Characterization Midterm Review

One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Spanish, and she walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch. She was tiny, several inches shorter than my five feet four inches, but her wildly curly dark hair made up a lot of the difference between our heights.

This quote is an example of ____________________.

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Characters who undergo a major change are known as _____________ characters.

• Dynamic

• Static

• Flat

• Round

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Well-developed characters with several physical and personality traits are known as ____________ characters.

• Dynamic

• Static

• Flat

• Round

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When the author gives specific traits about a

character which tell the reader what a character is like, the author is using_____________________. There is no

guessing or inferring needed.

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The character that the story is mainly about and the one that the reader usually roots for is known as ______________.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The characters who do not change throughout the story are known as _____________ characters.

• Dynamic

• Static

• Flat

• Round

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does an author build suspense?

• Short choppy sentences

• delaying the action

• both of the answers

• none of the above

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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

Parables in the Bible are written to ___________ ___ _________________.

• teach a lesson

• have no deeper meaning

• only have a literal meaning

• only have a figurative meaning

"My whole life is one big circus!" - Does this have a literal or figurative meaning?

• Figurative

• Literal

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The top of my nose is bruised." - Does this have a literal or figurative meaning?

• Figurative

• Literal