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English 10 Midterm Exam Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do we use the RACE strategy.

a)

To get a good grade.

b)

To find the answer.

c)

To help us read.

d)

To completely answer questions about a reading so we can pass the AIR End-of-Course Exams in the spring

2.
What does the R in RACE stand for?
a)
Restate the question.
b)
Answer the question. 
c)
Explain/Expand the question.
d)
Cite Evidence
3.
What does the A in RACE stand for?
a)
Read the question. 
b)
Answer the question. 
c)
Read it more then once.
d)
Annotate
4.

What does the C in RACE stand for?

a)

Answer the question.

b)

Cite a quote

c)

Explain how you got your answer.

d)

Restate the question

5.

What does the E in RACE stand for?

a)

Cite the answer.

b)

Show how you got your answer.

c)

Explain/Expand on your quote

d)

Answer the question

6.
Infer: What might describe the "speaker" of this image?
a)
a photographer on vacation
b)
a child who wants to learn how to swim
c)
a businessperson preparing for an important meeting
d)
a homebody who binge watches shows on Netflix
7.

What word best describes, who are they? what have they accomplished? gender? race? education? what do you know about them prior to reading?

a)

Audience

b)

Occasion

c)

Speaker

d)

Subject

8.
Who is the intended audience of this image?
a)
People who are afraid of water.
b)
People who know how to swim.
c)
People who find beaches relaxing.
d)
Plainfield students.
9.

Which answer regarding audience would score best?

a)

Americans

b)

people

c)

American men

d)

American men who served in the military or who have family in the armed forces

10.

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?

a)

Imagery

b)

Diction

c)

Details

d)

Syntax

11.
What is the tone of this image?
a)
tranquil
b)
hostile
c)
somber
d)
critical
12.

Tone is

a)

what caused an article to be written

b)

the intended readers of the article

c)

the author's attitude about the subject

d)

the topic of the article

13.
5. The first 100 people at the park Thursday were asked if dogs should be off leashes in the park.
a)
Biased
b)
Unbiased
14.
Facts. Unbiased. Does not  not include opinion.
a)
objective
b)
subjective
c)
none
15.
1.  Carlos wants to know the favorite sport of people at his school so he asks his baseball team.
a)
Biased
b)
Unbiased
16.

What is the use of descriptions that appeal to sensory experience?

a)

Tone

b)

Diction

c)

Imagery

d)

Level of Language

17.

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?

a)

Level of Language

b)

Details

c)

Speaker

d)

Syntax

18.
The Tone of a piece of writing refers to its:
a)
Emotion
b)
Reason
c)
Speaker
d)
Time
19.

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.

a)

internal conflict

b)

external conflict

20.

A man on the bus was yelling at the bus driver for not getting him to his destination on time.

a)

internal conflict

b)

external conflict

21.

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?

a)

John and Elizabeth fight

b)

Abigail stabs herself with a needle.

c)

Elizabeth gets arrested

d)

Abigail accuses innocent people of witchcraft.

22.

Cause: Giles Corey says his wife reads books. What is the effect on the plot?

a)

His wife gets arrested.

b)

They ask her to help prove the witches are innocent.

c)

His wife is questioned.

d)

Their books are confiscated.

23.

When Ms Zettler and Mrs. Norman ask for an example of direct characterization, you need all the following EXCEPT:

a)

a character trait

b)

type of characterization

c)

a quote with the character trait in it directly stated

d)

an explanation

24.

A quote that shows you how a character acts and you have to make inferences about their character is:

a)

direct characterization

b)

indirect characterization

25.

Static

a)

A _________ character remains unchanged from the beginning of the story until the end of the story.

b)

A ________ character changes drastically throughout the story.

c)

A _______ character Is described in considerable detail and is complex

d)

A _____ character is characterized by only one or two traits (stereotypes).

26.

Round

a)

A _________ character remains unchanged from the beginning of the story until the end of the story.

b)

A ________ character changes drastically throughout the story.

c)

A _______ character Is described in considerable detail and is complex

d)

A _____ character is characterized by only one or two traits (stereotypes).

27.

Flat

a)

A _________ character remains unchanged from the beginning of the story until the end of the story.

b)

A ________ character changes drastically throughout the story.

c)

A _______ character Is described in considerable detail and is complex

d)

A _____ character is characterized by only one or two traits (stereotypes).

28.

Dynamic

a)

A _________ character remains unchanged from the beginning of the story until the end of the story.

b)

A ________ character changes drastically throughout the story.

c)

A _______ character Is described in considerable detail and is complex

d)

A _____ character is characterized by only one or two traits (stereotypes).

29.

Define situational irony.

a)

When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not.

b)

When we say something, but mean the opposite; sarcasm

c)

When the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens.

30.

Define dramatic irony.

a)

When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not.

b)

When we say something, but mean the opposite; sarcasm

c)

When the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens.

31.

Define verbal irony.

a)

When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not.

b)

When we say something, but mean the opposite; sarcasm

c)

When the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens.

32.

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?

a)

situational

b)

dramatic

c)

verbal

33.

What type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

allusion

34.

What type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

allusion

35.

What type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

allusion

36.

What type of figurative language uses a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or piece of literature

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

allusion

37.

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds; typically used as a sound device for an extra impact on the reader.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

38.

Which type of figurative language uses giving something nonhuman, human characteristics

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

39.

Words that sound like the things they represent; zap

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

40.

Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted as small is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor