Spring Semester Test study Guide 2024

(P1) Why does Serena venture into the garden early, 'before her two sisters got up'?

• She wants to escape from them

• She has a connection with nature

• She enjoys being alone

• Her sisters talk too much

• The house is too haunted and morbid

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

(P1) Serena prefers the unkempt garden to the one former 'scrupulously cared for' (line 9) because:

• she prefers the past to the present

• the garden makes her feel alone and sad

• the lack of care reminds her of her own childhood

• the wild, savage garden reflects her own imagination

• the flowers and hedges remain unseen, like Serena herself

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

(P1) The metaphor 'the light seemed a blond powder, sifted through the summer air' (lines 3-4) is used to:

• establish a contrast between light and shadow

• emphasize the beauty of the sun streaming through the grass

• reinforce Serena's need to be in the garden early every morning

• demonstrate her imaginative musings

• add to her eccentricity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

(P1) The 'shadows as bold as in a child's picture book' (line 6) is an example of:

• assonance

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

(P1) A 'rambler rose . . . flopped fatally forward' (lines 9-10) contains examples of

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

(P1) The hill looked across, with a distaste (line 23) contains

• repetition

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphorical language

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

(P2) In the first paragraph, the author creates suspense and confusion through all of the following EXCEPT by:

• using the present tense in the first sentence

• leaving the speaker unnamed

• hinting at a mysterious and unidentified menace

• picturing the speaker coming out of sleep into confusion

• having the speaker trapped by forces of evil

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(P2) So many ants bite the narrator that she has the impression she is:

• sleepwalking in a horrible dream

• wading through hot liquid

• drowning in a river in the dark

• wandering lost in the jungle

• leaving the world behind

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

(P2) The italicized words in the fourth paragraph (lines 23-24) represent:

• a fervent prayer from the speaker

• the last words the narrator speaks to her father

• the words of a minister who is in the crowd

• someone calling out to a family member

• a significant event portrayed as a flashback

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

(P2) The point of view of the passage is

• omniscient

• selective omniscient

• third person

• first person

• second person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6