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Poe, Plot Diagrams, Fig Lingo, and Commas

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the point-of-view in "The Tell-Tale Heart"

a)

First person

b)

Second person

c)

Third person limited

d)

Third person omniscient

2.

Is the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" reliable or unreliable?

a)

He is a reliable narrator.

b)

He is an unreliable narrator.

3.

Why is the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" unreliable?

a)

He doesn't like cats.

b)

He doesn't like the old man.

c)

He is crazy and thinks he can hear the old man's heart.

d)

He is crazy and killed his cat.

4.

How does the narrator kill the old man in "The Tell-Tale Heart?"

a)

He 360 quickscopes him across the map bro

b)

He burns him

c)

He cuts off his head

d)

He cuts off his air with the mattress

5.

What is the black cat called in "The Black Cat"?

a)

Pluto

b)

Fido

c)

Whiskers

d)

Mr. Graydon

6.

What is an example of situational irony in "The Black Cat?"

a)

The narrator tells us he loves animals, but he kills them

b)

The man burns his house down

c)

The man doesn't know pluto is evil, but we do

d)

The black cat is actually white

7.

In "The Black Cat"...

a)

the narrator admits he murdered his wife

b)

the narrator dismembers his wife

c)

the narrator alerts the police to his wife's dead body

d)

the cat alerts the police to the dead body

8.

In the climax of "The Black Cat"...

a)

the house is set on fire

b)

the narrator kills pluto

c)

the narrator accidentally kills his wife

d)

the narrator allows the police to enter the house

9.

Which of the following CAN you find on a plot diagram

a)

Beginning

b)

Suspense

c)

Peak

d)

Climax

e)

The end

10.

Which of the following can you NOT find on a plot diagram

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Conclusion

d)

Resolution

11.

What is a metaphor?

a)

Comparing two things using like or as

b)

Comparing two things not using like or as

c)

Giving human qualities to non-human things

12.

What is a similie?

a)

Comparing two things using like or as

b)

Comparing two things not using like or as

c)

Giving human qualities to non-human things

13.

What is personification?

a)

Comparing two things using like or as

b)

Comparing two things NOT using like or as

c)

Giving human qualities to non-human things

14.

Which of the below is an example of personification?

a)

"The boy ran across the field like lightning"

b)

"The clouds danced across the moon"

c)

"She spoke like a lion"

d)

"The gamer roared"

15.

Which of the below is a metaphor?

a)

"The sky was a melting candle"

b)

"The sky smiled back at the jogger"

c)

"The sky is like an empty canvas"

d)

"DO NOT PRESS"

16.

Which of the following is a simile?

a)

"The wind whistled through the fog"

b)

"The wind howled like a wolf in the night"

c)

"The wind is howling"

d)

"I ALREADY WARNED YOU NOT TO PRESS THIS BUTTON"

17.

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct:

a)

The man went to the shop and bought shoes, a t-shirt, and trousers.

b)

The man went to the shop and bought shoes a t-shirt and trousers.

c)

The man, went to the shop, and bought shoes, a t-shirt and trousers.

d)

The man went to the shop, and bought shoes a t-shirt and trousers.

18.

Which of the sentences is grammatically correct?

a)

Sitting there the man felt sad about the cat.

b)

Sitting there, the man felt sad about the cat.

c)

Sitting, there the man felt sad about the cat.

d)

Sitting there the man felt sad about, the cat

19.

Which of the following sentences if grammatically correct

a)

In "The Black Cat" the author uses impending danger escalating tension and reader concern.

b)

In "The Black Cat", the author uses impending danger escalating tension and reader concern.

c)

In "The Black Cat" the author uses impending danger escalating tension, and reader concern.

d)

In "The Black Cat" the author uses impending danger, escalating tension, and reader concern.

20.

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

a)

The teacher's desk has pens, paper, a scissors, and a pizza on it.

b)

The teacher's desk, has pens paper a scissors and a pizza on it.

c)

The teacher's desk has pens, paper a scissors and a pizza, on it.

d)

The teacher's desk has pens, paper a scissors, and a pizza on it.