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WorksheetsUnit 3 Review
Total questions: 73
Worksheet time: 6hrs 5mins
Which is a thesis statement?
Should plastic bags be banned nationwide as a way to reduce litter and protect marine wildlife?
I will explain why plastic bags should be banned to reduce litter and protect marine wildlife
To reduce litter and help protect marine wildlife, states nationwide need to ban plastic shopping bags.
Which prompt BEST fits the following thesis?
“It is crucial to keep promises that are made because oath breakers lose trust and may be seen as unreliable in a time of need.”
Write an essay explaining whether it is important to learn from our experiences.
Write an essay explaining the importance of setting goals.
Write an essay explaining the importance of never giving up.
Write an essay explaining why it is important to keep the promises you make.
Which thesis statement is BEST fit for the following prompt: Write an essay explaining whether it is ever okay to break the rules.
Breaking the rules should be allowed during emergencies because it can help someone that is hurt.
I think breaking the rules should be allowed if it is necessary because there would be less crime if there were people to stop it and I believe it would allow citizens to step up when something is wrong.
Both breaking and not breaking the rules have good and bad aspects to each.
Breaking the rules is unacceptable because there are rules set in society to keep order and going against the structure that is set in place would cause chaos.
Which thesis statement is BEST fit for the following prompt: Write an essay explaining whether it is important to laugh.
It is important to laugh because life would just be boring without it.
Laughter is a necessity to have in life since it brightens many people's days and is the key to true happiness.
Humor is vital in life because it makes you happy and smile more.
Humor makes everyone feel happy and is the key to true happiness.
Which thesis statement is BEST fit for the following prompt: Write an essay explaining why technology is so important to teenagers.
Technology is important in the world because it helps us communicate with our friends and loved ones.
Teenagers using technology in today's world is vital to succeed in the 21st century because it establishes self-worth and independence.
It is vital to use technology in this world because it establishes self-worth and independence.
Technology is important to teens because it helps stay connected to the news.
You come across the order with the following instructions: Write an analysis of some aspect of Mark Twain’s novel Huckleberry Finn. Here are three theses written by the writer. Which of them is the strongest?
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is a great American novel.
Through its contrasting river and shore scenes, Twain’s Huckleberry Finn suggests that to find the true expression of American democratic ideals, one must leave “civilized” society and go back to nature.
In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain develops a contrast between life on the river and life on the shore.
Mark Twain's story is well written and there are many contrasts to be seen in the story that include the river.
Evaluate the following thesis: In the poem, "The Rose that Grew from the Concrete," Tupac Shakur uses symbolism to show that people can grow and blossom even in terrible situations.
This thesis statement is too specific because it can only apply to texts that mention a rose.
The writer may have a hard time finding evidence for this thesis statement.
It's perfect
This thesis statement doesn't include a Writer's Tool.
Evaluate the following thesis: The author of The Sneetches, Theodor Seuss Geisel, uses changes in character, conflict, and dialogue to show that people should treat each other equally.
This thesis statement is too specific because it can only apply to texts that talk about Sneetches.
The writer may have a hard time finding evidence for this thesis statement.
It's perfect
This thesis statement doesn't include a theme.
Evaluate the following thesis: The author of The Sneetches, Dr. Seuss, uses changes in characters to show that the changes in the star-belly sneetches felt bad to themselves of how they treated the plain belly sneetches.
This thesis statement is too specific because it can only apply to texts that talk about Sneetches.
The writer may have a hard time finding evidence for this thesis statement.
It's perfect
This thesis statement doesn't include a theme.
In a well-developed essay, analyze the theme(s) of both stories. Compare and contrast how the authors use mood to develop the theme in each text. Use evidence and examples from both texts to support your analysis.
What satirical technique is being employed?
Exaggeration
Irony
After attending a patient who had broken major bones in his body, the doctor told him, “You will be a little uncomfortable for a bit.”
Irony
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Understatement
What rhetorical device is being used in the image?
Invective
Reversal
Irony
Exaggeration
What rhetorical device is being used in the image?
Parody
Hyperbole
Ambiguity
Caricature
What rhetorical device is being used in the image?
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Paradox
Parody
What rhetorical device is being used in the image?
Ambiguity
Grotesque
Sarcasm
Innuendo
An illustrator draws a picture of darkness around the main character. The darkness represents a problem that the character may be facing. What could this problem be?
night
calm
death
freedom
On their wedding day, the groom gave his bride a bouquet of red roses. What do the red roses symbolize?
his love for his bride
her favorite flower
life
power
Which of the following symbols may represent a broken relationship?
