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PEARSON SUMMATIVE

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a simile

a)

something described as if it were something else

b)

something that represents something else

c)

something using "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things

d)

something giving a nonhuman subject human qualities

2.

Which setting is least likely to create a disturbing mood?

a)

a crowded ship during a flu epidemic

b)

a park on a sunny day with people playing catch

c)

a field filled with exhausted farm workers

d)

a subway train trapped in a tunnel during a blackout

3.

In a work of fiction, a first-person narrator...

a)

tells a story and participates in the action

b)

tells what one character who is not the narrator knows, thinks, and feels

c)

tells what several characters know, think, and feel

d)

tells information that none of the characters know

4.

In the closing scene of a drama, a newspaper editor reads the obituary of a politician who has been the major character in the play. Which part of the play's plot is this scene?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

5.

What type of poem primarily tells a story

a)

lyric

b)

narrative

c)

free verse

d)

oratory

6.

What are the underlined words in this sentence...

"Gwen and Peter went on a honeymoon after they were married."

a)

prepositional phrase acting as an adverb

b)

prepositional phrase acting as an adjective

c)

relative clause

d)

adverb clause

7.

Which of these uses correct subject-verb agreement?

a)

Anne, the younger daughter in her family, keep a diary while in hiding.

b)

There is also a dentist and some others hiding with the Franks.

c)

Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, with their son Peter, are also in the attic.

d)

Under the Nazis, the citizens of Amsterdam has many problems.

8.

Which pronoun best completes this sentence?


"Each of Mrs. Ainsworth's dogs ate ___________ meals at the table."

a)

his and her

b)

its

c)

them

d)

their

9.

Which sentence uses correct capitalization?

a)

Paul and Portia have visited several magnificent places in the American Southwest.

b)

Grand Canyon National park is located in the State of Arizona

c)

The Canyon, more than 200 miles long, is actually a deep gorge of the Colorado river.

d)

My neighbor, mrs. Morales, once rode down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and camped there.

10.

Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?


I murmur under moon and stars

In brambly wildernesses...

a)

murmur

b)

brambly

c)

moon

d)

wildernesses

11.

What type of pronoun is underlined?


I myself enjoy spicy food, but Monica does not.

a)

possessive

b)

relative

c)

reflexive

d)

intensive