The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Unit Review Sheet
These facts and definitions should be mastered throughout this unit. This page can be used for periodic review and study as you are finishing the unit and in the future.
Facts and Definitions
Lesson 1: From Massachusetts to California
- Many people were attracted to California with the hope of finding gold and many people moved there. This came to be known as the California Gold Rush.
- Know the definitions of these vocabulary words: boarder, imminent, ravine, arithmetic, ballad, and outlaw.
Lesson 2: Change
- A prepositional phrase is a group of words in a sentence that usually indicates location or time. All prepositional phrases begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun.
- Prepositions are words that begin a prepositional phrase. They include words like in, on, by, to, over, and under.
Lesson 3: An Entrepeneur
- A synonym is a word that has a similar meaning to another word.
- A thesaurus is a reference book that lists synonyms.
- An entrepreneur is a person who takes on the responsibilities, risks, and rewards of starting a new business.
Lesson 4: A Ballad
- Verb: a word that shows an action, shows a state of being, or links the subject to the rest of the sentence
- Noun: a person, place, thing, or idea
- Adverb: a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
- Adjective: a word that describes a noun
- Pronoun: a word (such as he, she, they, it) used in place of a noun
- Conjunction: a word (like and, or, but) used to connect words, phrases, and clauses
- Article: a word that identifies a noun — the, a, or an
- Interjection: a word or short phrase, usually appearing at the beginning of a sentence, that shows an emotion (like "hooray" or "yuck"); interjections are followed by either an exclamation point (for a strong emotion) or a comma (for a less strong emotion)
- A ballad is poem that tells a story.
Lesson 5: A New Friend
- Writers can vary sentence beginnings by starting sentences with prepositional phrases or transitional words or phrases.
- Avoid starting too many sentences with "the," "it," "this," or "I" to better engage readers.
Lesson 6: Clyde Claymore
- Know the definitions of the following vocabulary words: cacophony, vex, varmint, suitor, devour, and cajole.
- Characterization is the way the author reveals different aspects of a character.
Lesson 7: Loss
- An idiom is a phrase or expression that cannot be taken literally but has a unique meaning within a culture.
Lesson 8: Fire!
- Good writers vary the length of their sentences.
- The parts of a friendly letter include greeting, body, closure, and signature line.
Lesson 9: The Sandwich Islands
- Authors reveal characters through their actions, dialogue, descriptions, interactions with other characters, and thoughts.
Lesson 10: A Library
- A cause and effect relationship is one where an event or action causes something to happen.
Final Project: Persuasive Essay
- A persuasive essay attempts to convince a reader of a point of view or course of action.
- A persuasive essay provides three reasons to support a position and evidence to support each reason.
- A five paragraph essay is made up of an introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.