Final Exam 7th Gr. Review

Select the author's main point, or lesson, presented in a story.

• conclusion
• theme
• foreshadowing
• conflict

#12 Select the word that BEST describes the overall feeling of a story or poem.

• tone
• hyperbole
• idiom
• mood

#39 What BEST describes two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses together?

• compound
• complex
• simple
• compound-complex

#10 What is called when the narrator only tells what the characters say or do, but does not give the thoughts?

• 3rd person objective POV
• indirect characterization
• 3rd person omniscient POV
• dynamic character

On your Final Exam, you will have some questions about point of view. Select the best point of view for the following passage:
 Three shots like thunderclaps rang out from surround speakers in the basement rec room.  A white controller jumped in Reid Anderson’s hand each time he squeezed the trigger.  Tactile feedback.  A speaker in the controller made snapping sounds like the action of a pistol.  Reid felt this more than he heard it.  The shots made his ears ring.(from Outside the Box by Dan Allosso)

• third person omnisicent
• third person limited
• third person objective
• first person

#18 Select the BEST word that describes using like or as.

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile
• rhyme

POINT OF VIEW: Select the best POV based on the passage: ou are a mountain climber.  Three years ago you spent the summer at a climbing school in the mountains of Colorado.  Your instructors said that you had natural skills as a climber.  You made rapid progress and by the end of the summer you were leading difficult rock and ice climbs.  (from The Abominable Snowman by R.A. Montgomery)

• first person
• second person 
• third person objective
• third person limited

#24 What type of writing is meant to be performed as a play?

• drama
• fiction
• nonfiction
• poem

#2 What is it called when the author hints at future events?

• foreshadowing
• flashback
• flashforward
• climax

#25 What is written with some real events in mind, but with fictional characters?

• Science Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Poetry