ELA7_PostTest Quizz_What Can We Learn from Change?

Which phrase is a noun phrase in the given paragraph?

Since childhood Jess has been interested in the art of storytelling. She would entertain her little brother and sister with tales of magic and adventure. She started writing stories almost as soon as she learned the alphabet. To write her stories, Jess relies on her colorful imagination.

• has been interested

• the art of storytelling

• would entertain

• started writing

What type of character has very few or no unique traits?

• flat

• round

• static

• dynamic

• major

What point of view uses the pronouns he, she, and they and lets readers know the thoughts and emotions of all the story’s characters?

• first-person point of view

• second-person point of view

• third-person limited point of view

• third-person objective point of view

• third-person omniscient point of view

Match each excerpt to the method used to convey the characters’ traits.

Aaron often finds himself thinking he
would like to see more of the world.
He feels like the town he lives in is
too small for his imagination.

• thoughts

• effect on others

• speech

• looks

• actions

Match each excerpt to the method used to convey the characters’ traits.

• 
  Roger had to shop in the men’s department
  even when he was a child. Boys' sizes don’t
  fit him. But his size is what makes him an
  excellent football player.

• thoughts

• effect on others

• speech

• looks

• actions

Match each excerpt to the method used to convey the characters’ traits.

• 
  As Martha went toward them, the boys
  all ran scared, hoping not to be caught.

• thoughts

• effect on others

• speech

• looks

• actions

Which part of the passage shows how the setting affects the plot of the story?

Anna put the last sandwich in the wicker basket and added the juice boxes for the kids. Eugene and Molly were folding the giant picnic blanket. Finally, they were ready. As soon as they had all piled into the van, Mom started backing down the driveway. Just then, the sky turned dark, and a shower of rain began pelting the van.

• the last sandwich in the wicker basket

• Finally, they were ready

• started backing down the driveway

• a shower of rain began pelting the

Read the excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Pit and the Pendulum." Which two descriptions best fit the mood of the passage?

A fearful idea now suddenly drove the blood in torrents upon my heart, and for a brief period, I once more relapsed into insensibility. Upon recovering, I at once started to my feet, trembling convulsively in every fibre. I thrust my arms wildly above and around me in all directions.

• suspense

• mental confusion

• loneliness

• terror

• sadness

Which three literary elements do writers use to "show" readers a story’s setting rather than "tell" them about it?

• • descriptive details

• imagery

• theme

• sensory language

• plot points

Read this excerpt from "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Based on the context of the paragraph, what does the word odious mean?

She came to know what heavy housework meant and the odious cares of the kitchen. She washed the dishes, using her dainty fingers and rosy nails on greasy pots and pans. She washed the soiled linen, the shirts and the dishcloths, which she dried upon a line; she carried the slops down to the street every morning and carried up the water, stopping for breath at every landing.

• rewarding

• unpleasant

• sweet-smelling

• concealed