Worksheets1st 9 Weeks Bell Ringer Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
Theme is
An insight about human life that is revealed through literature
Where the story takes place
The background information given on certain characters in the story
A measure of how readable a book is
True or false: strongly written literature typically has more than one theme
False
True
Select a theme from the list
Cooking
Action
Horror
Friendship
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A Hero's Journey
Non-Fiction Chart
How to Build Suspense Chart
Story-Telling Arc
Identify the elements of a storytelling arc
Start, middle, action, end
Setting out, rising problems, conflict, idea, falling action, finale
Exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Exposition, introduction of quest, rising climax, falling action, resolution
The main character of a story, often who the reader "roots" for
Hero
Main character 1
Antagonist
Protagonist
The opponent that blocks the protagonist
Villain
Bad guy
Antagonist
Anti-hero
Darth Vader and Lord Farquaad are both examples of
Anti-heros
Foils
Opponents
Antagonists
When the protagonist of the story turns out to be a villain, but the reader still "roots" for their success
Foil
Antagonist
Anti-Hero
Revised Villain
Foils are
Conducive metals
Characters that contrast each other
Characters that are similar in characterization and knowledge
Opponents to the protagonist
Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter and Ron Weasely, and Iron Man and Captain America are examples of
Colleagues
Protagonists
Friends
Foils
The vantage point from which the story is told:
Point of View
Narrator
Outlook
Story View
Narration style that uses the pronoun "I"
Third-Person Limited
Third-Person Omniscient
First Person
Second Person
Narration Style that is "all-knowing"
Third Person Objective
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
Omniperson
When the author focuses on telling the story through one character's point of view
Main Person Limited
Second Person
Third Person Limited
First Person
News articles and academic articles are often written in this style
Manual Style
MLA Style
Third Person Limited
First Person Limited
Academic Papers should never be written in First Person
True
False
The three elements of rhetoric are
Egos, Paths, Logs
Listen, Speak, Contemplate
Emotion, Credibility, Logic
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Writing that "touches a reader's emotions" is written using
Emotions
Ethos
Path
Logic
Writing that persuades readers using credible sources and the own author's credibility is written using
Primary sources
Research
Peer review
Ethos
Writing that uses logical arguments to make its point uses
Logic
Logistics
Logo
Logos
_______ = Environment of a literary work
Mood
Setting
Theme
Tone
______ = dictated by the person writing the story
Tone
Mood
Ideas
Plot
A literary mood is
Where the story takes place
What is happening in the plot of a story
The character's feelings
The climate or feeling of the story
The tone of a story is
The sound a story makes when read aloud
the writer's attitude towards the character, subject, or audience of the story
The climate or feeling of the story
What the author wants the reader to take away from reading
"Serious" could be used to describe the ______ of a story
Mood
Theme
Tone
"Ominous", or spooky, could be used to describe
Tone
Mood
Both
None of the above
"Romantic" could be used to describe a story's
Mood
Tone
Ending
Mood and ending
An original, or perfect, prototype of a person. Often these are universally recognized symbols.
Carbon Copy
Cliche
Protagonist
Archetype
The tragic lover, dumb jock, wise old person, and the trickster are all examples of
Anti-heros
Archetypes
Tropes
Protagonists
The words a writer chooses
Word choice
Dialogue
Discourse
Diction
Standard English, accents, and regional slang are all examples of
Diction
Dialogue
Discourse
Dialect
A particular way of speaking that is unique to a region, social class, or culture
Dialect
Colloquial
Dialogue
Ebonics
"Hey Charlie, have you seen my car keys? They aren't in my purse and I'm going to be late to my doctor's appointment!" Lucille shouted up the stairs.
Diction
Dialogue
Dialect
Language that is not literal
Figurative Langauge
Jokes
Figuration
Figure of idioms
Metaphors and similes comprise this type of language
Creative language
Literal language
Figurative language
Popular, almost always over-used, figures of speech
Cliches
Tropes
Idioms
Idiots
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!" is an example of
An idiom
Figurative Language
Dramatic speech
"I've got your back" is an example of
Figure of phrase
Irony
Theme
Figure of speech
"Sentimental" can describe a story's
Mood
Tone
Mood and Tone
Theme
A sycophant is
A carefree person who enjoys even the smallest thing
A lazy person
A person who uses tricks and evil to get their way
A person who uses flattery to get what they want from authority
Synonyms for sycophant would be
Devil, evil
Critical, harsh
Polite, balanced
Schmoozer, flatterer
Pernicious means
Intending to cause harm or danger
Not intending to cause harm or danger
Dishonest
Greedy
Antonyms for pernicious could be
greedy, Scrooge
calm, relaxed
benevolent, kind
rude, ugly
Something that is ubiquitous
has more than one meaning
is hard to understand
appears rarely
appears everywhere
Select an antonym for ubiquitous
pervasive
omnipresent
rare
confusing
A non sequitur is a statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow
True
False
The candidate for governor lost voter approval when her diatribe about immigration was posted to Youtube.
What does diatribe mean?
Unpopular opinion
Bitter verbal attack
Sign of acceptance
Warning
Slipshod: showing a lack of care or thought.
What is slipshod's part of speech?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Select a synonym for slipshod
Exact/perfect
Happy/calm
Angry/disorganized
Botched/sloppy
An antonym is a word that means
the opposite of a given word
the same or similar meaning as a given word
A synonym is a word that means
The same or similar to a given word
The opposite of a given word
A nefarious person is
Strange and intolerable
Whacky and bizzare
Angelic, divine
Wicked, evil
A synonym for this word is forerunner. An antonym is result. What word is being described?
Slipshod
Diatribe
Precursor
Ubiquitous
Seedless watermelons were a precursor to a slew of new bioengineered foods.
What part of speech is precursor?
Verb
Adjective
Noun
Adverb
