English 9 Trimester Two Vocabulary Pre-Test

1. What is an autobiography?

• a. A short piece of writing on a particular topic
• b. A speech given by a single character
• c. An account of a person’s life written by that person
• d. Any nonfiction writing based on an author’s memory

2. What is a memoir?

• a. A reference to a person, historical event, place, or another work of literature
• b. Any nonfiction writing based on an author’s memory
• c. A pair of consecutiv e lines in poetry
• d. A rhythmic pattern with ten syllables per line, alternating unstressed and stressed syllables

3. What is the definition of a speech?

• a. The most important or central thought
• b. A self-contr adictory statement
• c. The communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words
• d. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

4. What is an essay?

• a. A short piece of writing on a particular topic
• b. Repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together
• c. Comparing things without using like or as
• d. Words that sound like they are spelled

5. What is a rhetorical question?

• a. A reference to a person, historical event, place, or another work of literature
• b. A question asked for effect, rather than an answer
• c. The beat or pace of a poem
• d. A serious drama with a sorrowful or disastrous ending/outcome

6. What does "Main Idea" refer to in writing?

• a. Comparing things using like or as
• b. The most important or central thought
• c. A rhythmic pattern that consists of ten syllables per line
• d. A complete poem or stanza in a poem consisting of four lines

7. What literary device involves comparing things using "like" or "as"?

• a. Metaphor
• b. Symbolism
• c. Simile
• d. Oxymoron

8. What literary device involves comparing things without using "like" or "as"?

• a. Symbolism
• b. Simile
• c. Metaphor
• d. Pun

9. What is personification in literature?

• a. An object, image, sound, or phrase repeated throughout a story
• b. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
• c. A play on words
• d. A group of scenes in a play

10. What is hyperbole?

• a. The idea that things represent other things
• b. Over-exagger ation for effect
• c. A short remark made by a character
• d. A rhythmic pattern with ten syllables per line, alternating unstressed and stressed syllables