English Language Quiz

What is another name for the topic sentence in a paragraph?

• Attention grabber

• Details

• Thesis statement

The __________ is a struggle between opposing characters and/or forces.

• climax

• exposition

• conflict

• plot

A paragraph contains an attention grabber, details, and a(n) __________.

• independent clause

• thesis statement

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

"Once upon a time in the Old West" is an example of __________.

• exposition

• conflict

• narrative

• setting

In the story Beowulf, Grendel is a(n) _______.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• hero

• warrior

The techniques that authors use to help us understand the characters in a story is called _______.

• Setting

• Simile

• Personification

• Characterization

A narrative that provides the framework for a group of related or unrelated stories is called a(n) ________ story.

• epic

• frame

• fictional

• bridge

What is another name for the closing sentence in a paragraph?

• Attention grabber

• Details

• Thesis statement

• Complex sentence

The Canterbury Tales includes people of all ________.

• professions

• countries

• religions

• classes

Which type of characterization is shown in the sentence below? Raheem is often distracted, but one thing he is always able to focus on is girls.

• Direct characterization

• Dynamic characterization

• Static characterization

• Indirect characterization