Unit 3 Semester 1

Which best explains how point of view affects a piece of literature?

• It shapes the reader's understanding by including specific descriptions.
• It tells the reader what information is important and what's not.
• It determines how much information the reader as access to.
• It helps to build the reader's trust in the character.

Read the passage.Margot and I got in the same bed together last evening; it was a frightful squash, but that was just the fun of it.
Which best determines the connotation of the  term in red?

• scary
• fun
• extreme
• uncomfortable

Read the passage.
All this comes about particularly because I have in my mind's eye an image of what a perfect mother and wife should be; and in her whom I must call "Mother" I find no trace of that image.
Which best identifies the author's tone towards her mother?

• angry
• disappointed
• unsure
• happy

Read the passage.
All this comes about particularly because I have in my mind's eye an image of what a perfect mother and wife should be; and in her whom I must call "Mother" I find no trace of that image.
Which best identifies the author's tone towards her mother?

• angry
• disappointed
• unsure
• happy

How does the structure of The Diary of Anne Frank affect our understanding?

• Anne wrote the entries pretty soon after events happened, so she didn't reflect on events.
• Anne wrote her diary after she was released from the concentration camps.
• Anne wrote about events long after they happened, and this gave her time to reflect on events.

Which best identifies and interprets a motif in The Diary of Anne Frank?

• The motif is hunger; it is used to communicate the annex residents' longing to be free.
• The motif is darkness; it is used to communicate the despair of the Holocaust.
• The motif is romance; it communicates how Anne deals with her loneliness.
• The motif is nature; it is used to communicate how Anne deals with despair.

Which best identifies the use of a participle?

• I should have KNOWN you'd be late!
• Your English teacher, KNOWN to you as Dr. Milligan, really likes pickles.
• The children have known him for years.
• I had known you were coming, I would have baked a cake.

Which best identifies the word modified by the participial phrase below?
Laughing with delight, the girl jumped on her new bicycle and sped away.

• delight
• bicycle
• girl
• sped

Which sentence correctly punctuates its participial phrase?

• Prancing in anticipation, the dog lunged into the lake to retrieve the tennis ball.
• Prancing in anticipation the dog, lunged into the lake to retrieve the tennis ball.
• Prancing in anticipation, the dog lunged into the lake, to retrieve the tennis ball.
• Prancing in anticipation, the dog lunged, into the lake to retrieve the tennis ball.

I have a craze for dancing and ballet at the moment, and practice dance steps every evening diligently.
Which identifies the tone of the passage?

• excited
• depressed
• anxious
• angry