WorksheetsELA 20-21 Final Exam
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 2hrs 46mins
Within a story, it is the point at which the tension has built to its highest point. (Something has to give.)
climax
exposition
falling action
resolution
rising action
Within a story, it when the reader is provided with background information, the setting is revealed, and characters are introduced.
climax
exposition
falling action
resolution
rising action
Within a story, it is the series of events that build tension.
exposition
falling action
rising action
resolution
Read the following excerpt from a poem/song:
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
What type of figurative language is being used in the phrase "that good night"?
alliteration
metaphor
onomatopoeia
simile
hyperbole
Read the following excerpt from a poem/song:
On a Christmas Day we were mushing our way over the Dawson trail.
Talk of your cold! through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail.
If our eyes we'd close, then the lashes froze till sometimes we couldn't see;
It wasn't much fun, but the only one to whimper was Sam McGee.
What type of figurative language is being used in the phrase "like a driven nail"?
alliteration
metaphor
onomatopoeia
simile
hyperbole
Select the quote that best supports this claim: Eventually, Amy learns that she must never be ashamed of what she loves.
"I fell in love with the minister's son the winter I turned fourteen. He was not Chinese, but as white as Mary in the manger. For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, Rober, and a slim new American nose" (Tan 1).
"The kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: A slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded to not be thrown into a pan of hot oil" (Tan 1).
"Robert was looking down at this plate with a reddened face. The minister managed to muster up a quiet burp. I was stunned into silence for the rest of the night" (Tan 2).
"I was able to fully appreciate her lesson and the true purpose behind our particular menu. For Christmas Eve that year, she had chosen all my favorite foods" (Tan 2).
Select the quote that best supports this claim: Our memories and experiences are always with us.
"Today I wish I was one hundred and two instead of eleven because if I was one hundred and two I'd have known what to say when Mrs. Price put the red sweater on my desk" (Cisneros 1).
"And when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expected to feel eleven, but you don't" (Cisneros 1).
"Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one" (Cisneros 1).
"Today I'm eleven. There's a cake Mama's amking for tonight, and when Papa comes home from work we'll eat it. There'll be candles and presents and everyone will sing Happy birthday" (Cisneros 3).
Select the quote that best supports this claim: Chris' dad, Jim, has a harder time moving on from the accident than Chris.
"We practiced all week. Dad came again and said we were improving" (Myers 214).
"'I was watching the teams play the other day.' Dad had both hands jammed into his pockets. 'And I saw that neither of them were running baseline plays and almost all shots were aimed for the rims'" (Myers 212).
"My heart sank. I went into my room and started on my homework, trying not to think of why Dad would call Mr. Evans" (Myers 210).
At the game, Mom sat next to me, but Dad went and sat down next to the concession stand. I saw him reading a newspaper and only looking up at the [wheelchair basketball] game once in a while" (Myers 209).
Select the quote that best supports this claim: Dante has the narrator's best interest in mind because what's needed is for the narrator to stand up for himself.
Dante is "six four and thin. In his early thirties maybe. He's the only guy in the gym who's never said a word to you. He walks right by you like you don't even exist" (de la Pena 14).
"'What ?' Dante shouts back. He picks up a ball and fires it at you, narrowly missing" (de la Pena 15).
Dante will "grab you by the arm and fling you toward the bleachers, barking to everyone else, 'Yo, I got my spot back! Check ball!'" (de la Pena 18).
Dante will "look up at you, mid-double knot. 'You wanna get in games, you don't just sit there like a punk, right? You stand up and challenge the baddest dude in the gym'" (de la Pena 18-19).
Select the quote that best supports this claim: The narrator's dad is supportive because he is there for him when needed.
"When your old man sees you standing there, he'll chuckle again. But he won't say anything" (de la Pena 13).
"Know that when your alarm starts blaring at four-thirty the next morning, you're going to have no idea where you are or what's happening" (de la Pena 5).
