Worksheets10/28 Practice Test
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
"Say she rose just as free as a bird. As light as a feather" from The People Could Fly is an example of which type of figurative language?
Personification
Metaphor
Symbol
Simile
What is the main idea of the following paragraph from The Flight of Icarus:
"It was fun making the wings. The sun shone on the bright
feathers; the breezes ruffled them. When they were finished, Daedalus fastened them to his shoulders and found himself lifted upwards, where he hung poised in the air. Filled with excitement, he made another pair for his son. They were smaller than his own, but strong and beautiful."
Daedalus and Icarus enjoyed the time they got to spend making the wings together.
Daedalus finished the wings for himself and because they worked, he made a second pair for Icarus.
Icarus grew impatient with his father's perfectionist attitude so when he got the wings he took his time putting them on.
Daedalus grew frustrated with the wings and could have made them sturdier but they worked anyway.
Which of the following do not help in determining main idea?
Characters
Actions of characters
Descriptions
New information
What is the difference between connotation and denotation?
Connotation is the textbook definition and denotation is what we can find in a dictionary.
Connotation is the way a word sounds where denotation is how a word makes you feel.
Connotation is the way a word makes you feel and denotation is the textbook definition of a word.
Connotation and Denotation are two words that mean the exact same thing.
Which of the following answers describe the problem with a first person narrator?
First person narrators might not be honest and we only get their perspective.
First person narrators tell us the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
We get to see the story through a perspective of a variety of characters: people, animals, objects, and many more.
First person narration can help you sympathize with characters like villains.
What is sensory language?
Sensory language consists of curse words that are "bleeped" out because of media regulations.
Language that describes the action in a text.
Language that involves using your hands, lips, and facial expressions to communicate with the hearing impaired.
Descriptive language in a text that appeals to your 5 senses: Touch, Taste, Sight, Sound, and Smell.
A scholar joins the homeroom zoom call late, their hair is a mess, and their eyes are barely open. What inference can you make about the scholar?
They were eating breakfast and lost track of the time.
The scholar just woke up.
They went on a morning jog and didn't have time to shower.
The scholar woke up on time and was prepared for class.
What is the preposition in this sentence?
Jasir placed a Corsair MM300 extended mousepad underneath his Razer Deathadder V2 gaming mouse and increased the sensitivity of the mouse to improve his accuracy in COD Warzone.
Jasir
Sensitivity
Improve
Underneath
Based on the text provided, which of the following clauses best supports the idea that Jasir takes video games seriously?
Jasir purchased a Corsair MM300 extended mousepad underneath his new Razer Deathadder V2 gaming mouse and increased the sensitivity of the mouse to improve his accuracy in COD Warzone.
Jasir purchased new gaming hardware.
He placed a mousepad underneath his mouse.
Jasir adjusted the sensitivity of his mouse.
Jasir wants to improve his accuracy in Warzone.
What advantage does the author have when writing in third person?
They can use action instead of thoughts and feelings to make the reader feel a certain type of way.
They can offer multiple perspectives of a single event that improves the reader's understanding.
We are given information that the characters don't have, creating tension and suspense for the reader.
All of the above
