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Rhetorical Devices in Fiction

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is an exposition in a story?

a)

the series of conflicts, struggles, or complications that build a story toward the turning point

b)

the point in a work in which a very significant change occurs

c)

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

d)

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

2.

What is rising action in a story?

a)

the series of conflicts, struggles, or complications that build a story toward the turning point

b)

the point in a work in which a very significant change occurs

c)

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

d)

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

3.

What is the turning point in a story?

a)

the series of conflicts, struggles, or complications that build a story toward the turning point

b)

the point in a work in which a very significant change occurs

c)

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

d)

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

4.

What is the resolution in a story?

a)

the series of conflicts, struggles, or complications that build a story toward the turning point

b)

the point in a work in which a very significant change occurs

c)

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

d)

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

5.

Denouement is another way to say falling action, in fact, that's how you say it in French.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

The Bee Gee's wrote, "You can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk..." This is an example of:

a)

Direct Characterization

b)

Indirect Characterization

c)

Both

d)

Neither

7.

In Pharrel's song "Happy," he sings,

"Huh, because I'm happy

Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof

Because I'm happy

Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth..."


This is an example of:

a)

Direct Characterization

b)

Indirect Characterization

c)

Both

d)

Neither

8.

Types of stories that are part of the oral tradition include:

a)

dramas, fiction, and poetry

b)

fiction, nonfiction and memoir

c)

dramas, myths, fables

d)

myths, folktales, and legends

9.

When I have to paraphrase something, I typically...

a)

explain the main points of the entire piece

b)

I restate something in my own words

c)

I define it

d)

I write a descriptive paragraph about it

10.

The tone of a piece of text comes from _____________, while the mood comes from ____________.

a)

the writer, the reader

b)

the reader, the writer

c)

the reader, the audience

d)

the writer, the editor

11.

When the author uses diction (specific and powerful words), their tone can create a certain mood in the reader.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

In this excerpt from Louie Armstrong's famous song, "Wonderful World", the figurative language he utilizes most is...

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

imagery

d)

onomatopoeia