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Semester Study

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“My sister’s room is a pig pen” is an example of:

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

2.

It is called ______________ when an author sets mental pictures in the reader’s head using words that appeal to the five sense.

a)

Personification

b)

Suspense

c)

Imagery

d)

Onomatopoeia

3.

The author’s attitude toward the subject, topic, or character of a text is:

a)

Mood

b)

Climax

c)

Theme

d)

Tone

4.

“The flowers danced in the breeze” is an example of:

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

5.

Paying bills is like having your teeth pulled.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

6.

Whisper, Hiss, Buzz

a)

Metaphor

b)

Allusion

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Imagery

7.

Which type of conflict is present?


'Do you have information that there's an android in the cast? I'd be glad to help you, and if I were an android would I be glad to help you?' 'An android,' he said, 'doesn't care what happens to another android. That's one of the indications we look for.' 'Then,' Miss Luft said, 'you must be an android.'

a)

Man vs. Self

b)

Man vs. Man

c)

Man vs. Nature

d)

Man vs. Technology

8.

Which type of conflict is present?


"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled—but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong."

a)

Man vs. Society

b)

Man vs. Nature

c)

Man vs. Man

d)

Man vs. Supernatural

9.

Which pronouns does the third person POV use?

a)

I, me, we

b)

You, us

c)

He, she, they

d)

Myself, cat, dog

10.

What is the proper way to end an in-text citation?

a)

(Edgar Allan Poe 24).

b)

(Allan Poe 24)

c)

(Poe p. 24)

d)

(Poe 24).

11.

Which type of figurative language?


"If you want people to believe you, don't be like the boy who cried wolf."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Allusion

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

12.

A character who changes significantly in a story is called...

a)

static

b)

dynamic

c)

awesome

d)

bored

13.

What is Esperanza's last name?

a)

Medina

b)

Cordero

c)

Martinez

d)

Cisneros

14.

Root word: Dict

a)

to say or speak

b)

to study

c)

beneath, under

d)

in the midst of

15.

to reach beyond

a)

hyperrealism

b)

hyperbole

c)

hyperextension

d)

submerge