MAAP Review English

What is the purpose of expository writing?

• to explain or inform

• to tell a story

• to persuade

• all of the above

Personification

• comparing two things using like or as

• giving non-living things human characteristics

• symbolization

• saying something that you don't mean

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which part of the plot
introduces the characters?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which part of the plot is
the most intense?

• falling action

• exposition

• exposition

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of the following show the elements of plot in order?

• climax, rising action, exposition, falling action, resolution

• exposition, climax, rising action, falling action, resolution

• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• resolution, rising action, climax, falling action, exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a metaphor?

• comparison using "like" or "as"

• comparison without using "like" or "as"

• figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.

• extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the best definition of setting?

• A time in which events take place.

• A location in which events take place.

• A time and a place that the events occur, real or imaginary

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the main purpose of persuasive writing?

• To entertain the reader

• To inform the reader

• To convince the reader

• To describe a scene

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The world is a stage

• He is as brave as a lion

• Time is money

• The wind whispered through the trees

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the function of a conjunction in a sentence?

• To express an action

• To connect words or phrases

• To describe a noun

• To modify a verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E