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WorksheetsLit/Comp 1 Terms Check-In 2021
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 18mins
How are you feeling today?
Super duper excellent
Okay
Meh
Bad
What is theme?
The subject of the story
The message or lesson the author wants the reader to get from the story
How the author tells the reader what a character is like
Love
What is characterization?
How the author tells the reader what a character is like
Where and when the story happens
The problems the character faces in the story
Figurative language
Which are the main categories of characterization? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
Character vs. self
Love
Direct
Indirect
“Hairwoman wastes twenty minutes taking attendance because she won’t look at us. She keeps her head bent over her desk so the hair flops in front of her face. She spends the rest of class writing on the board and speaking to the flag about our required reading.” (from Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson)
This is an example of ______________________ characterization.
indirect
direct
“I think [my mom] likes watching the reaction when she says she works in the city...Mom loves doing the things that other people are afraid of.” (from Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson)
This is an example of ________________ characterization.
indirect
direct
Which of the following are EXTERNAL conflict? [SELECT ALL THAT APPLY]
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. fate/supernatural
Character vs. machine/technology
Which is INTERNAL conflict
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Machine/Technology
Character vs. Nature
What is setting?
The problems the characters have in the story
Simile
What the author wants you to learn from the story
Where and when the story happens
What is repetition?
A comparison that uses comparing words (like, as)--usually compares unlike things
Repeated vowel sounds in non-rhyming words (a, e i, o, u, sometimes y)
A comparison that does not use comparing words, it just says one thing is another.
When a word or phrase is repeated multiple times
What are sensory details?
Describing something using the 5 senses
Reference to another text, an historical event, a person, etc.
The message the author wants you to get from the story/poem.
When the end of the line is the end of a sentence--it has terminal punctuation ( . ? ! )
"Does it stink like rotten meat?" (From "Harlem" by Langston Hughes") is an example of:
[CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY]
imagery
sensory details
metaphor
simile
personification
What is personification?
Using words to describe something in a way that allows you to envision it in your head--uses the 5 senses.
The message the author wants you to get from the story/poem.
Words that sounds like the sound they represent
Giving objects human-like features or characteristics.
What is it called when you use the evidence you have to draw a conclusion that is not directly stated in the text?
clue
textual evidence
motivation
inference
What/who is a narrator?
The person who tells the story
Something that means exactly what it says
The subject of a writing piece; what the writing is all about
The person in the novel (story), play, or movie
The narrator says that she and Nenny don't look like sisters, but they have other things that show their connection. They have similar laughs and also both think similarly, like when the narrator thought a house looked like Mexico and Nenny agreed, but their friends didn't understand.
This is a __________.
Summary
Topic
Theme
Family
This is a ______.
Summary
Topic
Theme
There are many ways to connect with family beyond appearances.
This is a ______.
Summary
Topic
Theme
