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Fall Semester Test Part 2

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the best definition for plot?

a)

A story within a story

b)

All of the elements that make up a story

c)

A line that looks like a mountain

d)

The end of a story

2.

What is the vantage point from which a story is told?

a)

Point of View

b)

Subplot

c)

Unreliable Narrator

d)

Characterization

3.

Which of the following is a feeling of anxious uncertainty?

a)

Suspense

b)

Tone

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Dramatic Irony

4.

Which of the following are clues that warn of future events?

a)

Tone

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Situational Irony

5.

Which of the following is a plot device where the reader knows something the character does not?

a)

Tone

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Verbal Irony

6.

Which of the following is the author's attitude presented through word choice and viewpoint?

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Verbal Irony

c)

Suspense

d)

Tone

7.

Which of the following is a plot device when something happens opposite of what is expected.

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Suspense Irony

d)

Verbal Irony

8.

Which of the following is a plot device that is presented when a character says something opposite from what they mean?

a)

Sitiuational Irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Verbal Irony

d)

Tone Irony

9.

Which of the following is a character who tells the story and claims one thing but does the opposite?

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Verbal Irony

c)

Unreliable Narrator

d)

Foreshadowing

10.

What do you call a plot device that uses languages that normally signify the opposite, typically for a humorous effect?

a)

Tone

b)

Suspense

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Irony

11.

Which point of view is the following sentence: Justin was perplexed because he couldn't find any door into the dungeon level.

a)

First

b)

Third Limited

c)

Third Omniscient

12.

What point of view is the following sentence: I jumped with a start when the guy popped out from behind the base with a gun.

a)

First

b)

Third Limited

c)

Third Omniscient

13.

What point of view is the following sentence: Connor knew his Pop Culture day costume was lit, but everyone knew he wouldn't win because he had already won two other days.

a)

First

b)

Third Limited

c)

Third Omnisicent

14.

What drives a character to go further in a story?

a)

Theme

b)

Plot

c)

Motivation

d)

Parallel Episodes

15.

What is a good definition for subplot?

a)

The lesson you can take away from the story

b)

When something happens twice in a story

c)

A story within a story

d)

Under the plot

16.

What is a good definition for theme?

a)

A summary

b)

A main idea

c)

A lesson

d)

A story

17.

What is Charlie getting brought home by the cops twice in the same story an example of?

a)

Subplot

b)

Parallel Episodes

c)

Theme

d)

Motivation

18.

When the author tells you all that you need to know about a character it is called:

a)

Indirect characterization

b)

Direct Characterization

19.

When you have to make inferences about characters based on their actions it is called:

a)

Indirect Characterization

b)

Direct Characterization

20.

A character that changes throughout the course of a story.

a)

Static

b)

Dynamic

21.

A character that does not change throughout the course of a story

a)

Static

b)

Dynamic

22.

What type of conflict comes from an outside force?

a)

Internal

b)

External

23.

What type of conflict happens in the mind of a character?

a)

Internal

b)

External

24.

Which conflict is the following an example of: A tornado is heading right for the main character's house.

a)

Man v. Man

b)

Man v. Nature

c)

Man v. Society

d)

Man v. Self

25.

Which conflict is the following an example of: A police officer gives a man a ticket for speeding.

a)

Man v. Man

b)

Man v. Nature

c)

Man v. Society

d)

Man v. Self

26.

Which conflict is the following an example of: A girl needs to decide which college to go to.

a)

Man v. Man

b)

Man v. Nature

c)

Man v. Society

d)

Man v. Self

27.

Which conflict is the following an example of: Batman must find and capture The Joker for his crimes against Gotham City.

a)

Man v. Man

b)

Man v Nature

c)

Man v. Society

d)

Man v. Self

28.

Which type of research analyzes a topic?

a)

Expository

b)

Analyitical

c)

Argumentative

29.

Which type of research explains a topic to the reader?

a)

Expository

b)

Analyitical

c)

Argumentative

30.

Which type of research makes a claim and presents evidence to back the claim?

a)

Expository

b)

Analyitical

c)

Argumentative

31.

What is a sentence written to be proven in a research paper?

a)

Introductory Sentence

b)

Thesis Statement

c)

Claim Statement

d)

-ing Sentence

32.

What is the use of an author's words as your own?

a)

Summarizing

b)

Direct Quotes

c)

Plagiarism

d)

Paraphrasing

33.

What is condensing learned information into what is important?

a)

Summarizing

b)

Direct Quotes

c)

Plagiarism

d)

Paraphrasing

34.

What is the use of an author's words verbatim and giving them credit?

a)

Summarizing

b)

Direct Quotes

c)

Plagiarism

d)

Paraphrasing

35.

What is writing learned information in your own words called?

a)

Summarizing

b)

Direct Quotes

c)

Plagiarism

d)

Paraphrasing

36.

Which citations are within the text and are listed by the first item that appears on the works cited page?

a)

parenthetical citations

b)

in-text citations

37.

Which citations are placed within the paragraph in parentheses?

a)

parenthetical citations

b)

in-text citations

38.

What is the best definition for the word drama?

a)

What happens in the hallway

b)

The way Mrs. Van Daan and Mr. Van Daan acted

c)

A crazy story

d)

a play for radio, television, or theater

39.

What is a small division of a play?

a)

Act

b)

Scene

40.

What is a large division of a play?

a)

Act

b)

Scene

41.

What is a written text of a play or movie?

a)

Act

b)

Scene

c)

Script

d)

Staging

42.

What are instructions that tell the actor how to act?

a)

Script

b)

Staging

c)

Stage Directions

d)

Scene

43.

What are instructions on how to set up the physical space of the stage?

a)

Script

b)

Staging

c)

Stage Directions

d)

Scene

44.

What is a play with a sad ending?

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragedy

45.

What is a play with a happy ending?

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragedy

46.

What is a conversation between a character and him or herself?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Monologue

c)

Soliloquy

47.

What is a conversation between two or more characters?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Monologue

c)

Soliloquy

48.

What is another word for a story?

a)

Creative Non-fiction

b)

Narrative

c)

Vignette

49.

What is a brief account or episode of nonfiction writing?

a)

Creative Non-fiction

b)

Narrative

c)

Vignette

50.

Which of the following is the best definition of Creative Non-fiction?

a)

A story

b)

Boring

c)

True stories told well

d)

Fictional stories told in a way that seems true

51.

What is different about the House on Mango Street than any of the other books we have read so far?

a)

It is based on a true story

b)

It is written in vignettes

c)

It describes setting

d)

It has a theme of "writing will set you free."

52.

What is a characteristic of a Vignette?

a)

They are short

b)

They are vivid in description

c)

The appeal to the senses

d)

All of the above