Unit 1 Review

What does the narrator of the story Eleven mean by using a simile in which she compares aging to onions and rings of a tree?

• As we age, we become layered

• You learn a lot as you age

• Aging makes you sour like an onion or tall like a tree

• You have all other previous ages inside of you

What is the meaning of the word nonsense?

• silly behavior

• shabby

• old

• concerned

How does Rachel feel about the red sweater?

• She secretly likes it.

• She detests it.

• She hopes she can keep it even though it doesn't belong to her.

• The reader cannot infer what Rachel really thinks about the red sweater.

What is the meaning of shabby?

• Falling apart; raggedy

• Neatly pressed

• Too large

• Faded

In a plot diagram, what falls into the exposition?

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

• setting and characters

Personification is a metaphor where...

• like or as is used

• a simile is presented

• a comparison is being made

• human-like characteristics are given to nonhuman objects

In Hatchet, the reader realizes Brian is feeling motivated when he...

• jumps up and shouts for joy after finding his wallet

• lies down on the grass and tried to sleep

• begins to organize his assets to see what he does have to help him

• remembers his teacher's reminder to value assets

Where does one find conflict in a plot diagram?

• the rising action

• the falling action

• the setting

• the resolution

Why does Rey consider not helping Mr. Sanchez?

• He does not like Mr. Sanchez's son.

• Mr. Sanchez is never nice to him.

• Mr. Sanchez has promised a lot of things to the boys and then not followed through on his promises.

• He thinks Mr. Sanchez is a silly man.

The climax of "Jabberwocky" is

• when the boy fights the Jabberwock

• when the father tells the son to shun the jubjub bird

• when the boy leans against the tumtum tree, thinking

• when the boy returns home from the tulgey wood