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WorksheetsELA 9 Semester 2 Final Review
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is a metaphor?
compares two things using 'like' or 'as'
compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'
an over exaggeration
What is a simile?
compares two things using 'like' or 'as'
compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'
gives a nonhuman object a human quality
What is personification?
an over exaggeration
a play on words
gives a nonhuman object a human quality
What is a hyperbole?
a play on words
when two opposite terms are combined
an over exaggeration
What is an idiom?
a reference to someone or something famous or historical
a phrase with a figurative rather than literal meaning
when two words with opposite meanings are combined
What is a pun?
when a phrase has a figurative rather than literal meaning
when a word represents a sound
a play on words
What is an allusion?
a reference to someone or something famous or historical
when a series of words have the same beginning sound
a word that represents a sound
What is alliteration?
a reference to someone or something famous or historical
a phrase with a figurative meaning rather then literal
when a series of words have the same beginning sound
What is an oxymoron?
when two words with opposite meanings are combined
a play on words
a phrase with a figurative rather than literal meaning
What is an onomatopoeia?
A phrase with a figurative meaning rather than literal
A word that reflects a sound
A series of words with the same beginning sound
What is dramatic irony?
when the result is different from what is expected
when one thing is said but the person means something different; sarcasm
when the the reader or audience knows something the other characters do not
What is verbal irony?
when the result is different than what is expected
when one thing is said but the person means something else; sarcasm
when the reader, audience knows something the other characters do not
What is situational irony
when the result is different than what is expected
when one thing is said but the person means something different
when the reader, audience knows something the other characters do not
Which is an example of a man vs man conflict?
a person swimming in the ocean during a storm
a person questioning their faith
a person getting into a fight
Which is an example of a man vs nature conflict?
a person trying to swim in the ocean during a storm
a person questioning their faith
a person going against or questioning societial norms
Which is an example of a man vs self conflict?
going against or questioning societal norms, expectations
getting into a fight
a person trying to decide what to do
Which is an example of a man vs society conflict?
a person trying to swim in the ocean during a storm
going against or questioning society
getting into an argument with someone
Which is an example of a man vs God/supernatural conflict?
questioning one's faith
getting into an argument
going against or questioning societal norms
Direct characterization is when the reader or audience has to make inferences as to how the characters is being described.
true
false
Indirect characterization is when the reader or audience has to make inferences about how the reader is beng described.
true
false
In literary terms, what is the symbolic meaning of night?
a book
the end
black
What is a soliloquy?
a longer speech given by a character to another character
a longer speech given by a character alone on stage
What is a monologue?
a longer speech given by a character towards another character
a longer speech given by a characer alone on stage
What is the definition of an antagonist?
The hero/main character
The villain
A mentor
What is the definition of a protagonist?
the hero and/or main character
the villain
a mentor
Most of Shakespeare's plays were written using what form and pattern?
Blank Verse; iambic pentameter
Rhyme
Blank Verse; Rhyme
What is the purpose of text aides?
to help the actors know where to go on stage
to define or explain parts of a text to the reader
to introduce information to the audience
In a Shakespearean play, what is the purpose of the prologue/chorus?
to act out the unanswered questions/parts
to introduce the actors
to set the tone for the play and introduce the main parts
Where were Shakespeare's plays performed?
Music Hall
The Shakespeare Amphitheater
The Globe Theater
What is a concrete noun?
a noun identified using your senses
a noun that cannot be identified using your senses
a general noun
What is an abstract noun?
a noun that is identified using your senses
a noun that cannot be identified using your senses
a noun that names a specific person, place, or thing
What is a common noun?
a general person, place, or thing
a specific person, place, or thing
referring to a group of nouns
What is a proper noun?
a general person, place, or thing
a specific person, place, or thing; always capitalized
describes a noun
What is a collective noun?
refers to a group of people or things
a general person, place, or thing
describes a noun
What is a linking verb?
a state of being verb that connects the subject to an adjective that further describes the subject; does not show action
the action in the sentence
helps to establish a sense of time; comes before the action or main verb
What is a helping verb?
a state of being verb that connects the subject to a word that further describes the subject of the sentence; does not reflect action
the action in the sentence
helps to establish a sense of time; comes before the action or the main verb; creates a verb phrase
What is a transitive verb?
the action in the sentence that also has a direct object
the action in the sentence with nothing receiving the action in the sentence
connects a subject to a further description of the subject
What is an intransitive verb?
the action in the sentence but there is something or someone receiving the action
the action in the sentence but no one or nothing is receiving the action
a state of being verb
What is a preposition?
joins a dependent and independent clause
joins two independent clauses
establishes where or when something happened
What is a coordinating conjunction?
joins a dependent and independent clause
joins two independent clauses
esablished when or where something happened
What is the acronymn that helps remember the main types of coordinating conjunctions?
FANBOYS
SWABI
THAMOS
What is the acronymn that helps you remember the main types of subordinating conjunctions?
FANBOYS
SWABI
THAMOS
What is a subordinating conjunction?
joins two independent clauses
joins a dependent and independent clause
establishes when or where something happened
A dependent clause is considered a complete sentence?
true
false
An independent clause is considered a complete sentence.
true
false
A dependent clause is considered a fragment or incomplete sentence.
true
false
What is an adjective?
describes a verb
describes a preposition
describes a noun
What is the plural form of oxymoron?
oxymoron
oxymoron's
oxymora
What is the proper in-text citation for a Shakespearan play?
