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- 1. Multiple Choice
Foreshadowing suggests events that will occur later in the story.
TRUE
FALSE
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is a theme?
a story line
the topic/subject
a universal truth about life and people
the time and place of an event
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe theme of a piece of literature is the same as its ...messagesignificancesubjectmeaning
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about theme is TRUE?
Authors NEVER use the same theme twice
Themes only repeat in short stories
All poems have the same theme
The same themes can occur in different stories/different authors
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the TONE of this passage?
“Mrs. Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little. Meg felt her heart racing; cold sweat began to gather on her face and her lips felt as though they were turning blue. She began to gasp."
Sad
Intense
Frightening
Angry
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the "tone" of a story?
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader.
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject.
The time and place of the story.
The summary of events in the story.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!"pleasedsuspicioushappyangry - 8. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the simileI like apples.Apples taste sweet.You're the apple of my eye.This apple is as sweet as candy.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe street was as hot as an oven.SimileMetaphoridiomhyperbole
- 10. Multiple ChoiceMom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.
What are the words in blue an example of?SimileMetaphor - 11. Multiple ChoiceAfter the walk through the dessert, Kim’s tongue felt dry as a bone.
What are the words in blue an example of?SimileMetaphor - 12. Multiple ChoiceA comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:alliterationsimileonomatopoeiametaphor
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which best describes a SUMMARY?
A really long detailed piece of writing.
The entire text told in your own words.
The main ideas and important details of a text.
Your favorite part of a passage.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Text evidence are clues that help readers make an inference.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
What can you infer about the following:
Sofia threw on mismatched socks and forgot to brush her teeth. She ran out the door just in time to see the bus drive by.
Sofia was dressing up as a clown.
Sofia was practicing for the big race.
Sofia was mad!
Sofia's alarm didn't go off, and she was late for school.
- 16. Multiple Choice"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?High HeelsThe store - 17. Multiple Choice"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?WhistlingHiking - 18. Multiple ChoiceThe moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?saymoon - 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?
his wife was his Achilles' heel
he lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's
she transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.
we'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.
- 20. Multiple Choice
From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which of these lines contains an allusion?
And therefore have I little talked of love
Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death
For Venus smiles not in a house of tears
All of the above
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the synonym for happy?joyfulmaddislikecelebrate
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the synonym for small?madtinylargeserious
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the synonym for scared?joyfulafraidexcitedsilly
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following means important?
descendant
nutrient
significant
antique
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?a b b a a b b ac d e c d eABAB CDCD EFEF GG
- 26. Multiple Choice
Climb the chair to reach the ceiling.
Is it an alliteration?
Yes
No
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which one is alliteration?
She's tame and he's lame. Both are not the same.
When I got there, everyone was done.
Shazam!
Look! Larry lost Lucy, but luckily he located her.
- 28. Multiple Choice
what is it called when what actually happens is different than what was expected to happen?
dramatic irony
verbal irony
situational irony
original irony
- 29. Multiple Choice
a brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience
aside
soliliquy
chorus
tragic remark
- 30. Multiple Choice
when the audience knows more than the characters do
dramatic irony
symbolic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a soliloquy?a brief remark that the audience can hear but characters cannota lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stagea lengthy speech in which one character is alone on stagespeech in which a word has a double meaning
- 32. Multiple Choice
Is this an example of verbal irony?
You got straight A's on your report card? I'm so disappointed.
Yes
No
- 33. Multiple Choice
Is this an example of verbal irony?
It's such a thrill to know that I will be spending the whole summer with a cast on.
Yes
No
- 34. Multiple ChoiceA thesis statement is...Something your teacher makes you writeYour opinion about the topic in the promptA sentence that you're supposed to have in your introductionA sentence
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the purpose of a thesis statement?
To be a pretty sentence
To be a sentence in your introduction
To introduce your paper to the reader
To state what your essay will be about
- 36. Multiple Choice
Board games are fun to play.
Complete Sentence
Run-on Sentence
Sentence Fragment
- 37. Multiple Choice
Are boredom busters.
Complete Sentence
Run-on Sentence
Sentence Fragment
- 38. Multiple Choice
There are many types of board games there is one for every type of person.
Complete Sentence
Run-on Sentence
Sentence Fragment
- 39. Multiple Choice
One type of board game.
Complete Sentence
Run-on Sentence
Sentence Fragment
- 40. Multiple Choice
Some board games require lots of reading.
Complete Sentence
Run-on Sentence
Sentence Fragment
- 41. Multiple Choice
What is the recommended font size for MLA documents?
8
10
12
14
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the title of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in a paper?Reference PageWorks CitedCitationsSources
- 43. Multiple ChoiceThe first page of an MLA document includes:Student name
Teacher Name
DateStudent Name
DateStudent Name
Title of paper
DateStudent name
Teacher name
Course
Date - 44. Multiple Choice
Each paragraph should be indented by 1/2 inch. This can be accomplished using which key?
Space bar
Tab
Enter
Shift
- 45. Multiple Choice
A direct quote...
uses the exact words that somebody says AND uses quotation marks to enclose those specific words
does not use the exact words of what somebody says BUT uses quotation marks
uses the exact words that somebody says BUT does not use quotation marks for those specific words
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