English I First Semester Test

Match the following terms to their definitions.

• Long speech by an actor to other actors

• dialogue

• Long speech, only the audience can hear

• monologue

• Comment that other actors don't hear

• soliloquy

• Conversation between characters in a play

• aside

Match the following terms to their definitions.

• unacknowledged use of someone else's work

• quote

• an author's words in quotation marks

• summary

• rewording a text

• paraphrase

• brief statement of main points

• plagiarism

Match the following terms to their definitions

• Shows a preference or prejudice

• biased source

• Trustworthy and accurate source

• primary source

• Provides firsthand information

• credible source

• Provides secondhand information

• secondary 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

• character who contrasts with another character

• protagonist

• central character with bad qualities

• foil

• opposing force or villain

• antihero

• main character or hero

• antagonist

Match the following terms with their definitions.

• giving human characteristics to non-human things

• personification

• something that represents something more

• symbol

• an exaggeration for poetic effect

• hyperbole

Match the following terms to their definitions.

• imaginary story written in prose

• poetry

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

• drama

• written to be performed by actors on a stage

• nonfiction

• writing in verse, with a focus on rhythm

• fiction

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