Review for Unit One

Review for Unit One

Once You Go through the study guide take the test

Concepts Covered in Unit One

• Story Elements (setting, plot, characters)

• Central idea of a poem

• Figurative Language

• Distinguish between phrases and clauses

• Correct Misplaced modifiers

• Writing a personal narrative

Theme

• Theme is an underlying message or the big idea of a story. This message could tell more about human nature or life in general.

Multiple Choice

Which of these themes were found in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton?

• rich kids and poor kids will never get along

• walking home alone will only lead to trouble

• gentle souls are often disguised by rough exteriors

Multiple Choice

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell your name the livelong day

To an admiring bog!

Which statement best explains the central idea of this stanza?

• public speaking is hard

• friendships should be kept secret

• fame is dull and unappealing

• announcing one's name is rude

• Be able to identify the parts of the plot diagram

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution

Multiple Select

The climax of the story Seventh Grade occurs when

• Teresa sees Victor in the lunch area and smiles at him

• Victor raises his hand in French class to impress Teresa.

• Mr. Bueller stays quiet about Victor not knowing French.

Multiple Choice

You will need to be able to read a story and select the main character. Who was the main character in Seventh Grade?

• Victor

• Michael

• Mr. Bueller

Multiple Choice

The next morning, Anthony awoke to laughing and applauding, so he threw on some jeans and a T-shirt and hurried down the hallway, giving his father a quizzical look when he reached the kitchen doorway.

What is the denotation of the word "quizzical"?

• angry

• difficult

• confused

• clever

Figurative Language

Be able to identify the figurative language being used in the poem or story

Multiple Choice

Which excerpt from "Foreign Lands" contains hyperbole?

• I saw the next-door garden lie,

  Adorned with flowers, before my eye,

• Up into the cherry tree

  Who should climb but little me?

• I held the trunk with both my hands

  And looked abroad on foreign lands.

Parts of Speech and Phrases and Clauses

• Parts of speech and phrases and clauses will be on the test

• Modifiers will also be in the Unit Test

Multiple Choice

The dog was running and barking. Which word in the sentence is a noun?

• the

• dog

• running

• barking

Multiple Select

He quickly walked into the crowded theater. Which word in the sentence is a verb?

• he

• quickly

• walked

• theater

Multiple Choice

We saw shiny, new tire rims on his car. Choose the correct part of speech for the underlined word.

• adjective

• adverb

• noun

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier "on the ice"?

• after dinner on the ice, we all went skating

• after dinner, we all went skating on the ice.

• we all went skating after dinner on the ice

Multiple Select

Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier "with bright red hair"?

• Driving the tiny car with bright red hair was the large clown.

• The large clown with bright red hair was driving the tiny car.