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2nd 9 Weeks FINAL Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

a)

chunky cat

b)

delicious donuts

c)

silly monkey

d)

hungry Maria

2.

Why do authors use alliteration?

a)

to rhyme

b)

to compare two things using "like" or "as"

c)

to emphasize meaning and/or emotion

3.

What is the purpose of the following alliteration?

Hungry Henry hurried to have hamburgers.

a)

to emphasize that Henry feels extremely hungry

b)

to make it sound like a poem

c)

to compare Henry to hamburgers

4.

In a script or play, what information does the words in parenthesis ( ) provide?

a)

character's actions

b)

character's thoughts

5.

What is a soliloquy?

a)

when a character speaks out loud to himself/herself

b)

when two or more characters speak on stage

c)

a type of figurative language

d)

a type of writing

6.

Why would an author include a soliloquy in a drama?

a)

to give readers a hint at what will happen next

b)

to reveal what a character is wearing on stage

c)

to see the relationship between two characters

d)

to let readers know what the character is thinking

7.

What is a monologue in a drama?

a)

a speech given by ONE actor (a SOLO speech)

b)

a speech given by two or more characters

8.

What is central idea?

a)

minor details

b)

supporting details

c)

what the passage or paragraph is MOSTLY about

9.

What is theme?

a)

single detail of a story

b)

summary of a story

c)

something specific to one character

d)

underlying message or lesson the author wants to convey

10.

Which of the following is an example of theme?

a)

A person should learn how to trust themselves and others.

b)

We should go to the store after school today to buy ice cream.

c)

Maria gets into so much trouble because she is always lying to her parents.

11.

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom: The puzzle was too hard for Max so he decided to throw in the towel.

a)

tell his parents

b)

try harder

c)

give up

12.

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom: Yesterday it was raining cats and dogs.

a)

raining on the animals

b)

raining very hard

c)

raining lightly

13.

It is easy to see my brother's disdain for TikTok. When he sees me dancing, he starts to grumble and leaves the room.

What does disdain mean as it is used in the above sentence?

a)

to have a fear of something

b)

to have a strong dislike for something

c)

to listen carefully

d)

to watch carefully

14.
They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days. 

Based on the context clues in the sentence, ecstatic means:
a)
Nervous
b)
Discouraged
c)
Excited
d)
Relieved
15.

Use the following information to answer the question:

date n.

1. the day of the month or year as specified by a number

2. a social or romantic appointment or engagement

3. a sweet, dark brown oval fruit containing a hard stone, usually eaten dried

What does the word date mean as it is used in this sentence?

He was actually asking her out... like on a real date?

a)

the day of the month or year as specified by a number

b)

a social or romantic appointment or engagement

c)

a sweet, dark brown oval fruit containing a hard stone, usually eaten dried