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Final Review
Mrs. Misty Miller Class
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English
8th Grade
05/31/2011

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What famous execution did John Wilkes Booth attend?
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John Brown

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Who had a very detailed dream about Lincoln's death?
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Abraham Lincoln

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The Lincoln's boys had a very special pet. What kind of animal was it? What was the animal's name?
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A goat named Nanko.

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What states were Border States that did not secede, but continued to have slave owners through most of the war?
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Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Delaware
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Who saved Lincoln's oldest son, Robert, from being crushed by a train?
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Edwin Booth

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Before Booth decided to shoot the President, what did he plan to do to Lincoln?
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Kidnap him

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Who told John Wilkes Booth that his future would be a dark one?
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A fortune teller

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After Booth shot Lincoln, he wanted to see something very badly. What was it?
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A newspaper

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Where did John Wilkes Booth meet his end?
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A barn

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Who was Mary Todd Lincoln's best friend and comforter during the White House years?
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Mrs. Keckly

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incoln was the first President to be assassinated, but before that he achieved another first. He was the first to...
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Lincoln elected to

2 terms

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Secretary of War Stanton was with Lincoln when he died. What did Stanton say immediately after his death?
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"Now he is with the ages."

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The train that carried Lincoln's body also carried other special cargo. What was it?
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Willie's coffin

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impulse
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wish, want, need

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vile
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evil

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uprising
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revolt

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traitorous
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disloyal

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seceded
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break from, separate, withdraw

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disregard
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disrespect, indifference

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arsenal
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a place to store weapons and ammunition

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tyrant
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oppressor, or dictator

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lavish
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extravagant, or over the top
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ambition
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determination, goal, or motivation
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limitation
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restriction, or control
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coquettish
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flirty
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coquettish
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flirty
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vulgar
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improper, or crude
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homely
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ugly
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urchins
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unpleasant child
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makeshift
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temporary
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mere
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insignificant
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emancipation
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freeing, liberation, or setting free
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oblivious
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unaware
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proposition
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proposal, or plan
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conspirators
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plotter, or schemer
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scheme
Definition
plan, plot, or conspiracy
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designated
Definition
chosen, or selected
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Mr. Barack Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 12345
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Inside address
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May 23, 2011
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Date
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Dear Mr. Obama:
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Greeting
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I am writing to let you know...blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
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body
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Your constituent,
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closing
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theme
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A central message about life shown in a literary work.

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Tone
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The writer's attitude towards a person place, thing, or event.

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dynamic character
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A character that changes his beliefs during the story.
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static character
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A character that does not change beliefs during the story.
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mood
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The feeling created in the reader by the literary work.
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imagery
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Words used to create mental images.
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metaphor
Definition
comparing by NOT using "like" or "as"
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personification
Definition
giving human qualities to nonhuman things
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rhyme
Definition
having an end sound that corresponds to another word
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onomatopoeia
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a word that sounds like the sound it makes
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allusion
Definition
a reference to a literay, mythological, or historical person, place, or thing
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allusion
Definition
a reference to a literay, mythological, or historical person, place, or thing
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alliteration
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a phrase made up of words that start with the same letter or same sound
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assonance
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the repeat of a vowel sound in words close together
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figurative language
Definition
Using words to describe something by comparing it to something else. Words used to make images.
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haiku
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A Japanese poem of 17 syllables. In 3 lines of 5 syllables, then a line of 7 syllables, and a line of 5 syllables
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epitaph
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A statement or poem about a deceased person.
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epitaph
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A statement or poem about a deceased person.
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sonnet
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a lyrical poem about a romantic topic
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What was the Holocaust?
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The Holocaust was the killing of 6 million people of the Jewish faith during World War II by Hitler and his Nazi party.
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Who perpetrated (carried out) the Holocaust?
Definition
Hitler and the Nazis
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What groups were persecuted during the Holocaust?
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Mostly people of the Jewish faith, but other groups like Gypsies, Homosexuals, Catholics, anyone or group that Hitler felt was in his way of taking over Europe.
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How many people died during the Holocaust?
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6 million
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What is genocide?
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The systematic killing of a group of people for a specific reson such as their race, religion, or beliefs.
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Does genocide still happen today? If so, where?
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Yes, it still happens now. Darfur, Africa.
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Who is the author of Night?
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Elie Wiesel
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What happened to the author's mom and sisters?
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Died in the concentration camps
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What happened to the author's father?
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Elie's father died in the concentration camp. He died of dysentery before camp was liberated.
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How did what happened to the author affect his faith in God?
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Elie lost his faith while he was in the concentration camps. Before the war, Elie was a VERY devout to his religion.
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How did the Nazis transport the Jews to the concentration camps?
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Trains were used to transport Jewish people.
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How many people could fit into the author's cattle car on the way to his first concentration camp?
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80 people
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How many people could fit into the author's cattle car the SECOND time he took one much later?
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100- because they were skinny
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When the Russian army was closing in on the front, what did the Nazis do with all of the inmates of the concentration camp?
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Nazis moved the inmates from camp to camp. They also sped up the killing process.
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What was the biggest symbol of the concentration camps?
Definition
The chimney represented death and how easy it was to die in the camps. The chimney was a symbol of the "thin line" between life and death.
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Mr. Barack Obama

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Washington, D.C. 12345

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inside address

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May 23, 2011
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date
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Dear Mr. Obama:
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greeting
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I am writing to let you know ...blah blah blah blah blah blah
Definition
body
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Your constituent,
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closing
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