A Single Shard
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: Korea
- urchin: a mischievous child
- insolence: rude behavior or speech
- arduous: requiring much energy
- chrysanthemum: a flower native to China that is known for its size and diversity of color
- connoisseur: a person who is competent to pass judgment, especially about fine art or food
- noxious: harmful to one's health
- tumultuous: disorderly or noisy
- emissary: a representative sent on a mission or errand
- trepidation: fear or alarm
- skepticism: doubt
Lesson 2: Tree-Ear
- A pronoun is a word that replaces or substitutes for a noun, a noun phrase, or another pronoun.
- An antecedent is the noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to.
Lesson 3: Hard Work
- A summary is a brief account that describes the main points of something.
- A summary should not include personal interpretations or too many details.
Lesson 4: Food and Pottery
- Case is the change in form of a word, such as a pronoun, depending on its function in a sentence.
Lesson 5: The Royal Emissary
- When describing a step-by-step process, use clear and simple language and present steps in a logical sequence.
Lesson 6: Village Life
- Authors' works are often influenced by their own experiences and relationships.
- A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number and gender.
Lesson 7: Opportunity
- An opportunity is a possibility provided because of a favorable combination of circumstances.
Lesson 8: Korean Pottery
- The antecedent for a pronoun must be clear.
- Celadon is a pale, jade-green glaze applied to pottery.
Lesson 9: Words of Wisdom
- Wisdom is a deep understanding of people, things, or situations.
Lesson 10: The Fox
- A relative pronoun begins a dependent clause and provides more information about a noun. Examples of relative pronouns include who, whom, whose, which, and that.
Lesson 11: Relationships
- Understanding the relationships between characters is critical to understanding most novels.
Final Project: Comparison and Contrast Writing
- Comparison and contrast writing is expository writing that shows the similarities and differences between two subjects.