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GENRE ELEMENTS REVIEW

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 48mins

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1.

What is the main idea of the following paragraph?


Living things are organisms with certain characteristics. They need water, food, and air to survive. They grow and change, and they move on their own. Living things reproduce, or make more of themselves. For example, plants and animals are living things. Plants make their own food and animals eat plants or other animals for food.

a)

There are four characteristics of living things.

b)

Animals make their own food.

c)

All living things need sunlight.

d)

Plants eat other plants.

2.

What is the main idea of the following paragraph?


Have you ever seen a giraffe at the zoo? Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world. The average height of a giraffe is 16-18 feet tall. This animal has a very long neck and legs. Giraffe eat the leaves from tall trees. Other animals cannot reach that high. Male giraffe are even taller than female giraffe.

a)

Giraffes are extremely tall animals.

b)

Giraffes don’t sleep very much.

c)

Giraffes are unique animals.

d)

Giraffes eat leaves.

3.

What is the main idea of the paragraph below?


Hurricanes are large storms. They begin over the ocean. They gather heat and energy from the water. Hurricanes move slowly to land as they grow stronger. Hurricanes are dangerous because of their size. They are also dangerous because of high winds and big waves. Hurricanes can bring flooding, power outages, and tornadoes.

a)

Hurricanes are summer storms.

b)

Hurricanes are one type of storm.

c)

Hurricanes are large, dangerous storms.

d)

Hurricanes are just like tornadoes and floods.

4.

What is the main idea of the paragraph below?


One way to stay healthy is to exercise. Exercise helps you feel better, lose weight, and grow stronger. Taking a walk is a form of exercise. It helps you go outside and get fresh air. Playing a sport is another form of exercise. This is a fun way to be active. Taking classes at a gym is a way to be healthy and fit. There are many types of exercise you can do to improve your health.

a)

Choose a fun way to exercise.

b)

There are many types of exercise.

c)

If you are not happy, exercise will fix it.

d)

There are many ways to make yourself feel better.

5.

What is the main idea of the following paragraph?


Birds are a special type of animal that you may see either walking or flying in the air. Birds have two legs, which are often covered with scales. A bird's body is covered with feathers and they have wings. The feathers help birds fly and control their body temperature. Birds have bones that are light so they can fly easily. A beak is a special word to describe the bird's nose. The beak is used for eating. Beaks can be different in size, shape, and color. Birds are a type of animal with very unique features.

a)

Birds have a beak.

b)

Light bones help birds fly.

c)

Birds have unique features.

d)

Birds have feathers and two legs.

6.

Which element of the plot focuses on the part of the story where the conflict has finally been resolved?

a)

Introduction

b)

Climax

c)

Falling Action

d)

Resolution

7.

An element of the plot that occurs when the main character comes face to face with the conflict.

a)

Rising Action

b)

Conflict

c)

Climax

d)

Resolution

8.

An element of the plot where the protagonist finds ways in order to solve the problem but fails.

a)

Introduction

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

9.

Which type of logical fallacy enables the author to make a stereotype of certain ideas or groups of people without sufficient evidence?

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

Ad Hominem

d)

Straw Man

10.

Which type of logical fallacy is used by authors to appeal to a common belief where people do or follow whatever everybody else is doing?

a)

Slippery Slope

b)

Bandwagon Approach

c)

Red Herring

d)

Hasty Generalization

11.

It is a particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned.

a)

Claim

b)

Bias

c)

Evidence

d)

Audience

12.

It is a term used to represent the author's stand in certain argument. The author uses evidences and examples to support this.

a)

Argument

b)

Counterargument

c)

Claim

d)

Opinion

13.

Instructions in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

a)

Stage Play

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Instructions

d)

Movement

14.

MOOD is a literary element that evokes certain feelings and emotions towards the readers.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

A FLASHBACK interrupts the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character's life.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

What is the THEME of this story?

a)

It is better to take your time and do it right then to rush and fail.

b)

Don't be lazy.

c)

Our friends are always there for us.

d)

Turtles are faster than rabbits.

17.

What is the THEME of this story?

a)

We must not steal what does not belong to us.

b)

Have as much fun as you can before you die.

c)

It is good to ask help from others who worked harder than us.

d)

We must not be lazy; we must work hard in order to live.

18.

Read the poem below and identify the Rhyme Scheme.


I Dream a World

by Langston Hughes


No other man will scorn,

Where love will bless the earth

And peace its paths adorn

I dream a world where all

Will know sweet freedom's way,

Where greed no longer saps the soul

a)

ABBCDC

b)

ABADCD

c)

ABACDC

d)

ABCDEF

19.

Read the poem below and identify the figurative language used in line 6.


I Dream a World

by Langston Hughes


No other man will scorn,

Where love will bless the earth

And peace its paths adorn

I dream a world where all

Will know sweet freedom's way,

Where greed no longer saps the soul

a)

Imagery

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

20.

Read the poem below and identify the figurative language used in line 1.


The Road Not Taken

by Robert Frost


Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Imagery

d)

Alliteration

21.

Read the poem below and identify the figurative language used in line 3.


The Road Not Taken

by Robert Frost


Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

Repetition

22.

Read the poem below and identify the Rhyme Scheme.


The Road Not Taken

by Robert Frost


Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

a)

ABABB

b)

ABAAB

c)

ABBCC

d)

ABABA

23.

It is considered as the MORAL of a story.

a)

Plot

b)

Theme

c)

Lesson

d)

Summary

24.

It is an element of poetry which enables the poet to use the five senses to describe things, feelings, or ideas.

a)

Imagery

b)

Imaginary

c)

Figurative Language

25.

VOICE on poetry is which of the following?

a)

the subject

b)

the speaker

c)

the audience

d)

the poet