7th Grade HMH Unit 2

Internal/External Conflict

100

A student feels nervous about giving a class presentation because they worry they'll forget their lines. Is this internal conflict or external conflict?

 Internal conflict

200

 Two friends argue over who gets the last slice of pizza and push each other in the hallway. Is this internal conflict or external conflict?

External conflict

300

 A character decides whether to forgive their sibling after a betrayal, struggling with guilt and anger inside. Is this internal conflict or external conflict?

Internal conflict

400

A family must move to a new town because a parent lost their job, forcing the main character to change schools and make new friends. Is this internal conflict or external conflict?

External conflict

500

A hero must choose between following the rules they were raised with or breaking them to save an innocent person; they wrestle with conscience, fear, and the possible consequences of either choice. Is this internal conflict or external conflict?

Internal conflict

Author's Purpose

100

This short entry in a classroom encyclopedia explains the life cycle of a frog with facts and diagrams. Is the author's purpose to inform/explain, persuade, entertain, or express thoughts/feelings?

Inform/Explain

200

A local newspaper runs an editorial urging readers to support a new park project, using reasons and emotional appeals. Is the author's purpose to inform/explain, persuade, entertain, or express thoughts/feelings?

Persuade

300

A magazine publishes a short, funny story about a family’s chaotic holiday that makes readers laugh and enjoy the characters. Is the author's purpose to inform/explain, persuade, entertain, or express thoughts/feelings?

Entertain

400

A writer posts a personal blog entry describing their sadness and hope after moving to a new city, focusing on inner feelings and reflections. Is the author's purpose to inform/explain, persuade, entertain, or express thoughts/feelings?

Express Thoughts/Feelings

500

An article combines a true biography of a famous scientist with clear explanations of their experiments, uses quotes to show the scientist’s passion, and includes a closing paragraph urging schools to teach more science. Which two primary author’s purposes are shown, and which is the strongest purpose?

Persuade and the strongest purpose is to inform/explain!

Sound Devices

100

• Clue: This device repeats the same beginning consonant sound in nearby words (example: "Peter Piper picked a peck").

What is alliteration?

200

When a poet repeats a word or phrase to emphasize an idea or create rhythm, they are using this device.

What is repetition?

300

• Clue: Identify the line that uses alliteration:
  A) "Rain fell softly on the roof."
  B) "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."
  C) "He ran quickly toward the store."

 "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."?

400

Clue: Which device is used in each short sentence?

1. "The wind was wild and wicked."
2. "Again and again she tried the lock."

1) What is alliteration? — 2) What is repetition?

500

• Clue: Read the short excerpt and identify both devices used: "Bold birds beat back the bitter wind, and I will not let go, I will not give in." (Name the alliterative phrase and the repeated phrase.)

What are "Bold birds beat back" (alliteration) and "I will not" (repetition)?

Genre Elements

100

What are 3 genre elements of short stories?

• has a single idea and can be read in one sitting
• develops one or more characters
• presents a plot with one main conflict
• includes a setting
• may be realistic or imaginary
• often conveys a theme or lesson about life

200

What are 3 genre elements of folk tales? 

• are usually set in the past and are based on an oral tradition
• often show the importance of a cultural value or behavior
• often focus on a problem that needs to be solved
• may feature supernatural characters or events
• sometimes feature a “trickster”

300

What are 3 genre elements of poetry?

• includes imagery that appeals to the senses
• includes sound devices such as rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and repetition
• creates a mood
• expresses a theme, or message, about life

400

What is Mood?

 What is Tone? 

Mood is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader through the use of descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language. 

The tone of a literary work expresses the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject that they have written. 

500

What is irony? 

a contrast in which the reality is the opposite of what it seems to be.

Rhyme Scheme

100

What rhyme scheme labels a poem where every line ends with the same sound (for example, "cat / hat / bat / sat")?

What is AAAA?

200

In a four-line stanza where the first and third lines rhyme and the second and fourth lines rhyme, what is the rhyme scheme?

What is ABAB?

300

Identify the rhyme scheme of this stanza: 

• The moon shines bright above the bay 
• A gentle wind begins to sigh 
• The fishermen prepare their day 
• As gulls wheel low across the sky 

What is ABAB?

400

Explain how you would label the rhyme scheme for a five-line stanza where lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with each other, and lines 3 and 4 form a different rhyme. (Give the letter pattern.)

What is AABBA?

500

 A poem has six lines. The rhyme pattern is: lines 1 and 4 rhyme, lines 2 and 5 rhyme, and lines 3 and 6 rhyme. Provide the rhyme scheme based on this information. 

What is ABCABC?