the story; readers know 1 character’s thoughts 3rd person omniscient: narr. is outside the story; readers know multiple characters’ thoughts

3. 3. What point of view is Across Five Aprils? 3rd person omniscient Prove it: We see Ellen’s thoughts about Jethro and Jethro’s thoughts about the day.

4. 4. Define tone: The attitude of a writer toward his/her work 5. What is the tone of Across Five Aprils? It is informational and matter-of-fact. Prove it: The author gives information very directly, not using emotional terms.

5. 6. What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization? Direct states straight out what the character is like; for indirect, the reader infers character’s personality.

6. 7. Give an example of direct characterization from Across Five Aprils for each of the following characters. Include page #s: Jethro: “Jethro’s eager mind and delight in learning…” (11) {change the character below from Jenny to Bill} Bill: “…a big, silent man who was considered ‘peculiar’ in the neighborhood.” (22)

7. 8. Give an example of indirect characterization from Across Five Aprils for each of the following characters. Include page #s: Jethro: “He… hoisted (the burlap bag) expertly to his thin shoulder…” (7) Jenny: “Jenny has to say goodbye (to Shad) like as if he was goin’ to the North Pole.” (9)

8. 9. What is the author’s purpose for writing Across Five Aprils? She wants to show what it’s like for a boy growing up in a border state during the Civil War. 10. Prove it: It is an account of Jethro’s life from April, 1861 to April 1865, mostly told from his perspective.

9. Review the following terms and find 1 or 2 examples for each in Across Five Aprils. Include page #s. 11. Personification: “…the moon and sun and all the stars went ‘round the Earth and maybe kind of tipped their hats as they went by.” (13) 12. Alliteration: “Dread of war was a womanly weakness…” (12)

10. 13. Hyperbole: “…soldiers up here kin take the South by the britches and make it holler ‘Nough’ quicker than it takes coffee to cool off fer swallerin.’” (12) 14. Dialect: “Yore hopes is makin’ a fool of yore reason, Jeth.” (8) 15. Dialogue: “That ain’t in the Scriptures, is it, Jeth?” “I don’t reckon it is, but it’s in one of the books Shad brought out of Philadelphy.” (13)