CA2 Reading Review

What is the point of view in a story?

• refers to who is telling or narrating the story

• The main event

• The tone

• The title of the story

What is the setting of a story?

• The mood of the story

• Where the story takes place

• The main character

• The narrator

What are the different types of point of view?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

• All of the above

What can you infer about Mrs. Mallard from the following passage? 

“She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.” 

• Mrs. Mallard's mental state is fragile

• Mrs. Mallard is acting like a stubborn child

• Mrs. Mallard's mental state is typical

• Mrs. Mallard is acting like a jealous wife

What does the word ironic mean?

• the number of something

• when the intended meaning of something is the opposite of what is actually expressed

• the lesson of the story

• none of the above

What is the theme in a story?

• the main character

• the point of view

• the conflict

• the main subject or lesson

What is the rhyme scheme of a poem?

• the vocab in a poem

• the theme of a poem

• lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or stanza

• none of the above

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem below:

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice. 

• BCBCB

• ABAAB

• ABCDA

• ABACD

Identify the figurative language in the poem "Fire and Ice" lines 2-6:

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice. 

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

What is the protagonist of a story?

• the villain of a story

• the title of a story

• the main character of a story

• the point of view