Prep for Percy Jackson End-of-Book Test

What is foreshadowing?

• a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain't broke, don't fix it.”:

• a scene in a novel, set in a time earlier than the main story

• a literary device that gives an advance hint or indication of what will happen later in the story

• a very typical example of a certain person or thing:

Match the following types of figurative language to their definitions

• a comparison that doesn't use the words like or as

• simile

• when the exact opposite of what you expect to happen, happens

• metaphor

• a comparison that uses the words like or as

• irony

• a word that makes the sound that it says

• personification

• giving human characteristics to a non-human

• onomatopoeia

Choose some possible themes from the novel. Choose ALL correct answers.

• Good will triumph over evil in the end.

• Beauty can be found in lightness and in darkness.

• Family relationships can be tough.

• Everyone has his or her own strengths.

• There will always be obstacles to overcome.

What is theme? Choose TWO correct answer.

• a universal truth that can be applied to many situations

• In nonfiction - it is what the author is teaching the reader about the topic

• In fiction - it is the lesson or moral the author is sharing

• It is the main thing the story is about - use text features to figure it out

Choose the three main types of author's purpose.

• to entertain

• to lecture

• to persuade/argue

• to inform/explain/ teach

Match the correct rhetorical appeal to its definition

• an emotional appeal used to persuade

• ethos

• a persuasive argument that uses a trustworthy source or expert

• pathos

• a persuasive argument that uses common sense, logic, evidence, and/or data

• logos

What are text features?

• books that have been turned into successful movies

• the cover and binding of a book, which is often made of paperboard or leather

• the way a text is organized such as sequence, description, compare/contrast, and cause/effect

• parts of a text commonly used in nonfiction texts like social studies or science-related content to help the reader to enhance the reader's understanding of the topic

Match the following text features to their purposes

• gives the reader a visual to add or clarify details in a text

• glossary

• a brief description of a picture or illustration to explain what is happening in a text

• diagram

• a chronological ordering of events to help readers visualize order

• timeline

• a labeled drawing to help a reader learn a process or product

• caption

• an in-text dictionary to find definitions for vocabulary in a text

• picture/illustration

19 lines, 5 tercets and 1 quatrain, aba abaa rhyme scheme, and repetition are all elements of which type of poem?

• an acrostic

• a sonnet

• a villanelle

• a haiku

14 lines, either 1 octave and 1 sestet or 3 quatrains and a couplet, abbaabba cdcdee OR abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme are all elements of which type of poem?

• a sonnet

• a villanelle

• a limerick

• a haiku