WorksheetsModule 3: Narratives Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins
Which best distinguishes fact from historical fiction?
While facts can be proven, historical fiction includes imagined details to add dramatic interest.
While facts usually tell about discoveries, historical fiction often includes details about the weather and setting.
While facts do not tell about people, historical fiction often tells about the lives of famous people.
While facts do not pertain to history, historical fiction is based on historical events.
Which best identifies a characteristic of historical fiction?
Tells the story of a person told by that same person
Everything is assumed to be factual.
Blends facts with fiction
Has a rhythm and rhyme scheme
Which best compares the characters of Enrico Fermi and Marie Curie?
They were both afraid of failure and the opinions of others.
They were both extremely dedicated to their work.
They were both married to scientists, with whom they worked closely.
They were both living in France when they conducted their work.
Read these words from Marie Curie:
During a particularly rigorous winter, it was not unusual for the water to freeze in the basin in the night; to be able to sleep I was obliged to pile all my clothes on the bedcovers. In the same room I prepared my meals with the aid of an alcohol lamp and a few kitchen utensils. These meals were often reduced to bread with a cup of chocolate, eggs or fruit.
Which of the following details from the historical fiction piece "Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity" supports Marie's factual statement?
She also met the man who soon became her husband—Pierre Curie, a brilliant young physicist as promising (and poor) as Marie.
A moment later, people passing by the School of Physics and Chemistry were treated to a sight not often seen on the fashionable streets of Paris in the early 1900s: a bareheaded young woman in a laboratory smock, ripping eagerly into the pile of heavy sacks and burying her hands in . . . dirt?
In the winter, it was so cold that she emptied her closet, piling the clothes on the bed so she'd be warm enough to sleep.
No one, the Curies included, had ever seen this element. Still, the husband-and-wife team had given it a name: radium.
In the story about Daniel Hale Williams, the author writes that Williams "reassured the patient with his calm, dignified manner."
Which is the most logical conclusion one can draw from this information?
Williams's patient was concerned and troubled.
Williams maintained distance from his patients.
Williams's staff was not available to assist the patient.
Williams was confident that the patient would recover.
Which type of text is most likely to include a thesis statement?
autobiography
historical fiction
historical document
research essay
Review the passage.
In the winter, it was so cold that she emptied her closet, piling the clothes on her bed so she'd be warm enough to sleep. Sometimes she had no money to buy even an egg or a loaf of bread. But then, how could she take the time to stop studying long enough to cook?
Why do you think the author of "Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity" included these details?
To show that scientists do not make a high salary.
To show how determined and committed Curie was to science.
To make the reader feel sorry for Curie.
To demonstrate what it is like to be a student.
Which sentence from "Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity" is not strictly factual?
But all these "firsts" meant little to Marie Curie.
And the Sorbonne made her its first female professor.
In 1903 Marie became Doctor Marie Curie.
Marie Curie became the first woman ever to win a Nobel Prize.
Read the sample dictionary entry for the word mood.
mood
/mo͞od/
noun: mood
1. a feeling or state of mind
--an upset or angry state of mind
2. the feeling or quality of a work of art
3. a verb form
adjective
4. suggesting a specific feeling
Which of the choices is an alternative meaning for the main defintion of mood: a feeling or state of mind?
the feeling or quality of a work of art
a verb form
an upset or angry state of mind
suggesting a specific feeling
Review the phrase fragment.
Unwinding the hose. The man watered the dry lawn.
Which best corrects the phrase fragment?
Unwinding the hose, the man watered the dry lawn.
The man watered the dry lawn. The man unwinding the hose.
The man watered the dry lawn unwinding the hose.
The man watered unwinding the hose the dry lawn.
Which sentence is a run-on sentence?
Opossums move very slowly and are caught easily.
Pigs are intelligent they can be taught tricks.
Ostrich eggs are huge and weigh about three pounds each.
Coyotes are nomads—they usually travel alone.
Which source provides the most accurate information about a person's opinions?
A radio interview with the person
A biography about the radio host
A piece of historical fiction about the life of the person being interviewed
An opinion article discussing the interview
Read the passage:
No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,
The Ship was still as she could be;
Her sails from heaven received no motion,
Her keel was steady in the ocean.
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
ABAB
CDCD
ABCA
AABB
Which is true of a paraphrase?
You must break the original text down into individual sentences.
You do not have to credit the original source of information.
You must substitute phrases here and there.
You must copy the main idea of the original passage word for word.
Review the scenario.
You hear Jeremy and his older brother talking about a class you're currently taking. Jeremy's brother took the class last year, and said the teacher gives the same assignments every year. Everyone has to write a paper on the same topic. Jeremy's brother offers him the paper he used the year before to turn in as his own.
Which best explains this scenario?
Jeremy and his brother are related, so this is not plagiarism.
The teacher never changes the assignment and everybody has to write the same one, so this is not plagiarism.
Jeremy forgot to take his brother's name off the top of the report, so this is plagiarism.
Jeremy is presenting his brother's work as his own, so this is plagiarism.
Which best defines a narrative poem?
A poem that uses a first-person narrator
A poem that uses a specific rhyme scheme
A poem that tells a story
A poem that does not have a narrator
Whom do the Mudville fans expect to win the game for their team?
Flynn
Blake
the pitcher
Casey
Read the passage:
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
What elements contribute to the rhythm?
the imagery of the highwayman riding
the repetition of riding
the length of the lines
the setting
Which line contains alliteration?
"Is there anybody there?" said the Traveler,
Knocking on the moonlit door;
And his horse in the silence champed the grass
Of the forest's ferny floor;
Which best describes the mood of "The Highwayman"?
tense and then sad
hopeful and then angry
angry and then funny
silly and then serious
Which line best develops the setting of "The Highwayman"?
Where Tim the ostler listened; his face was white and peaked;
His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like moldy hay,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
He'd a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,
Bess, the landlord's daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
Which line from "Casey at the Bat" best helps you to hear the scene?
Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;
With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone;
Review the meaning.
The narrator fears his strategy for cremating Sam McGee may not work.
Which best identifies and explains a line that supports this meaning?
"And the heavens scowled, and the huskies howled,/ and the wind began to blow"; it creates a calm mood.
"I was sick with dread, but I bravely said,/ "I'll just take a peep inside./ I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked"; it creates a suspenseful mood.
"And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak/ went streaking down the sky"; it creates a mournful mood.
"He crouched on the sleigh, and he raved all day/ of his home in Tennessee"; it creates a humorous and comical mood.
Read the passage:
A red-coat troop came marching—
Marching—marching—
King George's men came marching, up to the old inn-door.
Which best explains the effect of the punctuation in this passage?
It indicates that the marching was interrupted.
It gives the passage a breathless, suspenseful feel.
It indicates that the poet is searching for the right words to express himself.
It tells the reader not to pause at the end of lines.
Read the passage:
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
Which best explains how the imagery in the passage is used to establish the poem's mood?
The imagery depicts a dark, unsettled night; this creates a suspenseful mood.
The imagery depicts a violent night at sea; this creates a frightening mood.
The imagery depicts a bright, colorful setting; this creates a tranquil mood.
The imagery depicts a brilliant painting; this creates a surprising mood.
Read the passage:
Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair,
He curst himself in his despair;
The ship is sinking beneath the tide.
The waves rush in on every side,
But even in his dying fear,
One dreadful sound could the Rover hear;
A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell,
The Devil below was ringing his knell.
Which is the best example of figurative language in the passage?
Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair,
He curst himself in his despair;
The waves rush in on every side,
The ship is sinking beneath the tide.
But even in his dying fear,
One dreadful sound could the Rover hear;
A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell,
The Devil below was ringing his knell.
Which sentence contains an underlined term that is not used correctly?
The kindergartens tapped on wooden blocks along to create a simple rhythm.
.
The Odyssey is an epic poem about a man who undertakes a 20-year ocean voyage.
I manipulated the pillows by washing them.
This best-selling book series has won much acclaim.
The word crash is an example of __________.
Which term best completes the sentence?
metaphor
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
Which sentence contains an underlined term that is not used correctly?
It is no fun trying to be friends with vindictive people.
The thesis statement summarizes a piece of writing.
Many scientific experiments begin with a hypothesis.
With a little persistance, you can bring your grade up in math.
Which of the following sentences includes a module vocabulary word that is not used correctly?
I have to turn off the TV and the radio before I can focus properly.
Vindictive people are usually quick to give acclaim to deserving people.
Before you persist with your experiment, form a good hypothesis to guide your work.
Similes explain how two unlike things are similar in some way.
