9th Grade Midterm

Her medals "clicked against each other" is an example of ____.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• satire

The bachelor describes Bertha as "horribly good." This is an example of _______.

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• satire

Who wrote "The Storyteller"?

• Saki

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Guy de Maupassant

Which word means a false name that someone uses to write?

• antonym

• psuedonym

• falsonome

The story uses the literary device known as _______________ or a situational twist in plot that the reader may not guess or expect.

• Dialogue

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Plot is the _________________ of _________________ in a story...each leading to or causing the next to occur.

• Actions, heroes

• Absence, action

• Cast, characters

• Sequence, events

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

Who wrote "The Gift of the Magi"?

• George Orwell

• O. Henry

• Oliver Twist

Who is the author of "The Necklace"?

• Guy de Maupassant

• Mrs. Loisel

• Mr. Loisel

• Mrs. Forestier

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

At the end of the story, Mathilde's friend told her the necklace was fake after she paid $36,000 for a real one to replace it. What literary device is this an example of?

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• tone

• point-of-view

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

The exposition of a story ________________________.

• Set the stage for the climax

• Determines the outcome of the conflict

• Presents essential background information

• Establishes a new norm

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3