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WorksheetsQ3 Extra Credit
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Define Author's Craft.
Citing specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
An activity involving skill in making things by hand like a boat or a ship.
Reading closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it.
How the author intentionally uses literary devices and narrative elements to tell a story, persuade, or inform an audience.
The state of tension and uncertainty caused by an uncertain, undecided or mysterious situation that creates an emotional pull to encourage the audience to keep reading or watching
mood
mystery
suspense
tone
Plot device often used to create suspense in which the end is curiously abrupt so that the main characters are left in a difficult situation without offering any resolution of conflict.
mystery
dilemma
cliffhanger
situational irony
When a writer provides clues that hint at what's to come in a story
mystery
foreshadowing
mood
suspense
Why might an author use cliff hanger in his or her writing? 2 answers
Focuses readers' attention on a particular section of text.
To help the reader understand a character, object or point of view by comparing those subjects to something the audience already understands
Creates rhythm and mood and can have particular connotations.
Used to create tension
It gives voice to the characters
An author would include metaphors and similes in his or her short story with the purpose of, to
to create vivid descriptions and paint pictures
provide clues about an author's message.
create vivid descriptions and paint pictures
express an author’s intentions
give a particular connotation.
The mood of a literary work is--
its hidden message
the feeling it evokes
the main event in the work
its theme
Setting refers to...
An inaccurate example that does not support an opinion
The time or place of a story
A guess that is based on predictions, not facts
An author's attempt to deceive the reader by withholding information
Describing a character as pale and gaunt suggests a tone of
happiness
fear
joy
sickly
Describes a noun
adverb
pronoun
adjective
conjunction
person, place, or thing
adverb
interjection
pronoun
noun
shows action
verb
adverb
adjective
preposition
takes the place of a noun
adverb
pronoun
adjective
conjunction
joins words together
interjection
conjunction
preposition
adjective
shows excitement or emotion
preposition
noun
adverb
interjection
shows placement or direction
noun
interjection
preposition
verb
describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb
adverb
noun
pronoun
preposition
The FANBOYS are:
for, and, not, but, or, yet, so
for, an, nor, but, or yet, so
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
for, and, nor, but, or, yes, so
In the following sentence, which word is the verb?
"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"
Mike
quickly
broke
his
In the following sentence, which word is the interjection?
"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"
and
ouch
quickly
tall
In the following sentence, which word is the adverb?
"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"
hurdle
jumped
quickly
over
In the following sentence, which word is the pronoun?
"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"
Mike
hurdle
his
knee
In the following sentence, which word is the common noun?
"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"
hurdle
Mike
quickly
over
In the following sentence, which word is the preposition?
"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"
over
ouch
and
his
In the following sentence, which word is the adjective?
"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"
ouch
over
jumped
tall
In the following sentence, which word is the conjunction?
"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"
Mike
jumped
and
ouch
In the following sentence, which word is the Proper noun?
"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"
knee
hurdle
Mike
over
A touchdown was scored by the Cowboys, and there was much crying done by the Patriots.
active
passive
Our family plans to open presents Christmas Eve.
active
passive
Which of the following sentences is NOT written in active voice?
Many scientists are studying the Loch Ness monster in Scotland.
Experiments were conducted by scientists on Lake Winnipeg, Canada.
Scientists have questioned some reports about the monster.
We each purchased several new outfits for winter.
active
passive
