Semester Exam (ENG I)

Which one of these plot examples represents an external conflict?

• A) a family has to evacuate the city because a devastating tsunami is on the way.

• B) a high school girl struggles to accept her family after she learns that she was adopted as a baby.

• C) a former convict (a convicted prisoner) becomes a pastor after he discovers the power of faith and works to improve the city he lives in.

• D) both A and B

A story’s setting can contribute to the mood.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The setting of a story can definitely contribute to a story's mood (or feel). Imagine if the setting of a story was a creepy abandoned house in the middle of a huge forest - during nighttime. That would definitely set the mood!

The most exciting or important moment in a story is also called what?

• climax

• exposition

• resolution

• rising action

Characterization refers to how the author makes the reader feel as they are reading a story.

• True

• False

“As we walked across the old and rusty bridge, it began to moan and groan.” What literary device does this show?

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

Answer explanation

Personification is when the author gives human traits or qualities to things that aren't human. i.e. non human things are portrayed in interesting ways doing things that a human would do.

"The sun smiled down on us"

"The sad mountain loomed in the distance."

"The trees danced in the wind"

Plot is the sequence of events that create a story.

• True

• False

When an author gives clues about something that will occur later in the story; this technique is known as what?

• suspense

• clue-giving

• foreshadowing

• hint-dropping

Which term refers to the perspective that a story is written in?

• characterization

• point-of-view

• exposition

• symbolism

Which of the following responses shows the P.O.V with the correct pronouns to that are used for that perspective. Remember: there are 3 perspectives.

• 1st Person: He, She

  2nd Person: I, Me, My

  3rd Person: You, Your

• 1st Person: He, She

  2nd Person: You, Your

  3rd: Person I, Me, My

• 1st Person: You, Your

  2nd Person: I, Me, My

  3rd Person: He, She

• 1st Person: I, Me, My

  2nd Person: You, Your

  3rd Person: He, She

An internal conflict refers to a conflict that takes place “internally” within a person. It has to do with their own thoughts, desires, motives, and emotions.

• True

• False