Fiction Skills Review 2

The point of view where the narrator is telling his or her own story. Uses words such as I, me, we, our, etc.

• 3rd Person
• 2nd Person
• 1st Person
• 4th person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The city had been destroyed. Shopkeepers had been robbed and beaten, their businesses destroyed.  Each day became harder and harder for the poor, ravaged members of the community who managed to survive.  
What is the mood of the passage?

• romantic
• sorrowful 
• joyful
• suspenseful 

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

•Which situation could best be described as ironic?

• Though they met in a tent-hospital, Henry and Clara Barton were both educators before the war.

• Though Caleb George and Woodrow Hinnant were from the same town, only one of them was injured in the war.

• Though Henry was a professor before the war, two uneducated youths taught him how to survive the experience.

• Though he is unable to write to his mother, Henry has dictated his letter to a

  volunteer nurse.

Maya Angelou said, "Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable."What is the purpose of this simile?

• to show that people like to sleep
• to show that feather mattresses are comfortable until they get hard
• to show that it is easy to feel sorry for one's self, but when bitterness sets in it becomes uncomfortable
• to show that people will comfort you when you feel sorry for yourself in public

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?

• Clouds
• Winked
• Say
• Moon

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

When the author goes back in time to tell what happened, this is called a -

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• irony

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which TWO words are synonyms for "controversial"? Legalizing marijuana is a controversial topic. While some agree it should happen, many others do not agree.

• debatable

• offensive

• problematic

• current

• remarkable

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

meaningless is to significant as ____

• shelter is to exposure

• contemplate is to ponder

• dreary is to dismal

• futilely is to unsuccessfully

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is an antonym for "engrossed"? Mrs. Peace was so engrossed in her book, she didn't even hear her phone ring.

• absorbed

• distracted

• engaged

• preoccupied

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Mrs. Peace skirted around the issue when asked if we were going to have to do anymore work after the SOL. She never gave us a straight answer! What does "skirted" mean in this example?

• attempt to ignore

• a woman's outer garment

• past the edge of

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4