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English Terms & Skills - Beginning of the Year

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of character?

a)

When and where the story takes place

b)

The series of events of a story; what the story is generally about

c)

People who take part in the action of a story

d)

A struggle or problem a character must overcome

2.

What is the definition of setting?

a)

When and where a story takes place

b)

People who take part in the action of a story

c)

The author's message; lesson about life the story conveys

d)

Series of events in a story; what the story is generally about

3.

What is the definition of plot?

a)

A struggle or problem a character must overcome

b)

Where and when a story takes place

c)

The series of events in a story; what the story is generally about

d)

The author's message; the lesson about life the story conveys

4.

What is the definition of theme?

a)

The series of events in a story; what the story is generally about

b)

Where and when a story takes place

c)

People who take part in the action of a story

d)

The author's message; the lesson about life the story conveys

5.

What is the definition of characterization?

a)

People who take part in the action of a story

b)

A struggle or problem a character must overcome

c)

How the author develops the characters in a story

d)

The series of events in a story; what the story is generally about

6.

What is the definition of conflict?

a)

How the author develops the characters in a story

b)

A struggle or problem a character must overcome

c)

People who take part in the action of a story

d)

The author's message; the lesson about life the story conveys

7.

What is the definition of main/central idea?

a)

hints that help us define challenging vocabulary in a passage

b)

What a passage is mostly about; the author's point

c)

an educated guess

d)

details that back up or prove the author's point

8.

What is an inference?

a)

what a passage is mostly about; the author's point

b)

hints in a passage that help us define challenging vocabulary terms

c)

details that back up or prove the author's point

d)

an educated guess

9.

INFERENCE: You see and smell smoke, and you hear sirens. What's happening?

a)

a bake sale

b)

a police chase

c)

a fire

d)

a bank robbery

10.

What are context clues?

a)

hints in a passage that help us define challenging vocabulary terms and make inferences

b)

The author's point; what the passage is mostly about

c)

details that back up or prove the author's point

d)

an educated guess

11.

CHARACTER INFERENCE: A man sees an old woman in the street and purposely knocks her down. Which word would best describe this man?

a)

funny

b)

cheerful

c)

confused

d)

mean

12.

The reason an author writes a work or a passage within a work is called...

a)

main/central idea

b)

author's purpose

c)

text structure

d)

supporting details

13.

Details that prove or back up the author's point are called...

a)

general details

b)

advanced details

c)

supporting details

d)

uncommon details

14.

Which detail best supports the idea that too much sugar is bad for your body?

a)

The super-sweet frosting on the birthday cake made Jenny very happy

b)

The label on the box says that the cereal contains 22 grams of sugar

c)

When Joe had the flu, the sight of sugar made him sick to his stomach

d)

After two years of drinking only soda, Bob's teeth turned green and fell out

15.

He doused the fire with a bucket of water, extinguishing it immediately. What does doused most likely mean?

a)

smothered

b)

fed

c)

played

d)

mastered