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ELA 9 Semester 2 Final Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a metaphor?

a)

compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

b)

compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'

c)

an over exaggeration

2.

What is a simile?

a)

compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

b)

compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'

c)

gives a nonhuman object a human quality

3.

What is personification?

a)

an over exaggeration

b)

a play on words

c)

gives a nonhuman object a human quality

4.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

a play on words

b)

when two opposite terms are combined

c)

an over exaggeration

5.

What is an idiom?

a)

a reference to someone or something famous or historical

b)

a phrase with a figurative rather than literal meaning

c)

when two words with opposite meanings are combined

6.

What is a pun?

a)

when a phrase has a figurative rather than literal meaning

b)

when a word represents a sound

c)

a play on words

7.

What is an allusion?

a)

a reference to someone or something famous or historical

b)

when a series of words have the same beginning sound

c)

a word that represents a sound

8.

What is alliteration?

a)

a reference to someone or something famous or historical

b)

a phrase with a figurative meaning rather then literal

c)

when a series of words have the same beginning sound

9.

What is an oxymoron?

a)

when two words with opposite meanings are combined

b)

a play on words

c)

a phrase with a figurative rather than literal meaning

10.

What is an onomatopoeia?

a)

A phrase with a figurative meaning rather than literal

b)

A word that reflects a sound

c)

A series of words with the same beginning sound

11.

What is dramatic irony?

a)

when the result is different from what is expected

b)

when one thing is said but the person means something different; sarcasm

c)

when the the reader or audience knows something the other characters do not

12.

What is verbal irony?

a)

when the result is different than what is expected

b)

when one thing is said but the person means something else; sarcasm

c)

when the reader, audience knows something the other characters do not

13.

What is situational irony

a)

when the result is different than what is expected

b)

when one thing is said but the person means something different

c)

when the reader, audience knows something the other characters do not

14.

Which is an example of a man vs man conflict?

a)

a person swimming in the ocean during a storm

b)

a person questioning their faith

c)

a person getting into a fight

15.

Which is an example of a man vs nature conflict?

a)

a person trying to swim in the ocean during a storm

b)

a person questioning their faith

c)

a person going against or questioning societial norms

16.

Which is an example of a man vs self conflict?

a)

going against or questioning societal norms, expectations

b)

getting into a fight

c)

a person trying to decide what to do

17.

Which is an example of a man vs society conflict?

a)

a person trying to swim in the ocean during a storm

b)

going against or questioning society

c)

getting into an argument with someone

18.

Which is an example of a man vs God/supernatural conflict?

a)

questioning one's faith

b)

getting into an argument

c)

going against or questioning societal norms

19.

Direct characterization is when the reader or audience has to make inferences as to how the characters is being described.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Indirect characterization is when the reader or audience has to make inferences about how the reader is beng described.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

In literary terms, what is the symbolic meaning of night?

a)

a book

b)

the end

c)

black

22.

What is a soliloquy?

a)

a longer speech given by a character to another character

b)

a longer speech given by a character alone on stage

23.

What is a monologue?

a)

a longer speech given by a character towards another character

b)

a longer speech given by a characer alone on stage

24.

What is the definition of an antagonist?

a)

The hero/main character

b)

The villain

c)

A mentor

25.

What is the definition of a protagonist?

a)

the hero and/or main character

b)

the villain

c)

a mentor

26.

Most of Shakespeare's plays were written using what form and pattern?

a)

Blank Verse; iambic pentameter

b)

Rhyme

c)

Blank Verse; Rhyme

27.

What is the purpose of text aides?

a)

to help the actors know where to go on stage

b)

to define or explain parts of a text to the reader

c)

to introduce information to the audience

28.

In a Shakespearean play, what is the purpose of the prologue/chorus?

a)

to act out the unanswered questions/parts

b)

to introduce the actors

c)

to set the tone for the play and introduce the main parts

29.

Where were Shakespeare's plays performed?

a)

Music Hall

b)

The Shakespeare Amphitheater

c)

The Globe Theater

30.

What is a concrete noun?

a)

a noun identified using your senses

b)

a noun that cannot be identified using your senses

c)

a general noun

31.

What is an abstract noun?

a)

a noun that is identified using your senses

b)

a noun that cannot be identified using your senses

c)

a noun that names a specific person, place, or thing

32.

What is a common noun?

a)

a general person, place, or thing

b)

a specific person, place, or thing

c)

referring to a group of nouns

33.

What is a proper noun?

a)

a general person, place, or thing

b)

a specific person, place, or thing; always capitalized

c)

describes a noun

34.

What is a collective noun?

a)

refers to a group of people or things

b)

a general person, place, or thing

c)

describes a noun

35.

What is a linking verb?

a)

a state of being verb that connects the subject to an adjective that further describes the subject; does not show action

b)

the action in the sentence

c)

helps to establish a sense of time; comes before the action or main verb

36.

What is a helping verb?

a)

a state of being verb that connects the subject to a word that further describes the subject of the sentence; does not reflect action

b)

the action in the sentence

c)

helps to establish a sense of time; comes before the action or the main verb; creates a verb phrase

37.

What is a transitive verb?

a)

the action in the sentence that also has a direct object

b)

the action in the sentence with nothing receiving the action in the sentence

c)

connects a subject to a further description of the subject

38.

What is an intransitive verb?

a)

the action in the sentence but there is something or someone receiving the action

b)

the action in the sentence but no one or nothing is receiving the action

c)

a state of being verb

39.

What is a preposition?

a)

joins a dependent and independent clause

b)

joins two independent clauses

c)

establishes where or when something happened

40.

What is a coordinating conjunction?

a)

joins a dependent and independent clause

b)

joins two independent clauses

c)

esablished when or where something happened

41.

What is the acronymn that helps remember the main types of coordinating conjunctions?

a)

FANBOYS

b)

SWABI

c)

THAMOS

42.

What is the acronymn that helps you remember the main types of subordinating conjunctions?

a)

FANBOYS

b)

SWABI

c)

THAMOS

43.

What is a subordinating conjunction?

a)

joins two independent clauses

b)

joins a dependent and independent clause

c)

establishes when or where something happened

44.

A dependent clause is considered a complete sentence?

a)

true

b)

false

45.

An independent clause is considered a complete sentence.

a)

true

b)

false

46.

A dependent clause is considered a fragment or incomplete sentence.

a)

true

b)

false

47.

What is an adjective?

a)

describes a verb

b)

describes a preposition

c)

describes a noun

48.

What is the plural form of oxymoron?

a)

oxymoron

b)

oxymoron's

c)

oxymora

49.

What is the proper in-text citation for a Shakespearan play?

a)

(Shakespeare p. 3)

b)

(Shakespeare Act 1 Scene 3)

c)

(Shakespeare 1.3.45-47)

50.

What is the proper MLA in-text citiation format for a book?

a)

(Bradbury p. 3)

b)

(Bradbury)

c)

(Bradbury 3)

51.

Titles of short stories or articles should be

a)

in quotation marks

b)

underlined

c)

in italics

52.

Titles of books or longer pieces of text, including movies, should be

a)

in quotation marks

b)

underlined

c)

in italics

53.

In Night, what type of irony is being used in the enscription "Arbiet Macht Frei" (work makes you free) above the gates of Auschwitz?

a)

dramatic

b)

verbal

c)

situational

54.

In Romeo and Juliet, what type of irony is being used in Act 2 Scene 1 when Benvolio and Mercutio are looking for Romeo and Mercutio says, "...on my life, hath stol'n him home to bed?"

a)

dramatic

b)

verbal

c)

situational

55.

In "The Most Dangerous Game", what type of conflict is being used: "In his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at Rainsford's heart."

a)

man vs man

b)

man vs self

c)

man vs nature

56.

In Night, what type of conflict is being used: "I must have made some movement to get up, but I felt myself fall back on the crate. How I wanted to get up!"

a)

man vs God

b)

man vs self

c)

man vs man

57.

In Night, what type of conflict is being used: "The world? The world is not interested in us."

a)

man vs self

b)

man vs God

c)

man vs society

58.

In Night, what type of conflict is being used: "The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent."

a)

man vs self

b)

man vs God

c)

man vs nature

59.

What type of characterization is being used: "Her face, turned to him now, was fragile milk crystal with a soft and constant light in it."

a)

direct

b)

indirect

60.

What type of characterization is being used: "He was a stocky man with big shoulders, the neck of a bull, thick lips, and curly hair."

a)

direct

b)

indirect

61.

What type of speech does Juliet give about the importance of names at the beginning of Act 2 Scene 2?

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

62.

What type of speech does Mercutio give about Queen Mab and dreams?

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

63.

What is an epithet?

a)

a play on words

b)

when something has a figurative rather than literal meaning

c)

an adjective or descriptive that highlights a quality or characteristic of a person

64.

What is the purpose of a pun?

a)

to emphasize the seriousness of an event

b)

to add comedic relief

c)

to illustrate sadness

65.

What type of figurative language is being used: "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

66.

What figurative language does Lady Capulet use to describe Paris to Juliet?

a)

extended metaphor

b)

metaphor

c)

epic simile

67.

What type of figurative language is being used: O single-soled jest, solely singular, for the singleness!"?

a)

hyperbole

b)

allusion

c)

alliteration

68.