"After the cop explains the situation, your pop will put on an uncomfortable smile and vouch for you" (de la Pena 8).
"Ball is like anything else. Put in enough hours, your game's gonna blast off" (de la Pena 2-3).
Read the following excerpt from a poem/song:
Watch out for the medallion my diamonds are reckless
Feels like a midget is hanging from my neckless
I pulled up wit' a million trucks
Looking, smelling, feeling like a million bucks...
What type of figurative language is being used in the phrase "I pulled up wit' a million trucks"?
alliteration
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
Read the following excerpt from a poem/song:
On a Christmas Day we were mushing our way over the Dawson trail.
Talk of your cold! through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail.
If our eyes we'd close, then the lashes froze till sometimes we couldn't see;
It wasn't much fun, but the only one to whimper was Sam McGee.
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem/song?
ABCD
ABAB
AABB
None of the above
Read the following excerpt from a poem/song:
Our daddy seems taller than anyone else in all of Greenville.
More handsome, too—
His square jaw and light brown eyes so different from our own narrow-faced,
dark-eyed selves. Still, his hand is warm and strong around my own
as I skip beside him, the wind blowing up around us. He says, Y’all are
Gunnar’s children.
Just keep remembering that.
Which element of a story is the author focusing on in the passage above?
plot
character
conflict
theme
setting
Read the following excerpt from a poem/song:
I spread out my fingers, and the dark berries glisten
in the sun. I give Peeta’s hand one last squeeze as a
signal, as a good-bye, and we begin counting. “One.”
Maybe I’m wrong. “Two.” Maybe they don’t care if we
both die. “Three!” It’s too late to change my mind. I lift
my hand to my mouth, taking one last look at the
world. The berries have just passed my lips...
Which part of the plot best matches the passage above?
climax
exposition
falling action
resolution
rising action
Read the following excerpt from a poem/song:
So I still have a chance, though. Funny, in the arena,
when I poured out those berries, I was only thinking
of outsmarting the Gamemakers, not how my actions
would reflect on the Capitol. But the Hunger Games
are their weapon and you are not supposed to be able
to defeat it. So now the Capitol will act as if they’ve
been in control the whole time. As if they orchestrated
the whole event, right down to the double suicide. But
that will only work if I play along with them...
Which story element is being described for the reader in the last line above?
plot
character
conflict
theme
setting
Read the following excerpt from a poem/song:
In the days to come, though my lips were dumb, in my heart how I cursed that load.
In the long, long night, by the lone firelight, while the huskies, round in a ring,
Howled out their woes to the homeless snows— O God! how I loathed the thing...
And every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow;
And on I went, though the dogs were spent and the grub was getting low...
Which conflict is being described for the reader in the passage above?
character vs. character
character vs. nature
character vs. society
character vs. self
Read the following excerpt from a novel:
I ducked and tried to run for it, but the Soc caught my arm and twisted it behind my back, and shoved my face into the fountain. I fought, but the hand at the back of my neck was strong and I had to hold my breath. I'm dying, I thought, and wondered what was happening to Johnny. I couldn't hold my breath any longer. I fought again desperately but only sucked in water. I'm drowning, I thought, they've gone too far...
Which conflict is being described for the reader in the passage above?
character vs. character
character vs. nature
character vs. society
character vs. self
Read the following excerpt from a novel:
I ducked and tried to run for it, but the Soc caught my arm and twisted it behind my back, and shoved my face into the fountain. I fought, but the hand at the back of my neck was strong and I had to hold my breath. I'm dying, I thought, and wondered what was happening to Johnny. I couldn't hold my breath any longer. I fought again desperately but only sucked in water. I'm drowning, I thought, they've gone too far...
From what point of view is the story being told?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person- Limited
3rd person- Omniscient
Read the following excerpt from a poem/song:
After all is said and done
You've never walked, you've never run,
You're a winner
You got the moves, you know the streets
Break the rules, take the heat
You're nobody's fool
You're at your best when when the goin' gets rough
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough...
