Words You Have Seen in our Textbook (With a Few More Added)

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Alliteration is the repetition of the _____ sound in all or most of the words in a phrase or sentence.

• beginning

• end

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• The cat slept on the mat.

• He ran quickly to the store.

• The sun is bright today.

Multiple Select

The term author’s purpose refers to the  author’s reason for writing a text. The three main reasons are to _____, _____, and_____.

• scare

• persuade

• entertain

• inform

• help

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Which of the following is NOT one of the main purposes an author might have for writing a text?

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

• To confuse

Multiple Choice

True or False: Character traits can include both physical and personality traits.

• true

• false

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Dialogue is defined as a(n) _____ between characters.

• argument

• conversation

• interaction

• handshake

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How can a reader identify dialogue in a story?

• By looking for bold text

• By looking for quotation marks

• By looking for italics

• By looking for chapter titles

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External conflict occurs when a character struggles ____.

• with an outside force

• within his own mind

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True or False: One type of external conflict is man versus nature.

• true

• false

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A narrative written in the first-person pov has a narrator who _____ a character in the story.

• is

• is not

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Which of the following is the best definition of hyperbole?

• A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration

• A comparison using like or as

• A struggle within a character's mind

• A main character in a story

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Internal conflict occurs when a character struggles ____.

• with an outside force

• within his own mind.

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A metaphor compares two things _____ using the words like or as.

• by

• without

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Which of the following is not an examples of metaphor?

• The classroom was a zoo.

• My dad works a million hours a week.

• Sarah’s tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

• That lawn is a green carpet.

Multiple Choice

The plot is the series of ______ that make up a work of literature

• characters

• events

• settings

• narratives

Multiple Choice

True or False: The protagonist is the main character in a literary work

• true

• false

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The setting of a literary text is the time and ______ of the action,

• place

• conflict

• protagonist

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Which of the following best describes the setting of 'The Hunger Games'?

• A present-day city in North Carolina

• Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression

• An unspecified future time in the nation of Panem

• A small town in the 1800s

Multiple Choice

A simile compares to things _____ the words like or as.

• using

• without using

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of a third-person point of view?

• The narrator is a character in the story

• The narrator uses pronouns like he, she, they, and them

• The narrator does not take part in the action

• The narrator tells the story from their own perspective

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Multiple Choice

    Jake Semple experiences ____________________ while trying to decide whether to stay with the Applewhites or run away.

• plot

• characters

• internal conflict

• setting

• external conflict

Multiple Choice

  Jake asked, “Where is your tv?” E.D. replied, “There is one in Zedediah’s house.”   These sentences are an example of ____________________, because Jake and E.D. are having a conversation.

• plot

• characters

• internal conflict

• dialogue

• external conflict

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_____ occurs when a character struggles within his own mind.

• theme

• plot

• metaphor

• internal conflict

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A ____ is a figure of speech in which two things are compared WITHOUT using like or as. 

• theme

• plot

• metaphor

• internal conflict

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The ___ is a text’s message about human life or human nature.

• theme

• plot

• metaphor

• internal conflict

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The ___   is the series of events that make up a work of literature

• theme

• plot

• metaphor

• internal conflict

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A ____ is a figure of speech in which two things are compared by using the words like or as

• third-person pov

• simile

• protagonist

• narrative

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The _____ is the  author’s reason for writing a text (PIE- Persuade, Inform, Entertain)

• author's purpose

• character traits

• external conflict

• hyperbole

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A____ is an extreme exaggeration.

• author's purpose

• character traits

• external conflict

• hyperbole

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____ occurs when a character struggles with an outside force.

• author's purpose

• character traits

• external conflict

• hyperbole

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The _____ is the main character in a literary work.

• third-person pov

• simile

• protagonist

• narrative

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    We know some of the sequence of events that make up STA.  As a result, we know part of the story's ________________.

• plot

• characters

• internal conflict

• setting

• external conflict

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    Jake Semple is the main character of STA, therefore, he is also known as the _______________.

• protagonist

• characters

• internal conflict

• setting

• dialogue

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A ____ is also known as a story.

• third-person pov

• simile

• protagonist

• narrative

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    E.D. thought Jake was the most annoying person in the universe! This sentence is an example of _____.

• simile

• metaphor

• theme

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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The _____ is  the pov in which  the  narrator is not a character in the story in a literary text

• third-person pov

• simile

• protagonist

• first-person

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    Sybil and Cordelia experience ___________________ while arguing about cantaloupe.

• plot

• characters

• internal conflict

• setting

• external conflict

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      The _____________ for Surviving the Applewhites is present day North Carolina.

• plot

• characters

• internal conflict

• setting

• dialogue

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Jake's eyes were daggers piercing through E.D."s skin. This sentence is an example of _____.

• simile

• metaphor

• theme

• third-person pov

• alliteration

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   Loving Lucille laughed loudly. This sentence is an example of ___..

• simile

• metaphor

• theme

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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  Destiny thought Jake’s hair looked like a porcupine. This sentence is an example of ______.

• simile

• metaphor

• theme

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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Darling Destiny drew daisies and daffodils.  This is an example of _____.

• simile

• metaphor

• theme

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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    The ______    for writing STA was to entertain.

• author's purpose

• plot

• theme

• protagonist

• character traits

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     Some of the ______ that can be used to describe Jake Semple are boy, singer,  juvenile delinquent, and spikey hair.

• alliterations

• character traits

• plots

• protagonists

• narratives

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       In the novel I am reading, the narrator is not a character who takes part in the action.  Therefore, I know it is written in the ______ pov.

• first-person

• third-person

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The _____ is the pov in which the narrator is a character who takes part in the action in a literary text

• alliteration

• character

• dialogue

• first-person pov

• hyperbole

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_____ is the repeating of the beginning sound in all or most of the words in a sentence or phrase (ex: Peter Piper picked peppers

• alliteration

• character

• dialogue

• first-person pov

• hyperbole

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A _____ is a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

• alliteration

• character

• dialogue

• first-person pov

• hyperbole

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_____ is an extreme exaggeration.

• alliteration

• character

• dialogue

• first-person pov

• hyperbole

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A _____ is a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.

• alliteration

• character

• dialogue

• first-person pov

• hyperbole

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_____ is a conversation between characters.

• alliteration

• character

• dialogue

• first-person pov

• hyperbole

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Randolph is a lark.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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Jake was so hungry he could eat a horse!

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

Jake got in a lot of fights at his old school. These fistfights are examples of ____

• internal conflict

• external conflict

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Jake doesn't know who he is anymore. Is he the bad kid he's always been, or is he the kid the Applewhites see? This is an example of ____.

• internal conflict

• external conflict