Unit Test Review

In Art Spiegelman’s Maus, the events of the Holocaust are relayed from the perspective of

• Spiegelman

• an unknown narrator

• the Nazi soldiers

• Spiegelman’s father

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which statement best describes why an author might choose to write a memoir over other nonfiction formats?

• A memoir lets the writer address both sides of an issue or conflict

• A memoir focuses on a significant period of a writer’s life.

• A memoir allows the writer to remain objective and detached.

• A memoir describes the day-to-day hardships the writer has endured.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Read the excerpt from Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.

“It could not be worse,” Passini said respectfully. “There is nothing worse than war.”

“Defeat is worse.”

“I do not believe it,” Passini said still respectfully. “What is defeat? You go home.”

“They come after you. They take your home. They take your sisters.”

The use of informal diction in A Farewell to Arms

• robs the passage of having a deeper meaning.

• helps to maintain the realism of the dialogue.

• lends an air of absurdity to the dialogue.

• reduces the readability of the passage.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which best describes how diction contributes to a writer’s style?

• Diction is the dialogue a writer uses to develop characters.

• Diction is the way that a writer varies sentence structure.

• Diction is the manner in which a writer arranges words and phrases.

• Diction is the language a writer chooses to express an idea.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby.

Instead of being the warm centre of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe—so I decided to go East and learn the bond business.

The element of setting described in the excerpt provides the historical physical social___________ context.

• historical

• physical

• geographical

• social

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which best describes the role of setting in a story?

• Setting is used to emphasize ideas and theme.

• Setting is used to introduce new characters.

• Setting is used to lessen a story’s emotional tone.

• Setting is used to de-emphasize an existing conflict.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Both Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea and Spiegelman’s Maus relate events of the Holocaust

• from a Jewish survivor’s perspective.

• using the third-person point of view.

• by retelling the experiences of friends.

• through the eyes of their fathers.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Read the sentences.

The aroma of the freshly baked cookies in the kitchen made my mouth water. They smelled like sweet, sugary paradise.

Which literary device is used in this sentence?

• imagery

• irony

• symbolism

• characterization

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the outline for an introduction to a literary analysis paper.

I. Introduction: Samuel Johnson once said, “I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.”

A. Interpret the quotation:

B. Agree or disagree:

C. Thesis statement:

Which statement would best fit into part A of this outline?

• Samuel Johnson was known for his poetry as well as his essays and biographies.

• Johnson’s poem “The Vanity of Human Wishes” was largely ignored by his contemporaries.

• Johnson’s sentiment is true because even negative reviews can often trigger the desire in people to read a book or poem.

• Samuel Johnson is suggesting that it is better for a work to receive a negative response than no response at all.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Manuel was throwing a [________] party for his girlfriend.

Which choice correctly fills in the blank?

• saprise

• surprise

• suprise

• soprise

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A