English I First Semester Test

Match the following terms to their definitions.

• Comment that other actors don't hear

• aside

• Long speech by an actor to other actors

• monologue

• Long speech, only the audience can hear

• soliloquy

• Conversation between characters in a play

• dialogue

Match the following terms to their definitions.

• rewording a text

• summary

• brief statement of main points

• quote

• an author's words in quotation marks

• paraphrase

• unacknowledged use of someone else's work

• plagiarism

Match the following terms to their definitions

• Provides secondhand information

• credible source

• Shows a preference or prejudice

• primary source

• Trustworthy and accurate source

• secondary source

• Provides firsthand information

• biased source

Which of the following is the definition of theme for literary works?

• Setting of the story
• an important truth about life

• Author's writing style
• Character's physical appearance

Which of the following is NOT part of the storytelling arc?

• The climax of the story
• The resolution of the conflict
• The inciting incident

• setting of the story

• rising action

What is the part of the story when the resolution is fully explained and all loose ends are tied up?

• denouement

• falling action

• climax

• inciting incident

Match the following terms to their definitions

• opposing force or villain

• protagonist

• character who contrasts with another character

• antihero

• main character or hero

• foil

• central character with bad qualities

• antagonist

Match the following terms with their definitions.

• an exaggeration for poetic effect

• symbol

• something that represents something more

• hyperbole

• giving human characteristics to non-human things

• personification

Match the following terms to their definitions.

• writing in verse, with a focus on rhythm

• nonfiction

• imaginary story written in prose

• fiction

• writing that tells about real people, places, and events

• poetry

• written to be performed by actors on a stage

• drama

What is the term for a model or pattern for a character or situation that is not oversimplified or one-dimensional?

• Prototype
• Stereotype
• Hero

• Archetype