WorksheetsMrs. Z's English 10 Semester 1 Finals Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
A series of related events that make a story hang together
Characterization
Plot
Theme
Irony
What literary component begins a readers journey through a story's rising action
Exposition
Climax
Inciting incident
Denouement
What elements of a story are crucial components in the rising action?
Setting
Climax
Symbols
Complications
At what part of the story will you find the exposition?
Before the inciting incident
After the inciting incident
After the climax
After the falling action
Complications are meant to ...
Confuse the reader
Engage the reader
End the story
Explain the setting
Which literary device interrupts the story to provide the reader a glimpse of a past event?
Flashforward
Irony
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Literary element that brings about substantial change to or around the main character and often determines the outcome of the primary conflict.
Complication
Characterization
Climax
Comic Relief
What is the BEST way establishing setting can help a reader engage with the story?
Setting helps define a character
Setting helps the reader feel as if they are in the story
Setting provides clues to ambiguous situations
Setting can be an allusion
What is the time frame of the story?
The historical context of the author
The historical context of the story
The amount of time it takes to read a story
The pacing of a story
Time frame can only be established through direct statements made by the author.
True
False
What is the result of effective characterization?
The reader feels as if they are a part of the story
The reader learns secrets about a character
The reader feels as if the characters are believable/ credible
The reader learns about a character's behavior
Why is indirect characterization more appealing that direct characterization?
Readers like things to be complicated
Readers like to be surprised
Readers like to make quick judgments
Readers like to draw their own conclusions about a character
Direct characterization alludes to a character's traits through their actions, thoughts, and dialogue.
True
False
Readers know multiple character traits about round characters.
True
False
Authors reveal only small amounts of a flat character's personality.
True
False
Which type of character fits a reader's predetermined generalization of a group.
Stock
Flat
Round
Dynamic
What literary element relates the reasons why a character does what he or she does?
Irony
Credibility
Suspense
Motivation
What literary element offers some insight into humanity?
Theme
Plot
Character
Point of View
Theme can ALWAYS be directly stated in one word.
True
False
The climax of a story can relate directly to that story's theme because..
it often reveals change to or around the main character
it happens in the middle of the story
it is exciting and full of suspense
it is ambiguous
The themes and topics of a story are the same.
True
False
Sarcasm is a form of what type of irony?
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Direct Ironly
What type of irony allows the reader to know things the characters don't.
Verbal Irony
Indirect Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
What type of irony reveals something unexpected to the reader?
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Ambiguous Irony
Dramatic Irony
What literary device ridicules people, cultures, or institutions for the purpose of bringing about change?
Stereotype
Satire
Allusion
Allegory
The point of view of a story is
the major conflict of the story
the theme of the story
the vantage point from which an author tells the story
the way an author reveals characters to the reader
When analyzing a story's point of view, the reader should consider all of the following except...
the narrator's knowledge
whether the narrator is trustworth
how the story would be different if told by someone else
the universal appeal of the theme
When the narrator is an "I" character in the story and can only reveal his or her own thoughts and feelings, which point of view is being used?
First Person
Third Person Omniscinet
Second Person
Third Person Limited
When there is an outside narrator that reveals the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters throughout the story, what kind of point of view is being used?
First Person
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
Third Person Limited
What point of view is being used when an outside narrator tells a story from the perspective of only one character in the story?
First Person
Third Person Omniscinet
Second Person
Third Person Limited
Which literary element is crucial to determining a writers voice?
word choice
character
dialogue
irony
In literature, a symbol usually stands for something
concrete
from the movies or T.V.
abstract
easy to identify
In order to understand symbols in a literary piece, readers need to be able to connect and associate various elements of a story.
True
False
All literary works contain symbols.
True
False
The characters, places, and events in an allegory are never symbolic for abstract ideas or moral qualities.
True
False
What is a synonym for credibility
honesty
believability
reputation
intellect
In nonfiction writing, what is the insight or message the author wishes to communicate?
theme
point of view
moral
main idea
Another term for the word choice of an author
diction
dialect
direct characterization
dialogue
What literary element adds humor to a serious work of fiction?
dialogue
irony
comic relief
satire
An author's purpose relates to their
main message
reason for writing
credibility
ability and training
Writing that only include facts
objective writing
nonfiction writing
subjective writing
persuasive writing
A second-hand account written by someone who didn't participate directly in the event
unreliable source
secondary source
primary source
reliable source
Writing that includes an author's opinions, judgments, and bias
subjective writing
objective writing
fiction writing
nonfiction writing
A piece of writing that offers a first hand account of an event
credible source
informational source
primary source
secondary source
Something that can be proven or verified through observation or research
belief
perspective
fallacy
fact
The emotional atmosphere experienced by the reader
tone
mood
voice
bias
What is an example of internal conflict?
Barb and her sister fought over the T.V. remote.
Barb's mother screamed at her to hurry up
Barb was anxious over which colleges to apply to
Barb was accused of cheating by her English teacher
The attitude of the author towards a subject or character.
tone
voice
mood
diction
Someone's stated belief, idea, or attitude.
voice
tone
mood
opinion
Specific information or proof that backs up claims in an argument
facts
evidence
opinion
bias
When an author allows readers to make a choice or interpretation
allusion
alliteration
allegory
ambiguity
A broad statement applied to a large group
irony
ambiguity
generalization
satire
The process of putting various sources of information together to better understand a whole issue.
synthesizing
research
generalizing
argument
An idea that an author is trying to prove or defend in an argument.
opinion
evidence
fact
claim
A guess made by the reader based on observation and experience.
inference
opinion
claim
bias
