WorksheetsEnglish 10 Midterm Exam Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 21mins
Why do we use the RACE strategy.
To get a good grade.
To find the answer.
To help us read.
To completely answer questions about a reading so we can pass the AIR End-of-Course Exams in the spring
What does the C in RACE stand for?
Answer the question.
Cite a quote
Explain how you got your answer.
Restate the question
What does the E in RACE stand for?
Cite the answer.
Show how you got your answer.
Explain/Expand on your quote
Answer the question
What word best describes, who are they? what have they accomplished? gender? race? education? what do you know about them prior to reading?
Audience
Occasion
Speaker
Subject
Which answer regarding audience would score best?
Americans
people
American men
American men who served in the military or who have family in the armed forces
What is the author's choice of words an their connotations; shows the author's attitude towards his/her subject; when writing an analysis, don't just state that they use it, but classify the type?
Imagery
Diction
Details
Syntax
Tone is
what caused an article to be written
the intended readers of the article
the author's attitude about the subject
the topic of the article
What is the use of descriptions that appeal to sensory experience?
Tone
Diction
Imagery
Level of Language
What is sentence structure: the fashion in which the sentences are constructed; what is emphasized/understated by the author's use of punctuation?; how does the construction/different types of sentences convey the author's attitude?
Level of Language
Details
Speaker
Syntax
James got invited to his best friend's birthday party. It was the same night as the biggest Cardinals game of the season. He's not sure if he should go.
internal conflict
external conflict
A man on the bus was yelling at the bus driver for not getting him to his destination on time.
internal conflict
external conflict
In Act II, John isn't sure whether or not to go to court. He wants to go to tell the court the girls are lying about witchcraft, but he's afraid Abigail will tell the court about their affair, ruining his reputation. What is the big impact on the plot?
John and Elizabeth fight
Abigail stabs herself with a needle.
Elizabeth gets arrested
Abigail accuses innocent people of witchcraft.
Cause: Giles Corey says his wife reads books. What is the effect on the plot?
His wife gets arrested.
They ask her to help prove the witches are innocent.
His wife is questioned.
Their books are confiscated.
When Ms Zettler and Mrs. Norman ask for an example of direct characterization, you need all the following EXCEPT:
a character trait
type of characterization
a quote with the character trait in it directly stated
an explanation
A quote that shows you how a character acts and you have to make inferences about their character is:
direct characterization
indirect characterization
Static
A _________ character remains unchanged from the beginning of the story until the end of the story.
A ________ character changes drastically throughout the story.
A _______ character Is described in considerable detail and is complex
A _____ character is characterized by only one or two traits (stereotypes).
Round
A _________ character remains unchanged from the beginning of the story until the end of the story.
A ________ character changes drastically throughout the story.
A _______ character Is described in considerable detail and is complex
A _____ character is characterized by only one or two traits (stereotypes).
Flat
A _________ character remains unchanged from the beginning of the story until the end of the story.
A ________ character changes drastically throughout the story.
A _______ character Is described in considerable detail and is complex
A _____ character is characterized by only one or two traits (stereotypes).
Dynamic
A _________ character remains unchanged from the beginning of the story until the end of the story.
A ________ character changes drastically throughout the story.
A _______ character Is described in considerable detail and is complex
A _____ character is characterized by only one or two traits (stereotypes).
Define situational irony.
When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not.
When we say something, but mean the opposite; sarcasm
When the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens.
Define dramatic irony.
When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not.
When we say something, but mean the opposite; sarcasm
When the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens.
Define verbal irony.
When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not.
When we say something, but mean the opposite; sarcasm
When the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens.
A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging. What type of irony is this?
situational
dramatic
verbal
What type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
allusion
What type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as?
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
allusion
What type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration?
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
allusion
What type of figurative language uses a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or piece of literature
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
allusion
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds; typically used as a sound device for an extra impact on the reader.
onomatopoeia
alliteration
personification
metaphor
Which type of figurative language uses giving something nonhuman, human characteristics
onomatopoeia
alliteration
personification
metaphor
Words that sound like the things they represent; zap
onomatopoeia
alliteration
personification
metaphor
Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted as small is an example of which type of figurative language?
personification
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
