Unit 1 review

Connotation is

• the dictionary definition of a word.

• the process of underlining key events in a text.

• how a word makes the reader feel.

• an educated guess about a text.

Which of the following are key to writing an objective summary.

• Introducing the text and author.

• Recapping the beginning, middle, and end of the plot.

• Removing personal opinion

• retelling every event that happened.

Theme is

• what the whole text is about.

• the lesson or message the author develops in the text.

• the story elements that make up the plot.

• the feeling that a word gives the reader.

What literary device allows an author to hint at future events in the story?

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

• foreshadowing

What connotation does the word stench have?

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• special

Why is the following from Woodsong an example of foreshadowing?

"It was early winter and the ice on the lake wasn't thick enough to support the sled and team..."

• It scares the reader.

• It compares the ice to something that it is not like.

• Later in the story, the author describes the deer falling through the thin ice.

• It describes the ice with human characteristics.

What part of the plot builds suspense and excitement?

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Climax

• Rising Action

How did the setting contribute to the development of the main conflict of "Seventh Grade?"

• The football field created an opportunity for Victor and Theresa to meet after school.

• The different classroom subjects created opportunities for Victor to reveal his interest in Theresa.

• The cafeteria created a crowd to watch Theresa play her ukulele.

• The school forces Victor to be in every class with Theresa.

What event in "Nimona" changes how Nimona sees Blackheart?

• She hears his plan to use genetically modified dragons in his attack.

• She hears Blackheart's lecture about following the rules of villainy.

• She notices Blackheart's mechanical arm.

• She learns about the history between Blackheart and Goldenloin.

In "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", what is Nag and Nagaina's main motivation for plotting against the family and Rikki.

• They wanted to protect the garden for their children.

• It was their instinct to kill any mongoose they saw.

• Rikki had killed Karait, the brown snake, whom they promised to avenge.

• They wished to punish Darzee for complaining to Rikki by killing his friend.