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Stories of Change (SpringBoard Unit 1)

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

a)

Of course!

b)

Never in a million years.

c)

When can you come over?

d)

Alex and Chris.

2.

What is the purpose of the comma in:

Let's eat, Grandma.

a)

to show that the speaker is so hungry, they are willing to eat grandma.

b)

to show that the speaker is talking TO Grandma, not about her.

c)

to show that Grandma is hungry.

3.

I'm so hungry, I could eat my shoe.

This sentence is an example of:

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

4.

Which of the following is NOT one of the FANBOYS?

a)

For

b)

And

c)

Not

d)

But

5.

POW! BOOM! are a examples of...

a)

Onotmotopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

6.

Circling words that you do not know in order to find the definition and replace it with a word that you do know is a strategy called:

a)

Identifying Point of View

b)

Revising

c)

Making a Prediction

d)

Diffusing the Text

7.

Which part of the plot introduces the characters?

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Conflict

d)

Rising Action

8.

Choose the two words that best complete the sentence.

During the exposition, it is important to introduce the ________ and the ________.

a)

characters, setting

b)

characters, falling action

c)

setting, conflict

d)

conflict, climax

9.

A story's time and place is called the...

a)

tone

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

voice

10.

The loose ends of the story are all tied up during which part of the plot?

a)

Falling Actions & Resolution

b)

Climax & Conflict

c)

Exposition & Rising Actions

d)

Exposition & Climax

11.

Which of the following reprecent the blue scare on the plot diagram?

a)

Exposition

b)

Falling Action

c)

Resolution

d)

Conflict

12.

The point of view where something is being taught or told to the audience and directly talks to them. Uses words such as you, your, etc.

a)

1st Period

b)

2nd Person

c)

3rd Person

d)

4th Person

13.

Define: Characterization

a)

how the author describes the character using feelings, actions, sayings, thoughts, and what other characters say or think about them

b)

the overall feeling you get as a reader that is influenced by the setting

c)

the attitude of the author/speaker

d)

character who represents conflict for the main character

14.

Define: Point of View

a)

the perspective through which the story is told (thoughts and feelings)

b)

reveals the outcome of the conflict

c)

events that occur in a story

d)

the overall feeling you get as a reader that is influenced by the setting

15.

The purpose of using a "hook" (or an entertaining beginning) in your writing is to...

a)

Encourage the reader to keep on reading

b)

To help the author have fun while writing

c)

To follow the rubric

d)

To create a cohesive writing piece

16.

A story based on one's own life and told in the first person is...

a)

A fiction story

b)

A short story

c)

A personal narrative

d)

A fable

17.

Define: foreshadowing

a)

A flashback of what happened previously

b)

A hint at something that will happen later

c)

Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things

d)

Comparing two unlike things using like or as