7th Literature
4th Quarter Literature Elements Test & Lizzie Bright Novel Test Review
Know the following Literary Elements.
Simile
Metaphor
Round character?
Alliteration
Flat Character
Foreshadowing
Conflict
Point of View
Irony
Setting
Negative and Positive Turns
Theme
Hyperbole
Plot
Characterization
Static character
Allusion
Personification
Epitaph
Dynamic character
Symbol
Stereotype
Foil
Protagonist
Onomatopoeia
Eternal Truths
Communication Statements
Bible in a Nutshell
Leave people/things better than you found them
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely
You can change your “setting” anytime you want to
It is unfair to compare
What are the themes?
Man’s inhumanity towards man
Protagonist - Turner Buckminster III
Antagonist - Prejudice of the town, Stonecrop, Deacon Hurd, even his dad
Who is the main character in this story?
What was the first negative turn in this story dealing with baseball? Hint he labels it as his first failure.
What is the second thing that leads up to his second big failure? Hint – the ocean.
What is his second failure? Hint – Mrs. Cobb
What is the thing that leads up to his third failure? Hint – Willis Hurd
What is his third failure? Hint – Mrs. Cobb again
Who is in Mrs. Cobb’s house that Mrs. Cobb’s can’t believe is standing soaking wet in her house?
What is the word Turner’s parent’s use when it comes to Malaga Island?
What happened to Mrs. Hurd and then what happened to her house?
P. 118 “Turner was about as grim as a dark cloud lowering itself over a Sunday-School picnic.” What type of literary element is this?
When Turner’s dad gives him “The Origin of Species” by Darwin, he says to Turner, “books can be ____________.”
Why didn’t Turner hit the ball fair? When Willis Hurd asks him this question how does Turner answer it?
“the leaves let go, twirled and somersaulted, and finally settled down to sleep.” What kind of literary element is this?
Who inherited Mrs. Cobb’s house?
Page 169 – “You realize Buckminster, that she is as black as the ace of spades!” What literary devices is the author using here? (Possibility of two)
Mr. Stonecrop tries to bully the minister and Turner into selling the house and giving the money to the town, but Turner stands up to him and what does his father do to the surprise of Turner?
Prejudice distorts everything. “…By God, sheriff, you’re getting way ahead of yourself. A man who would send a little off to an asylum just so he could grab her land, he doesn’t even know which way is down.” This statement so angers the sheriff that he does what?
“Saints are hard to live with, Mr. Newton. Usually they end up getting burned.” Deacon Hurd makes this statement at the firing of Rev. Buckminster while he is still in a coma. What does this statement mean?
Deacon Hurd tries to put the blame for everything on Turner. He says, “Don’t blame us for where your own ideas take you.” At that moment Turner flashes back to his Father’s study and hears his father say, “Who knows where these ideas will take us,” he had said. “But won’t it be exciting to find out.” Where did these dangerous ideas come from?
What happened to Lizzie Bright down at the Pownal Asylam?
What happens to both Mr. Stonecrop the Hurd family?
There is an amazing almost unbelievable surprise ending to this book. What is it?
Essay: Lizzie Bright is always saying, “Turner, you never look at things straight.” What is she trying to say to him? (Hint – she says this to him when he wants her to have Mrs. Cobb’s house that he inherited) Give 3 examples of when Turner doesn’t see things straight? Also tell me if it is a good thing or a bad thing to “never look at things straight” like Turner. Explain your answer.
OR
Does everyone have prejudice? Explain your answer.