(Shakespeare p. 3)
(Shakespeare Act 1 Scene 3)
(Shakespeare 1.3.45-47)
What is the proper MLA in-text citiation format for a book?
(Bradbury p. 3)
(Bradbury)
(Bradbury 3)
Titles of short stories or articles should be
in quotation marks
underlined
in italics
Titles of books or longer pieces of text, including movies, should be
in quotation marks
underlined
in italics
In Night, what type of irony is being used in the enscription "Arbiet Macht Frei" (work makes you free) above the gates of Auschwitz?
dramatic
verbal
situational
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?"
dramatic
verbal
situational
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."
man vs man
man vs self
man vs nature
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!"
man vs God
man vs self
man vs man
In Night, what type of conflict is being used: "The world? The world is not interested in us."
man vs self
man vs God
man vs society
In Night, what type of conflict is being used: "The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent."
man vs self
man vs God
man vs nature
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."
direct
indirect
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."
direct
indirect
What type of speech does Juliet give about the importance of names at the beginning of Act 2 Scene 2?
monologue
soliloquy
What type of speech does Mercutio give about Queen Mab and dreams?
monologue
soliloquy
What is an epithet?
a play on words
when something has a figurative rather than literal meaning
an adjective or descriptive that highlights a quality or characteristic of a person
What is the purpose of a pun?
to emphasize the seriousness of an event
to add comedic relief
to illustrate sadness
What type of figurative language is being used: "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"
simile
personification
metaphor
What figurative language does Lady Capulet use to describe Paris to Juliet?
extended metaphor
metaphor
epic simile
What type of figurative language is being used: O single-soled jest, solely singular, for the singleness!"?
hyperbole
allusion
alliteration
What figurative language is being used: "You have dancing shoes with nimble soles; I have a soul of lead."?
idiom
oxymoron
pun
What figurative language is being used: "...the pierced ball hissed broiling, and the roots popped!"?
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
idiom
What type of figurative language is being used: "...god who thunders the land..."?
allusion
epithet
simile
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..."?
simile
extended metaphor
epic simile
Epic similes can found in all pieces of literature.
True
False
What is the correct format for a flow quote - changing text from an original source to make sense in your writing?
When Amelia Earhart's plane went missing in 1937, it "ushering in one of the biggest aviation mysteries of the last century."
When Amelia Earhart's plane went missing in 1937, it "(ushered) in one of the biggest aviation mysteries of the last century."
When Amelia Earhart's plane went missing in 1937, it "[ushered] in one of the biggest aviation mysteries of the last century."
What is the proper in-text citation for a poem?
(Homer pg 374 line 5-7)
(Homer lines 5-6)
("Homer")
What is the proper in-text citation when citing an online source without an author or page number?
("The Whole Truth" 2020)
(Encyclopedia Britannica 2020)
(The Whole Truth)
What plot element introduces the setting and the characters in a story?
rising action
climax
exposition
What plot element is used to build suspense and establish the conflict?
rising action
falling action
exposition
The turning point in a story is also known as
the falling action
the climax
the resolution
What is the definition of a round character?
a character who does not change throughout the story
a fully developed character - physically and mentally
a character with one point of view
What is the definition of a flat character?
a one-dimensional character; undergoes little change
a fully developed character - mentally and physically
a character that transforms throughout the story
What is the definition of a dynamic character?
a character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the course of a story
a character who undergoes little to no change throughout the story
What is the definition of a static character?
a character who transforms due to conflicts they encounter in their journey
a character who undergoes little change throughout the story - they are essentially the same at the end as at the beginning
What type of character is Romeo?
Round
Static
Round and static
What type of character is Odysseus?
Round and Static
Round and Dynamic
Flat and Dynamic
In Romeo and Juliet, what type of character is the Nurse?
flat and dynamic
flat and static
round and static
What type of punctuation is used to combine two independent clauses without using a conjunction?
colon
semi-colon
comma
The following sentence is punctuated correctly: "My school is teaching disco dancing next year" sighed Joe.
true
false
In the following sentence, what is the dependent clause: While I was sleeping, Kaiden played video games.
While I was sleeping
Kaiden played video games
In the following sentence, what is the dependent clause: Excited about the trip, Kaiden did not sleep.
excited about the trip
Kaiden did not sleep
In the following sentence, what is the independent clause: Kaiden worked on his project, staying up all night to finish.
Kaiden worked on his project
staying up all night to finish
Identify the concrete noun: Max needs to bring a computer to class.
bring
class
computer
Identify the abstract noun: I am glad school is over.
glad
school
is
What type of verb is the capitalized word: We MOVED into a new house.
transitive
intransitive
linking
What type of verb is the capitalized word: She LOOKED everywhere for her library book.
action
linking
transitive
What type of verb is the capitalized word: A bear HAS BEEN sleeping here.
linking
helping
action
What type of verb is the capitalized word: She IS good at cooking.
helping
action
linking
Identify the preposition: He drove towards the exit for the highway.
drove
towards
highway
What type of conjunction is the capitalized word: IF you work hard, you will succeed.
subordinating
coordinating
What type of noun is the capitalized word: Kaiden played in the PILE of leaves.
common
concrete
collective
What type of verb is the capitalized word: I SHOULD take the shortcut to school.
helping
linking
action
