Exam 3: Learning About Literature

If the narrator of a story can see into the minds of all story characters, the author has chosen to tell the story from

A Native American woman living in a secluded North Carolina valley tells how, in 1806 on the Cherokee Indian Trail of Tears between North Carolina and the Oklahoma Territory, she and her sister escaped their captors, made their way back to their homeland, and lived in hiding for many years. Stories similar to the prototype given above would be likely to have which literary feature listed below?

Match each item on the left with the best descriptor on the right. -Caldecott Medal

The disruption of the chronology of events by conveying information about events that occurred before the story began is called a(n) ________________________________________.

Themes in children's books should be based on all EXCEPT

A book in which each chapter is a complete story and in which the chapters are tied together by the same set of characters and setting is said to have a(n) ____________________________________________ plot.

List three ways that you can learn to evaluate children's books and improve your judgment of the merits of books.

Match each item on the left with the best descriptor on the right. -Governor General's Award

List five ways to achieve balance and variety in literature chosen for children.

Match each item on the left with the best definition on the right. -satisfactory conclusion B) traditional chronology replaced by nonlinear plot C) what happens in the story D) part of the story in which characters, setting, and conflict are established E) a device used to give clues to a later event F) a device used to tell of events that occurred earlier in the story

Conflict that occurs within the main character is called _____________________________, but when the character is in a struggle with natural forces, the conflict is called ___________________________________________________________________.

Match each item on the left with the best descriptor on the right. -Carnegie Medal

Match each item on the left with the best definition on the right. -exposition

The main British award for the best writing in children's literature is ______________________________________________________________________.

Match each item on the left with the best descriptor on the right. -Pura Belpré Award

A stylistic device that gives clues to a later event in the story is called __________________________________________________________________.

A story that relates its events in the order in which they occur is a story that is using

Match each item on the left with the best descriptor on the right. -shifting point of view

Name five reliable, widely available sources available to teachers for good book titles.

The style of an author's writing involves all EXCEPT