What figurative language is being used: "You have dancing shoes with nimble soles; I have a soul of lead."?

a)

idiom

b)

oxymoron

c)

pun

69.

What figurative language is being used: "...the pierced ball hissed broiling, and the roots popped!"?

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

idiom

70.

What type of figurative language is being used: "...god who thunders the land..."?

a)

allusion

b)

epithet

c)

simile

71.

What type of figurative language is being used: "But the man skilled in all ways of contending, satisfied by the great bow's look and heft, like a musician, like a harper, when with quiet hand upon his instrument he draws between his thumb and finger..."?

a)

simile

b)

extended metaphor

c)

epic simile

72.

Epic similes can found in all pieces of literature.

a)

True

b)

False

73.

What is the correct format for a flow quote - changing text from an original source to make sense in your writing?

a)

When Amelia Earhart's plane went missing in 1937, it "ushering in one of the biggest aviation mysteries of the last century."

b)

When Amelia Earhart's plane went missing in 1937, it "(ushered) in one of the biggest aviation mysteries of the last century."

c)

When Amelia Earhart's plane went missing in 1937, it "[ushered] in one of the biggest aviation mysteries of the last century."

74.

What is the proper in-text citation for a poem?

a)

(Homer pg 374 line 5-7)

b)

(Homer lines 5-6)

c)

("Homer")

75.

What is the proper in-text citation when citing an online source without an author or page number?

a)

("The Whole Truth" 2020)

b)

(Encyclopedia Britannica 2020)

c)

(The Whole Truth)

76.

What plot element introduces the setting and the characters in a story?

a)

rising action

b)

climax

c)

exposition

77.

What plot element is used to build suspense and establish the conflict?

a)

rising action

b)

falling action

c)

exposition

78.

The turning point in a story is also known as

a)

the falling action

b)

the climax

c)

the resolution

79.

What is the definition of a round character?

a)

a character who does not change throughout the story

b)

a fully developed character - physically and mentally

c)

a character with one point of view

80.

What is the definition of a flat character?

a)

a one-dimensional character; undergoes little change

b)

a fully developed character - mentally and physically

c)

a character that transforms throughout the story

81.

What is the definition of a dynamic character?

a)

a character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the course of a story

b)

a character who undergoes little to no change throughout the story

82.

What is the definition of a static character?

a)

a character who transforms due to conflicts they encounter in their journey

b)

a character who undergoes little change throughout the story - they are essentially the same at the end as at the beginning

83.

What type of character is Romeo?

a)

Round

b)

Static

c)

Round and static

84.

What type of character is Odysseus?

a)

Round and Static

b)

Round and Dynamic

c)

Flat and Dynamic

85.

In Romeo and Juliet, what type of character is the Nurse?

a)

flat and dynamic

b)

flat and static

c)

round and static

86.

What type of punctuation is used to combine two independent clauses without using a conjunction?

a)

colon

b)

semi-colon

c)

comma

87.

The following sentence is punctuated correctly: "My school is teaching disco dancing next year" sighed Joe.

a)

true

b)

false

88.

In the following sentence, what is the dependent clause: While I was sleeping, Kaiden played video games.

a)

While I was sleeping

b)

Kaiden played video games

89.

In the following sentence, what is the dependent clause: Excited about the trip, Kaiden did not sleep.

a)

excited about the trip

b)

Kaiden did not sleep

90.

In the following sentence, what is the independent clause: Kaiden worked on his project, staying up all night to finish.

a)

Kaiden worked on his project

b)

staying up all night to finish

91.

Identify the concrete noun: Max needs to bring a computer to class.

a)

bring

b)

class

c)

computer

92.

Identify the abstract noun: I am glad school is over.

a)

glad

b)

school

c)

is

93.

What type of verb is the capitalized word: We MOVED into a new house.

a)

transitive

b)

intransitive

c)

linking

94.

What type of verb is the capitalized word: She LOOKED everywhere for her library book.

a)

action

b)

linking

c)

transitive

95.

What type of verb is the capitalized word: A bear HAS BEEN sleeping here.

a)

linking

b)

helping

c)

action

96.

What type of verb is the capitalized word: She IS good at cooking.

a)

helping

b)

action

c)

linking

97.

Identify the preposition: He drove towards the exit for the highway.

a)

drove

b)

towards

c)

highway

98.

What type of conjunction is the capitalized word: IF you work hard, you will succeed.

a)

subordinating

b)

coordinating

99.

What type of noun is the capitalized word: Kaiden played in the PILE of leaves.

a)

common

b)

concrete

c)

collective

100.

What type of verb is the capitalized word: I SHOULD take the shortcut to school.

a)

helping

b)

linking

c)

action