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Benchmark #3 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the "tone" of a story?
a)
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
b)
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
c)
The time and place of the story
d)
The summary of events in the story
2.
Define Connotation
a)
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
b)
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
3.
The author's attitude toward the subject matter is called ________.
a)
mood
b)
tone
4.

Why do we need evidence?

a)

To answer a question

b)

To show how and why

c)

To prove our claim is true

5.

Why do we need reasoning?

a)

To show how and why

b)

to answer a question

c)

To prove your claim is true

6.
Why is it important to provide textual evidence?
a)
It makes your paragraph longer.
b)
It allows your reader to get the important facts from the article without reading the whole thing.
c)
It shows that you know what you are talking about.
d)
It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point.
7.

What is the tone of the following passage?


Often you feel you’ve done nothing when you’ve actually done a lot. That’s because what you did do seemed beneath notice—it was so small that it didn’t “count.” But it did—just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, each mistake toward knowing how to do things right.

a)

Hesitant

b)

Encouraging

c)

Amused

8.

What is the tone of the following passage?


Each year in the middle of February, when slush is underfoot and the sky is a depressing gray, I begin dreaming of warm beaches, tropical fruits and sunsets. If only I could save enough for a winter vacation! Maybe next year I’ll win the lottery. Meanwhile, I’ll read travel brochures and sigh.

a)

unsure

b)

joyous

c)

longing

9.
What does Reasoning mean?
a)
A solid and reasonable argument
b)
A written response to a claim
c)
An explanation that connects your evidence back to the claim
d)
An opinion you believe in 
10.

Hyperboles are phrases that

a)

compare two unlike things

b)

exaggerate

c)

give person-like qualities to animals and things

d)

have a different meaning than the words.

11.

What is the hyperbole in Grenade by Bruno Mars?


Easy come, easy go, that’s just how you live, oh

Take, take, take it all, but you never give

Shoulda known you was trouble from the first kiss

Had your eyes wide open; why were they open? (Ooh)

Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash

You tossed it in the trash, you did

To give me all your love is all I ever ask

‘Cause what you don’t understand is

a)

Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash

You tossed it in the trash, you did

b)

Easy come, easy go, that’s just how you live, oh

c)

To give me all your love is all I ever ask

‘Cause what you don’t understand is

d)

Shoulda known you was trouble from the first kiss

12.
"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?
a)
High Heels
b)
The store
13.
What is personification?
a)
A word that is a sound
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
14.
Which is an example of personification?
a)
The sun smiled at us
b)
The sun is like a light bulb
15.
What figurative language is the sentence below?
She is as pretty as a flower. 
a)
Simile 
b)
Metaphor 
c)
Alliteration 
16.
_____a figure of speech in which two a things are compared, NOT using like or as 
a)
Simile 
b)
Metaphor 
c)
Personification 
17.
The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...
a)
Metaphor 
b)
Simile 
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia 
18.
The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.
a)
The car is very old.
b)
The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
c)
The car is very new.
19.
"The eerie silence was shattered by her scream." This is an example of ___________________________. 
a)
Theme
b)
Plot
c)
Rhyme
d)
Imagery
20.
"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." This is an example of _____________________.
a)
Style
b)
Plot
c)
Repetition
d)
Rhyme
21.
"Once upon a midnight dreary, 
While I pondered, weak and weary"
This contains an example of ___________. 
a)
Tone
b)
Structure
c)
Personification
d)
Rhyme
22.
Which of the following is an example of THEME?
a)
Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.
b)
Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.
c)
How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
d)
Life is short; make the most of it.
23.
The message or lesson that the author wants you to learn from the story is called the
a)
thesis
b)
summary
c)
theme
d)
plot
24.
A story can have more than one theme.
a)
true
b)
false
25.

What is a theme?

a)

a story line

b)

the topic/subject

c)

a universal truth about life and people

d)

the time and place of an event

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