The Book Thief

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: The Author and Narrator

• Figurative language is the use of words to mean something other than their literal meaning.
• Figurative language includes devices such as simile and metaphor, idioms, personification, and imagery, all of which help create deeper meaning and evoke vivid emotions in the reader.
• Tone is the attitude or feelings the narrator of the story seems to have toward the subject of the story, often revealed through word choice, imagery, and style.

Lesson 2: Similes and Metaphors

• In literature, symbolism is when one thing mentioned in the book stands for or represents another thing.
• Similes and metaphors compare something to another thing or idea that seems unrelated.
• Similes use the words "like" or "as" in the comparison, while metaphors do not.

Lesson 3: Burning Books

• In historical fiction, the setting and some people and events are real, but the author invents other characters and details.
• Propaganda is communication aimed at influencing the attitudes of a community or group of people.

Lesson 4: The Value of Books

• Descriptive writing uses details from one or more of the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste) to draw a picture in the reader's mind.

Lesson 5: The Accordion Player

• The Nuremburg Laws were a series of laws created in Germany in 1935 that denied Jews citizenship and many other rights.
• Good descriptive writing is detailed and specific; it shows readers instead of just telling them.

Lesson 6: The Standover Man

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Lesson 7: The Seven-Sided Die

• Logical fallacies are problematic arguments that are often designed to intentionally mislead people.
• Slippery Slope is a fallacy that says if A happens, then B and C will happen. If we want to prevent C from happening, we can't let A happen.
• In a Bandwagon Appeal fallacy, the argument is that everyone else supports something, so you should too. This can also include appeals to tradition or patriotism.
• In a Genetic Fallacy, the argument that something is good or bad depending on its origins (people, organizations, places, etc.).
• Hasty Generalization is a fallacy where you draw conclusions based on very little evidence.
• Post Hoc Argument is a fallacy where if A happened after B, then B must have caused A.
• Appeal to Improper Authority fallacy says that this famous person said it so it must be true (even if that person is not an authority on the subject matter).

Lesson 8: The Thief Strikes Again

• Elaborate rallies and speeches were an important part of Nazi propaganda.

Lesson 9: Close Calls

• Figurative language includes devices such as personification (giving animals or objects human-like qualities), simile (comparing seemingly unlike things using the words "like" or "as"), metaphor (comparing seemingly unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"), and onomatopoeia (a word that imitates the sound it describes).

Lesson 10: The Trilogy of Happiness

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Lesson 11: The Word Shaker

• A primary source is a document or item created during a specific time period by a person or people who lived during that time.
• A ghetto is an enclosed area in a city. During World War II, the Nazis established ghettoes in some cities and required all Jews to live there, often in miserable conditions.
• An allegory is a literary device in which characters or events in a story are symbolic of other ideas or concepts, often of a religious, political, or moral nature.

Lesson 12: The Teddy Bear

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Final Project: Think-Tac-Toe

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