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WorksheetsFall Semester Test Study Guide
Total questions: 97
Worksheet time: 49mins
The two elements that make up setting are:
Time and space
Location and area
Place and time
Place and area
Characters who go through a major change by the end of the story are:
Static
Dynamic
Stationary
Driven
Characters who stay the same throughout the story are:
Static
Dynamic
Stationary
Driven
What is the thing that pushes the character to go forward in a story?
Drive
Setting
Motivation
Tenacity
What are the two types of conflict?
Internal and External
Man vs. Nature and Man vs. Self
Man vs. Nature and Man vs. Self
Inside the character and diseases
How many internal conflicts are there?
One
Two
Three
Four
How many external conflicts are there?
One
Two
Three
Four
A narrator is reliable when:
They are in first person
They are the main character
They are only telling one side of the story
They are unbiased
What is the term for the narrator’s position in relation to a story being told?
Reliable Narrator
Unreliable Narrator
Point of View
Setting
Which of the following is a first person pronoun?
He
We
Your
Their
Which of the following is a third person pronoun?
He
We
Your
Our
What it is called when you see a story from a different character’s point of view?
Unbiased
Perspective
Reliable Narrator
Optional Viewpoint
The message or lesson you can learn in a story is called:
Moral
Thesis
Main Idea
Theme
In literature, when an object represents a deeper meaning or idea, it is called:
Paradox
Allusion
Symbolism
Irony
When a story references another work or story, the term for that is:
Paradox
Allusion
Symbolism
Irony
The overall feeling a reader gets from a text is:
Mood
Tone
Paradox
Feeling
The attitude an author has toward the subject he or she is writing about is:
Mood
Tone
Paradox
Feeling
A contradiction in literature that somehow seems true i
Paradox
Allusion
Symbolism
Verbal Irony
When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens, that is called:
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Ironic Tone
A place in a state where everything is perfect is:
Imaginary
Utopia
Dystopia
Allusion
A society in which there is social injustice and suffering is:
Imaginary
Utopia
Dystopia
Allusion
The circular pattern in which a character emerges from the known into the unknown, learns a valuable lesson, and returns to the known is called:
Plot
Hero's Quest
Hero's Journey
Hero's Plight
What is the second part of the Hero’s Journey?
Separation
Discovery
Initiation
Return
What is the term for a character that shows up across many different stories?
Hero
Mentor
Paradox
Archetype
What is a character who shows up to guide or help the main character in a Hero’s Journey story called?
Helper
Supernatural Aid
Mentor
Abyss
What is the lowest point or conflict for a hero in a hero’s journey story cycle called?
Abyss
Conflict
Despair
Return
The art of putting words together to persuade an audience to believe the way the author does is called:
Argument
Rhetoric
Analysis
Persuasion
The rhetorical appeal that tugs at the reader’s emotions is:
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
The rhetorical appeal that appeals to the reader’s logical side is:
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
The rhetorical appeal that establishes the author’s credibility is:
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
The sentence in a research paper that grabs your reader’s attention:
Claim
Counterclaim
Hook
Thesis
The sentence in a research paper that states your claim:
Hook
Thesis
Rebuttal
Refutation
The thesis statement should present your opinion on the topic or your _______.
Claim
Counterclaim
Rebuttal
Refutation
Information that you research to back up your thesis statement is:
Commentary
Evidence
Counterclaim
Rebuttal
Your explanation of the evidence presented in the paper is:
Commentary
Counterclaim
Rebuttal
Call to Action
The opposing viewpoint to your thesis is called the:
Commentary
Call to Action
Rebuttal
Counterclaim
When presenting a counterclaim in an argumentative research paper, you should also prepare a ____ that explains whey the opposing side is wrong.
Claim
Counterclaim
Rebuttal
Commentary
The part of the research paper where you try to get your reader to do something, believe something, or think something is called the:
Claim
Counterclaim
Call to Action
Rebuttal
Using another author’s words as your own is called:
Paraphrasing
Summarizing
Copying
Plagiarism
When doing research and finding good information, it is important to put the author’s words in your own words by __________.
Plagiarism
Summarizing
Commentary
Paraphrasing
In a research paper, when you use the author’s words directly, but give credit, that is called:
Direct Quote
Parenthetical Citation
Paraphrasing
Works Cited
In a research paper, when you give the author credit within the text, that is called:
Direct Quote
Parenthetical Ciation
Paraphrasing
Works Cited
The structure of the poem is known as
Form
Stanza
Function
Line
When a poem is divided into chunks like a paragraph in prose:
Form
Stanza
Rhyme Scheme
Line
A small division in a poem, kind of like a sentence in prose:
Stanza
Line
Prose
Form
A long poem traditionally passed down orally. (The Odyssey was one).
