World Lit Unit 1 Test Review

Which element of a text best helps the reader determine the central idea?

• paragraph structure

• key details

• minor details

• extra commentary

What steps best help a reader determine the central idea of a text? Select three options.

• analyzing extra commentary in each paragraph

• analyzing the organizational structure of the text

• citing evidence from the text to support the conclusion

• distinguishing between key details and minor details

• restating the most important points in the text in one's own words

Read the excerpt from an essay about folk tales.

The majority of folk tales involve danger. Stories like "Little Red Riding Hood” are based on dangerous situations the characters have to get out of.

Which revision would best help the author present the main point more effectively?

• The majority of folk tales contain danger. Stories like “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Snow White” are based on life-threatening situations that the characters have to get out of.

• The majority of folk tales involve danger that the main character faces, which often involves family members. Stories like “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Snow White” are based on life-threatening family situations that the main characters have to escape.

• The majority of folk tales involve danger faced by the main character. Stories like “Little Red Riding Hood” involve dangerous situations that the characters have to get out of.

• The majority of folk tales contain danger. Stories like “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Snow White” involve dangerous situations that the characters have to escape.

Read the excerpt from Abra's narrative.

I fell asleep to the sound of the dog snoring at my feet. The next day, I woke up to discover it had worked its way up the bed to tuck its head under my arm. When my mother put down a dish of food for the dog, it looked at me as if to ask me if I thought it should eat. It became clear to all of us that this new, unexpected addition to the household would become my dog, so I'd have to think up a name for it.

What is the logical structure Abra uses for her narrative?

• a list of examples

• a list of reasons

• the chronological order

• the order of importance

Which statements accurately define archetypes? Select three options.

• They are universal symbols found in literature.

• They convey universal meanings and shared human experiences.

• They are flat and uncomplicated.

• They are based on stereotypes.

• They can include characters, plots, settings, objects, and themes.

a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• mood

• doom

Which of the following is not an example of foreshadowing?

• The final graveyard flower is blooming, and its smell drifts through their house, speaking gently the names of their dead.

• As the twilight colors blush

  The eyes of the night arouse.

• We walked home in the afternoon as the sun was setting while holding hands.

• The evening was still. Suddenly, a cool breeze started blowing and made a windy night.

The part of the plot that comes after the climax but before the ending.

• falling action

• rising action

• exposition

• resolution

Writing structure that arranges information according to a progression of time, either forward or backward.

• question and answer

• spatial

• cause and effect

• chronological

This structural pattern is particularly effective when writing a persuasive document in which the writer advocates some action to solve a problem, because it demonstrates important relationships between variables.

• chronological

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• spatial