High School Literature

Which phrases from the passage are examples of imagery? Check all that apply.

• “‘Payah kun,’ said the Eldest Magician, meaning, ‘That is quite right’”

• “he breathed upon the great rocks and lumps of earth”

• “the Moon rose big and full over the water”

• “he hopes one day to catch the world”

• Ho! Fisher of the Moon”

Read the passage, then answer the question.

“I am not afraid,” said Pau Amma, and he rose to the top of the sea in the moonlight. There was nobody in the world so big as Pau Amma—for he was the King Crab of all Crabs. Not a common Crab, but a King Crab. One side of his great shell touched the beach at Sarawak; the other touched the beach at Pahang; and he was taller than the smoke of three volcanoes! As he rose up through the branches of the Wonderful Tree he tore off one of the great twin fruits—the magic double kernelled nuts that make people young,—and the little girl-daughter saw it bobbing alongside the canoe, and pulled it in and began to pick out the soft eyes of it with her little golden scissors.

“Now,” said the Magician, “make a Magic, Pau Amma, to show that you are really important.”

How does Kipling’s choice of genre, children’s stories, support his purpose?

• It allows Kipling to entertain children with a magical description while imparting a message.

• It allows Kipling to describe the complexity of natural elements to children

• It allows Kipling to teach children to respect and care for plants and animals.

• It allows Kipling to teach children factual information about the natural world

Which two factors combine to form an author’s purpose for writing a text?

• imagery and repetition

• tone and word choice

• audience and message

• narrator and narrator's point of view

How does the first chapter demonstrate that the story is an allegory?

• Mr. Jones represents the activists who fought against imperialism in Europe.

• The hardworking animals on the farm represent the labor class of the Soviet Union.

• The farm represents the Germans who fought the United States and its allies.

• The animals represent England, the USSR, and the United States during World War II.

Which techniques are used specifically to create satire? Select three options.

• mimicry

• imagery

• foreshadowing

• reversal

• exaggeration

Read the passage from chapter 1 of Animal Farm.

Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour's sleep in order to hear what he had to say.

Which literary technique does this most exemplify?

• direct characterization

• direct parody

• satirical exaggeration

• indirect characterization

Read the sentence.

Gregor watched, assessing how Sasha was reacting to his news.

Which statement best explains how the underlined clause conveys meaning?

• It is a adverb clause indicating what Gregor is doing

• It is a noun clause indicating what Gregor was doing.

Read the sentence.

Sami especially enjoyed the brownies, which were chewy, chocolatey, and jam-packed with crunchy walnuts.

Which statement best explains how the underlined clause conveys meaning?

• It is a relative clause describing the qualities of the brownies.

• It is a noun clause describing Sami

Read the sentence.

Because of the high winds, the fire may spread rapidly, and we have been ordered to evacuate.

What type of sentence is this?

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• simple sentence

• incomplete sentence

Read the example.

A phone rang in the concert hall the orchestra stopped playing.

What common sentence-construction error does this show?

• misplaced modifier

• incomplete thought

• run-on sentence