EOC practice Question

What does the "Theme" in literature mean?

• The Mood of the story.
• The characters.
• What the story is about.
• Theme is the message the writer is trying to share with the reader. 

Which literary device is used in this sentence?
"Dan’s dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove."

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personification

Which literary device is used in this sentence?
"As blind as a bat."

• Repetition
• Simlie
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

What literary device is used in this sentence?
"The stars are dancing playfully in the sky.?

• Simile
• Personification
• Verb
• none

The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing and the readers is the ______________.

• Angry
• Mood
• Sad
• Tone

What is a Independent clause?

• A sentence.
• A run on sentence
• A sentence that can stand alone
• A sentence that has no subject

What literary device is used in this sentence?
"The stars are dancing playfully in the sky.?

• Simile
• Personification
• Verb
• none

Read this sentence.
We landed green in the gills in a new nation.
Which literary device does this sentence contain?

• simile
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

Choose the sentence that correctly uses punctuation with dialogue.

• Fran was frustrated “I don’t care about the band uniforms changing. I’ll wear what they give me to wear!”.
• “How should we design the display board for our presentation” John asked his partner. “Our presentation is tomorrow, after all.”
• Robert shouted to the rooftops! “Yes. I did it. I won the closest debate this school has ever had”
• Marisela turned to Jacob and said, “I have to go home right after school today, so I can’t go to rehearsal.”

Which sentence shows correct comma usage?

• The group, although excited, to be traveling stood quietly in line.
• Marcus, one of the new students, tries hard to impress the team. 
• Jess one of my cousins from Seattle, is coming to visit today.
• Their boots which had gotten wet, were by the door.