Ode
Lyrical
Epic
Free Verse
A poem that pays homage to an object. It usually contains personification and apostrophe.
Ode
Lyrical
Epic
Free Verse
A poem that has musical qualities. It includes a rhyme scheme and can have meter.
Ode
Lyrical
Free Verse
Epic
When you repeat vowel sounds in a series of words.
Alliteration
Assonance
Cadence
Onomatopoeia
When you repeat the initial sound in a series of words.
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Cadence
Words that make the sounds they spell. (Comic Book Words)
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Cadence
The rising and falling inflection of the voice when reading a poem is:
Alliteration
Assonance
Cadence
Onomatopoeia
The two main reasons a poet uses repetition are:
Emphasis and Rhythm
Emphasis and Beat
Rhythm and Rhyme
Meter and Emphasis
The pattern that end-rhyming words follow is:
End Rhyme
Rhythm
Rhyme Scheme
Meter
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry is:
End Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Rhythm
Meter
A pattern of rhythm in a poem is called:
Rhyme Scheme
End Rhyme
Rhythm
Meter
When the last words of two lines of poetry rhyme it is called:
End Rhyme
Internal Rhyme
External Rhyme
Meter
When the author says one thing but means something different he/she is using:
Figurative Language
Assonance
Alliteration
Cadence
When you compare two unlike things without using like or as:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
When you compare two unlike things using like or as:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
When you give an object human characteristics:
Hyperbole
Personifcation
Apostrophe
Onomatopoeia
When the author talks directly to an object or something that can not talk back:
Idiom
Hyperbole
Personification
Apostrophe
When you over exaggerate:
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
Apostrophe
A phrase that means something completely different than the denotation of the words.
Hyperbole
Personification
Apostrophe
Idiom
The word choice an author uses in writing to convey a certain message:
Denotation
Connotation
Diction
Onomatopoeia
The dictionary definition of a word is:
Denotation
Connotation
Diction
Hyperbole
The feelings or mood a word evokes is called:
Denotation
Connotation
Hyperbole
Diction
Describes a noun
Adverb
Adjective
Pronoun
Preposition
Person place or thing
Noun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
Joins two words or sentences together
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Conjunction
The action word in the sentence
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Preposition
Words that modify verbs
Nouns
Adverbs
Verbs
Adjectives
An abrupt remark
Conjunction
Preposition
Interjection
Denotation
Takes the place of a noun
Adjective
Pronoun
Prepostion
Apostrophe
Words that show location of a noun
Pronoun
Preposition
Adjective
Noun
And
Subordinating
Coordinating
Since
Subordinating
Coordinating
A verb acting like a noun and ending in ING.
Gerund
Participle
Infinitive
A verb acting like an adjective and ending ING or ED.
Gerund
Participle
Infinitive
A verb form with the word to.
Gerund
Particple
Infinitive
If I go to the store
Dependent Clause
Independent Clause
Give me five dollars
Dependent Clause
Independent Clause
Mrs. Sawyer, my English teacher,
Infinitive Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
Appositive Phrase
Apostrophe Phrase
The boy fell on the ground.
Infinitive phrase
Prepositional phrase
Participial Phrase
Gerund Phrase
To go to the store
Phrase
Clause
Because I wanted a dog
Phrase
Clause
If you study, you might pass.
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-complex
I went to the store, and bought a present.
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex
I think that tacos are delicious.
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex
I like tacos because they are delicious, and I want some now.
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex
Should be a comma and there is not. It can be fixed with a comma.
Comma Error
Comma Splice
Fused Sentence
Not Parallel
Fragment
There is a comma in the sentence, but it should be a semicolon or period.
Comma Error
Comma Splice
Fused Sentence
Not Parallel
Fragment
Two independent clauses jammed together with no punctuation at all.
Comma Error
Comma Splice
Fused Sentence
Not Parallel
Fragment
The elements throughout the sentence do not stay the same or agree with each other.
Comma Error
Comma Splice
Fused Sentence
Not Parallel
Fragment
Not a complete sentence.
Comma Error
Comma Splice
Fused Sentence
Not Parallel
Fragment
The subject is doing the verb
Example: The dog ate the food.
Active Voice
Passive Voice
The verb is before the subject.
Example: The food was eaten by the dog.
Active Voice
Passive Voice
