WorksheetsEnglish III Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which vocabulary word means gloomy or depressed?
a)
melancholy
b)
whimsical
c)
sympathetic
d)
contemptuous
2.
Which vocabulary word means compassionate, looking on with favor?
a)
ambivalent
b)
infuriated
c)
sanguine
d)
sympathetic
3.
Which vocabulary word means bitterly untrusting?
a)
contemptuous
b)
euphoric
c)
cynical
d)
ambivalent
4.
Which vocabulary word means highest state of happiness, joy?
a)
euphoric
b)
cynical
c)
didactic
d)
melancholy
5.
Occurs within a single line of poetry:
a)
hyperbole
b)
allusion
c)
internal rhyme
d)
slant rhyme
6.
Occurs at the end of each verse line; at least 2 lines:
a)
alliteration
b)
end rhyme
c)
slant rhyme
d)
perfect rhyme
7.
Language that appeals to the five senses:
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
imagery
d)
personification
8.
Uses words that are similar but do not exactly fit:
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
end rhyme
c)
personification
d)
slant rhyme
9.
Has sounds that fit exactly:
a)
perfect rhyme
b)
alliteration
c)
allusion
d)
onomatopoeia
10.
Repetition of a speech sound in nearby words:
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
alusion
11.
Reference to a historical event, person, or another story:
a)
pun
b)
allusion
c)
narrative
d)
hyperbole
12.
Representing something as much less in magnitude or importance than it really is:
a)
understatement
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
personification
13.
Bold overstatement or exaggeration:
a)
alliteration
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
allusion
14.
Taking an object and giving it human characteristics:
a)
figurative language
b)
personification
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbole
15.
Words that resemble the sounds that they are supposed to represent:
a)
perfect rhyme
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
16.
What is the "mood" of a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
17.
Setting is defined as the _______ and _______ of the story.
a)
tone and place
b)
time and place
c)
tone and plot
d)
time and plot
18.
Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap. Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks. Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically. The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made. Alex put the laptop in his bag and began walking toward the door. He held his head down low.
Which of the following choices is evidence that the setting is a library?
Which of the following choices is evidence that the setting is a library?
a)
He held his head down low.
b)
Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap
c)
Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically.
d)
The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made.
19.
Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ________.
a)
pictures
b)
height
c)
words
d)
funny faces
20.
"They plan to kill General Washington." He closed the book, set it on the floor, and leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "Tell me all" (103).
What is the tone of the dialogue?
What is the tone of the dialogue?
a)
informal
b)
happy
c)
serious
d)
optomistic
21.
What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).
a)
pleased
b)
angry
c)
happy
d)
suspicious
22.
"Folks were prickly and fearful. Loyalist shopkeepers had been tarred and feathered by angry mobs and their shops destroyed. Each day dawned hotter than the one before" (106).
What is the mood of the passage?
What is the mood of the passage?
a)
romantic
b)
sorrowful
c)
joyful
d)
suspenseful
23.
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
a)
Bitter
b)
Respectful
c)
Objective
d)
Humorous
24.
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
a)
Enthusiastic
b)
Serious
c)
Mocking
d)
Sorrowful
25.
Which word accurately describes the son's tone in the following dialogue?
Father: We are going to Disney World!
Son: Yay!!!!
Father: We are going to Disney World!
Son: Yay!!!!
a)
irritated
b)
annoyed
c)
uninterested
d)
ecstatic
26.
Today was Wendell's birthday. He barely slept last night. He jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to the smell of pancakes cooking.
What would Wendell's mood be on his birthday?
What would Wendell's mood be on his birthday?
a)
Crazy
b)
Fearful
c)
Distant
d)
Excited
27.
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
a)
Humorous
b)
Persuasive
c)
Anxious
d)
Cheerful
28.
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
a)
Ironic
b)
Informational
c)
Joyful
d)
Dramatic
29.
What is the "tone" of a story?
a)
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
b)
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
c)
The time and place of the story
d)
The summary of events in the story
30.
Harold is an excellent singer and he can dance all of the latest dance moves.
a)
Insert comma before the conjunction (,and)
b)
Insert comma after the conjunction (and,)
c)
No comma needed
31.
I want Harold to show me how to dance but I’m afraid to ask him.
a)
Insert comma before the conjunction
b)
Insert comma after the conjunction
c)
No comma needed
32.
Harold is going to the prom with Kendra or Olivia.
a)
nsert comma after the word prom
b)
Insert comma before the conjunction
c)
Insert comma after the conjunction
d)
No comma needed
33.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Jim is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
b)
Jim is very bold and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
c)
Jim, is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
d)
Jim is very bold, and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
34.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.
b)
Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do.
c)
Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.
d)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do.
35.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.
b)
Jake my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.
c)
Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.
d)
Jake, my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me.
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