Unit 2 Broad Review

Which of the following is an example of indirect characterization?

• The narrator describes the character's appearance

• The character's best friend describes the character's personality

• The character's thoughts and actions reveal their personality

• The character directly tells the reader about their background

What is the word that is used to describe "word choice in a text"

In literature, what is the role of a character foil?

• To provide comic relief

• To highlight the similarities between characters

• To emphasize the differences between characters

• To serve as the main antagonist

What role does supporting evidence play in a piece of argumentative writing?

• It strengthens and justifies the main claim

• It contradicts the main claim

• It introduces new ideas unrelated to the main claim

• It weakens the main claim

What does denotation refer to in the context of language?

• The emotional association of a word

• The literal dictionary definition of a word

• The cultural meaning of a word

• The hidden meaning of a word

What is the purpose of a thesis statement in an essay?

• To provide a summary of the entire essay

• To state the main argument or point of the essay

• To introduce the topic of the essay

• To conclude the essay

What does connotation refer to in the context of language?

• The literal dictionary definition of a word

• The emotional association of a word

• The cultural meaning of a word

• The hidden meaning of a word

'Quietly the Brother Officer went out. / He'd told the poor old dear some gallant lies / That she would nourish all her days, no doubt. / For while he coughed and mumbled, her weak eyes / Had shone with gentle triumph, brimmed with joy, / Because he'd been so brave, her glorious boy.'

Select the best paraphrase of this stanza.

• The officer coughs and mumbles and tells some gallant lies

• The dead soldier, "her glorious boy", had been so brave

• The officer takes pity on the sad mother by lying and allowing her to remember her son as courageous

• The offer went out quietly after telling some lies to the poor old dear

'I'm thinking about you. What else can I say? / The palm trees on the reverse / are a delusion; so is the pink sand. / What we have are the usual / fractured coke bottles and the smell / of backed-up drains, too sweet, / like a mango on the verge / of rot, which we have also.' - From 'Postcards', by Margaret Atwood.

Pick the best paraphrase of the poem.

• The narrator expresses the disappointment felt when a holiday doesn't match expectations

• The narrator describes the holiday scene, which is exactly like a beautiful postcard

• The narrator has nothing to say

• The narrator writes of the complaint she has made to the hotel staff about the poor accommodation

Which of the following best defines a universal theme in literature?

• A theme that is only relevant to a specific time and place

• A theme that is consistent across different cultures and time periods

• A theme that is limited to a single genre

• A theme that is unique to a particular author