Test Prep Study Guide Quiz

What is theme?

• The main events of a story

• The moral or lesson of the story that can be learned

• The setting of the story

• The resolution of the conflict

What is the climax of a story?

• The beginning of the story

• The turning point of the story

• The resolution of the conflict

• The setting of the story

What is a metaphor?

• Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• An over-exaggeration

• Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

• A repeated sound in a sentence

What is personification?

• Giving human characteristics to something non-human

• An over-exaggeration

• A repeated sound in a sentence

• A group of lines in a poem

What is a stanza in poetry?

• A rhythmic pattern

• A group of lines forming a unit in a poem similar to a paragraph

• The end of words sounding similar

• Lines that create a mental image

What is the central idea of a passage?

• The main who or what the passage is about

• The title of the passage

• The author's name

• The first sentence of the passage

How is a passage organized in chronological order?

• By listing events in the order they occurred

• By comparing two different ideas

• By stating a problem and solution

• By describing the cause and effect

What is the author's purpose if they want to convince the reader?

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To confuse

What is a primary source?

• A textbook

• A diary entry

• A newspaper article

• A biography

What does the author need to support their argument?

• Opinions

• Reasons and evidence

• More questions

• A longer text