ENGLISH I - SBUA 1.1 Pre-Test

R.1.1. - Match the following Key Vocabulary Terms:

• Major events that occur in a story

• Plot

• Where a story takes place

• Universal Theme

• An Idea that applies to anyone, anywhere

• Theme

• The history of a word or phrase

• Setting

• The Underlying message or big idea

• Etymology

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R.1.1

R.1.1. - Match the following Key Vocabulary

• Language that communicates a feeling

• Mood

• The use of humor to ridicule or expose

• Satire

• Saying the opposite of intended meaning

• Connotation

• The author's attitude toward a subject

• Irony

• The atmosphere of a piece of writing

• Tone

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R.1.1

R.3.1. - Match the following Key Figurative Language terms:

• Comparison using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• An inanimate object with human qualities

• Alliteration

• Repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Hyperbole

• An over exaggeration

• Personification

• Compare 2 things saying one is the other

• Simile

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R.3.1

R.3.1. - Match the following key Figurative Language terms

• An underemphasis or understatement

• Meiosis

• An imitation of a natural sound

• Allusion

• Writing using the five physical senses

• Onomatopoeia

• The repeating of a word or phrase

• Repetition

• Brief reference to something famous

• Imagery

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R.3.1

R.1.2. - What is theme?

• The point of the story

• The lesson learned from the story

• How trustworthy the author is

• The author's attitude or feeling towards a particular subject

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R.1.2

R.1.2. - What is an example of a theme?

• Gatsby's obsession with the past hurts him

• Obsessing over the past can hurt your future

• Nick realizes Gatsby's obsession with the past hurts him

• Living in New York makes it hard not to obsess over your past

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R.1.2

R.1.3. - What is perspective?

• How trustworthy something is

• How someone feels about a topic

• How something changes or grows over time

• How fast something changes

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R.1.3

R.1.3 - What does "shift" mean in literature?

• The lesson of the story

• How the author changes something over time

• How something changes

• The author's attitude or feelings towards something

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R.1.3

R.1.2 / R.2.1 - Which of the following academic definitions is how something changes or grows over time?

• Pervades

• Purpose

• Shift

• Develop

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R.1.2

R.2.1

R.2.3 - Which of the following rhetorical devices is the presentation of a thing with underemphasis especially in order to achieve a greater effect; understatement?

• Meiosis

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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R.2.3