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WorksheetsThe Black Cat Vocab and Literary Terms
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
How can you tell in the narrator is unreliable?
a)
All narrators are unreliable
b)
an unreliable narrator is someone who is drunk, high, lying or crazy. If they state that during their narrating you can tell.
c)
An unreliable narrator is someone who never lies
d)
An unreliable narrator is someone who is drunk and the reader is unable to tell that he is drunk
2.
Which vocabulary word would you use to describe someone with an unpleasant personality?
a)
Congenial
b)
Disagreeable
c)
Uncongenial
d)
Uncongressional
3.
What would be some limitations to reading first person point of view?
a)
You know all of the thoughts of everyone except the narrator. All sides are present.
b)
It's the easiest to relate to
c)
The first person reading it will always know what happened first.
d)
You only know the narrator's thoughts. You don't know how credible the story is. You only know the narrator's side of the story.
4.
What is the voice of this poem:
I am the big brother
Playing with trains is what I do
You won't be a baby for much longer
But I will always be the oldest.
I am the big brother
Playing with trains is what I do
You won't be a baby for much longer
But I will always be the oldest.
a)
Mother
b)
Baby
c)
Big brother
d)
Younger sister
5.
His malevolence scares me. I never know how cruel and violent he will be?
a)
Being hospitable and kind
b)
Mind control
c)
A man being violent
d)
being hostile or evil-minded
6.
What would be a good academic word for greedy or overindulgent relating to drunkenness?
a)
Temperance
b)
Termperment
c)
Intermitten
d)
Intemperance
7.
Change; modification
a)
alteration
b)
altercation
c)
attention
d)
alliteration
8.
Using the poem again, what evidence lead you to your previous answer of voice?
I am the big brother
Playing with trains is what I do
You won't be a baby for much longer
But I will always be the oldest.
I am the big brother
Playing with trains is what I do
You won't be a baby for much longer
But I will always be the oldest.
a)
Big brother line 1 and always be the oldest line 4
b)
Playing with trains is what I do line 2
c)
I am the big brother line 1 You wont be a baby for much longer line 3
d)
But I will always be the oldest line 4
9.
Fill in the blank:
Sally was attacking Samantha. Sally needed to be _____________ in order for Samantha to be safe.
Sally was attacking Samantha. Sally needed to be _____________ in order for Samantha to be safe.
a)
restrapped
b)
restrained
c)
resigned
d)
reshaped
10.
If I am writing in first person point of view and I am pretending to be a magical unicorn telling my story, what literary device am I using to write this story.
a)
personal
b)
personel
c)
persona
d)
person
11.
Fill in the blank:
It is an _________ when children are are physically and mentally abused
It is an _________ when children are are physically and mentally abused
a)
altruistic
b)
atrocity
c)
Atlantic City
d)
Aortic
12.
the attitude a speaker or writer takes toward a subject, character, or audience is what type of literary device?
a)
Tone
b)
Voice
c)
Persona
d)
Figurative Language
13.
What does the word disposition mean?
a)
how people dispose of trash
b)
personality; a person's inherent qualities or character
c)
Being positive all the time
d)
Being negative all the time
14.
Knocking on wood, throwing salt over you shoulder, or holding your breath when passing a cemetery are all examples of what?
a)
superman
b)
superstar
c)
superstition
d)
supper
15.
What common pronouns would be used in a story written in First Person Point of View?
a)
They, them, He
b)
She, we, they
c)
Us, Susan, Megan, Him
d)
I, we, us
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