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WorksheetsFinal Review
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the highlighted part of speech?
His heart swelled with gratitude and pride.
His heart swelled with gratitude and pride.
a)
Noun
b)
Verb
c)
Adverb
d)
Preposition
2.
What is the highlighted part of speech?
The Christmas lights shone brightly on the house.
The Christmas lights shone brightly on the house.
a)
Noun
b)
Verb
c)
Adjective
d)
Pronoun
3.
What is the highlighted part of speech?
The Christmas lights shone brightly on the house.
The Christmas lights shone brightly on the house.
a)
Noun
b)
Verb
c)
Adverb
d)
Adjective
4.
What is the highlighted part of speech?
The Christmas lights shone brightly on the house.
The Christmas lights shone brightly on the house.
a)
Preposition
b)
Conjunction
c)
Noun Marker
d)
Adjective
5.
the struggle between opposing forces
a)
climax
b)
conflict
c)
resource
d)
prediction
6.
an idea that the author suggests but does not directly state
a)
theme
b)
setting
c)
inference
d)
conflict
7.
the message the author wants the reader to take away and apply to real life
a)
climax
b)
resolution
c)
theme
d)
main idea
8.
the author's attitude towards his or her subject matter
a)
summary
b)
theme
c)
mood
d)
tone
9.
Symbols in literature are...
a)
ideas in the story that are highlighted by the author
b)
the message the author is trying to convey
c)
things that represent other things in a story
d)
percussion instruments that make a clanging noise
10.
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
imagery
d)
mood
11.
Which of the following is not a type of figurative language?
a)
compound sentence
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
12.
The cement was as hot as a toasted marshmallow is a(n)...
a)
allusion
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
limerick
13.
What does first person point of view do?
a)
Lets the reader hear the author's voice
b)
Makes the reader put his or herself in the narrator's shoes
c)
shows the thoughts and feelings of the main character
d)
know the thoughts and feelings of everyone in the story
14.
What is the main conflict in Freak the Mighty?
a)
Max cannot control his kicking.
b)
Max's teachers always pick on him.
c)
Max misses his father.
d)
Max struggles with his learning disabilities and his father's parole.
15.
Why does Freak say he will get a bionic body?
a)
to scare Tony D.
b)
to convince Max of his intelligence
c)
to pretend he's a character from Star Trek
d)
to give himself hope of surviving his medical condition
16.
What is the climax of Freak the Mighty?
a)
Max finally stands up to his dad when he is choking Loretta Lee.
b)
Max picks Freak up at the fireworks show.
c)
Loretta Lee tells Max, "Nothin' is a drag, kid."
d)
Max writes the book.
17.
What is the mood of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
a)
humorous
b)
ominous
c)
energetic
d)
luxurious
18.
What does the heartbeat symbolize in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
a)
the old man's eye
b)
a watch wrapped in cotton
c)
the narrator's own guilt
d)
the police officers' cleverness
19.
What type of conflict is in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
a)
Man v. nature
b)
Man v. self
c)
Man v. man
d)
Man v. society
20.
Subordinate and dependent clauses...
a)
can stand alone and make sense
b)
cannot stand alone and make sense
c)
start with a coordinating conjunction
d)
join two complete thoughts together with a semicolon
21.
A complex sentence differs from a compound sentence because a ____________________ is used.
a)
coordinating conjunction
b)
subordinating conjunction
c)
semicolon
d)
comma
22.
Which of the following shows an appositive phrase?
a)
Kelly, my best friend, is coming to visit.
b)
Sharon likes to sleep on her pink, fluffy pillow.
c)
My second grade teachers said that dessert is double good because it has a double letter.
d)
Next time she travels, Miranda will make sure she brings extra shoes.
23.
Which is a subordinating conjunction?
a)
for
b)
because
c)
between
d)
that
24.
Which is a coordinating conjunction?
a)
since
b)
because
c)
so
d)
after
25.
Before you write a business letter, you should...
a)
decide on a purpose
b)
review facts
c)
know your audience
d)
all of the above
26.
The purpose of a procedural text is...
a)
inform
b)
entertain
c)
persuade
d)
question
27.
What is the highlighted part of speech?
His heart swelled with gratitude and pride.
His heart swelled with gratitude and pride.
a)
Noun
b)
Conjunction
c)
Verb
d)
Adverb
28.
What is the highlighted part of speech?
His heart swelled with gratitude and pride.
His heart swelled with gratitude and pride.
a)
Noun marker
b)
Preposition
c)
Conjunction
d)
Adjective
29.
What type of figurative language is "Life is a roller coaster"?
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
allusion
30.
What type of figurative language is "She wanted to get home before midnight when her car would turn back into a pumpkin!"?
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
allusion
31.
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?: Jane went with Kent yesterday
a)
Jane went
b)
with Kent
c)
with Kent yesterday
d)
yesterday
32.
Is the following comma correct or incorrect?: I went to Alex's house, after I watched the game.
a)
Correct
b)
Incorrect
33.
Is the following comma correct or incorrect?: Ben and I worked on the project, and Amber played the piano.
a)
Correct
b)
Incorrect
34.
How did The Fugitive Slave Law create complications for Harriett Tubman?
a)
The South had to return slaves to the North.
b)
People from the North got in trouble for not turning in slaves.
c)
Tubman had to take fugitives all the way to Canada.
d)
It created more danger for Tubman's repeated trips.
35.
Where was Ronald Adams' original destination in "The Hitchhiker"?
a)
New York
b)
Texas
c)
Arizona
d)
California
36.
What does the reader learn when Ronald is on the phone with Mrs. Whitney in "The Hitchhiker"?
a)
His mother is delusional.
b)
His brother was killed six days ago on the Brooklyn Bridge.
c)
He was killed six days ago and has been acting as a ghost since then.
d)
The hitchhiker has been trying to warn him of his impending death.
37.
When writing a procedural text, which of the following words would help you best to explain a step by step process?
a)
because, next, if
b)
after, although, therefore
c)
because, throughout, then
d)
first, then, next
38.
A Euphemism is...
a)
the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word
b)
repetition of consonant sounds in words
c)
a substitution for something unpleasant to talk about
d)
the feeling a word invokes
39.
When a speaker says one thing but means another
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
coincidental irony
40.
when something happens that is the opposite of what is expected to happen
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
coincidental irony
41.
When the audience knows something that the character does not know
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
coincidental irony
42.
In which of the following examples would you NOT use a colon?
a)
after the salutation in a business letter
b)
to introduce a list
c)
to separate independent clauses
43.
Would you use a dash or a hyphen in the following example: he was afraid of two things _______ spiders and prom.
a)
hyphen
b)
dash
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