ELA 9 Semester 1 Review

Which literary device is being used in the following line from "The Necklace"?
"She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its mean walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains."

• foreshadow
• personification
• anthropomorphism 
• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which of the following lines is NOT an example of a simile from "The Gift of the Magi"?

• "So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters."
• "Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of a quail."
• "And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, 'Oh, oh!'"
• "I don't think  there's anything in the way of a haircut  or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less."

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the purpose of the line "Everyone wants one" as it is used in the following passage from "The Gift of the Magi"?
"I had tremendous trouble to get it.  Everyone wants one; it's very select, and very few go to the clerks."

• It uses hyperbole to stress importance to Della 
• It uses a metaphor to compare desires to a necklace
• It is ironic because it's not possible for "everyone" to want it
• It foreshadows that even though everyone wants it, no one will be able to find it

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What does the word "palpable" mean in the following sentence from "The Most Dangerous Game"?
"'Can't see it' remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht."

• simple 
• remarkable 
• touchable
• shocking

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which literary devices are being used in the following line from "The Most Dangerous Game"?
"The night would be my eyelids"

• metaphor and personification
• metaphor and simile
• personification and irony
• hyperbole and simile

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which of the following is NOT true about a protagonist of a story?

• They are the person you route for
• They need to have heroic qualities 
• They are usually the main character
• They can have negative qualities 

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which of the following is NOT true about the antagonist of a story?

• They can be an idea rather than a person
• The reader routes against them
• They cause conflict for the main character
• They need to have evil qualities 

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is the purpose of the exposition of a story?

• It is the most intense moment of the story 
• It builds up the action of a story
• It provides background information for the reader
• It concludes the story by wrapping things up

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of the following represents the climax of one of the stories we read in ELA 9?

• When Odysseus encounters the Cyclops in "The Odyssey"
• When Della and Jim reveal their gifts to each other in "The Gift of the Magi"
• When Madame Loisel loses the necklace in "The Necklace"
• When Rainsford meets General Zaroff in "The Most Dangerous Game"

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of the following is NOT true about the final line from "The Most Dangerous Game"?
"He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided."

• It provides the resolution to the story
• It shows that the protagonist was able to defeat the antagonist
• It provides one last detail for the exposition of the story
• It implies that one of the main characters has died

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4