Ladder
Shattered glass
Fire
Stars
In a story, what could a storm symbolize?
love
happiness
danger
luck
Sunrise often symbolizes_______?
Rebirth
New beginning
The end of time
Death
Masque of the Red Death-The events of this story are related to
a popular ballroom dance
a spreading, infectious disease
a nickname for Prince Prospero
costumes for masquerade ball
Masque of the Red Death-How many rooms were there altogether?
Seven
Eleven
Nine
Ten
Masque of the Red Death-What happens immediately when the ebony clock strikes midnight?
A strange masked figure is seen by the whole company.
Prince Prospero asks all of the guests to leave.
The Red Death kills everyone in the castle.
Masque of the Red Death-Why does the appearance of the masked figure fill the company with "terror, horror, and disgust?"
People wonder how it got in the castle.
They believe it resembles the Red Death.
They are worried that it will ruin their masked ball.
People are curious as to the identity of the figure.
Masque of the Red Death-Which statement expresses the theme of this story?
Money can buy you happiness
No one can hide from or escape death
Laugh and the world laughs with you
Live life to the fullest
"before the last echoes of the last chime had utterly sunk into silence, there were many individuals in the crowd who had found leisure to become aware of the presence of a masked figure...And the rumor of this new presence having spread itself whisperingly around, there arose at length from the whole company a buzz, or murmur...then, finally, of terror, of horror, and of disgust."
What is the author's tone towards the masked figure?
Masque of the Red Death-The symbolism of the rooms going from east to west and the stranger going from the eastern most room to the western most room is related to the movement of what?
Birds in the winter
Pieces on a chessboard
The sun
The wind
Masque of the Red Death-We learn about the disease and it's symptoms in which part of the story?
The exposition
The resolution
The climax
The rising action
Masque of the Red Death-What is the mood or atmosphere of this story?
Spooky, Frightening
Humorous
Somber
Lighthearted
Why did Poe use a masquerade ball in the story?
because he loved to party
his wife loved to wear masks
to show that you can't hide from death
because the Prince was a party animal
Refers to the feelings and ideas a word evokes.
Synonym
Denotation
Connotation
Diction
Diction is the literary term that means
The connections we have with words
An author's choice of words
The definition of words
The common way of speaking with friends
Which connotation is MORE positive?
We saw ______ animals at the zoo.
Interesting
Weird
Denotation is a word's ____________.
Literal, dictionary definition
Emotional meaning
Diction
Mood
What is the denotation of the word "immature"?
Not fully grown
Childish
Ignorant
Irresponsible
"Ten more steps. Eight. Seven. We were walking slowly, as one follows a hearse, our own funeral procession. Only four more steps. Three. There it was now, very close to us, the pit and its flames" (31)
What is the mood of this passage?
Joyful
Optimistic
Angry
Gloomy
"It was a beautiful day in May. The fragrances of spring were in the air. The sun was setting" (40)
What is the mood of this passage? What word or phrase best supports your answer?
Energetic; "spring"
Blissful; "beautiful day in May"
Indifferent; "fragrances"
Sad; "sun was setting"
What is the tone of the poem?
sad
happy
optimistic and dangerous
melancholy and mysterious
What is "Plutonian Shore?
It separates the land of the living and the land of the dead
It is where the speaker took his wife for vacation
It separates the intellects from the ordinary man
It is the path the speaker is taking
"Open here I flung the shutter, when, with man a flirt and flutter," Which figurative language device is being used here?
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
What is the mood of this passage?
comfortable
romantic
content
terrified
What is the mood of this passage?
realistic
pessimistic
sorrowful
emphatic
Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through _____________.
pictures
height
diction
funny faces
What is the tone of the dialogue?
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!"
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
What is the theme?
What is the theme?
“Mr. Sky, I have lived a long time.I have seen it all,
And what they say is true.
There is nothing new under the sun.”
“Really?” said Sky.
And from six miles up, he dropped
A single snowflake.
Which sentence describes the theme of the poem?
Which category best identifies the text pictured?
theme
topic
text details
Which category best identifies the text pictured?
theme
topic
text details
Which category best identifies the text pictured?
theme
topic
text details
Which category best identifies the text pictured?
theme
topic
text details
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.
What is the central theme of this poem?