From what point of view is the story being told?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person- Limited
3rd person- Omniscient
Which is NOT a theme discussed this year?
Courage under pressure
Family is who you care about
Growing up can be difficult
None of the above
Read the following excerpt from a short story:
Rikki-tikki knew better than to waste time in staring. He jumped up in the air as high as he could go, and just under him whizzed by the head of Nagaina, Nag's wicked wife. She had crept up behind him as he was talking, to make an end of him; and he heard her savage hiss as the stroke missed...
From what point of view is the story being told?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person- Limited
3rd person- Omniscient
Read the following excerpt from a short story:
Rikki-tikki knew better than to waste time in staring. He jumped up in the air as high as he could go, and just under him whizzed by the head of Nagaina, Nag's wicked wife. She had crept up behind him as he was talking, to make an end of him; and he heard her savage hiss as the stroke missed...
What type of conflict is being described in the passage above?
character vs character
character vs nature
character vs society
character vs. self
Which story element is described as the central message, concern, or purpose of a literary work?
plot
character
conflict
theme
setting
Read the following excerpt from a short story:
"Tricked! Tricked! Tricked! Rikk-tchk-tchk!'' chuckled Rikki-tikki. "The boy is safe, and it was I -- I -- I that caught Nag by the hood last night in the bathroom.'' Then he began to jump up and down, all four feet together, his head close to the floor.
What type of figurative language is being used in the first quote?
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
hyperbole
Which is NOT true about the Capitol in The Hunger Games?
It is used as part of the character vs society conflict with Katniss.
It is a Utopia for all who live under its banner.
People living in the Capitol express themselves through body modification (piercings, tattoos, hair coloring, etc.)
None of the above
Read the following excerpt from a novel:
She’s the twelve-year-old, the one who reminded me
so of Prim in stature. Up close she looks about ten.
She has bright, dark, eyes and satiny brown skin and
stands tilted up on her toes with her arms slightly
extended to her sides, as if ready to take wing at the
slightest sound. It’s impossible not to think of a bird.
Which story element is being provided to the reader in the passage above?
plot
character
conflict
theme
setting
Read the following excerpt from a novel:
On the bus, my mother moves with us to the back.
It is 1963
in South Carolina.
Too dangerous to sit closer to the front
and dare the driver to make her move. Not with us. Not now.
Which story element is being provided to the reader in the passage above?
plot
character
conflict
theme
setting
Read the following excerpt from a poem/song:
My first best friend is Awful Ann—
she socked me in the eye.
My second best is Sneaky Sam—
he tried to swipe my pie.
My third best friend is Max the Rat—
he trampled on my toes.
My fourth best friend is Nasty Nell—
She almost broke my nose.
Which is NOT true about the excerpt?
All the names are alliterative.
The theme is friends
The rhyme scheme is ABCBDEFD.
None of the above
In an email, a subject line should...
be blank.
be short, descriptive, and clear.
contain the bulk of the message being sent.
only ever use 1 word.
In an email, a _____ should always begin the body.
a salutation
a date
a signature
a subject
What is the best summary of Rikki Tikki Tavi?
A mongoose is accepted into the house of a family living in India. Snakes are trying to kill the family. With the help of some birds, the mongoose defends the family by killing the snakes and destroying their eggs.
A snake is trying to find a place to hatch her eggs. A mongoose lives nearby. The snake tries to kill the family so the mongoose will leave. Eventually, the mongoose and the family move into a new house.
A boy gets a mongoose as a pet. The mongoose is aggressive and hurts the boy. Two snakes come along and tempt the mongoose away from the bungalow. The snakes are able to kill the boy because the mongoose was not there.
A mongoose is found by a family. Snakes are trying to kill the family. With the help of some birds, the mongoose defends the family by killing the snakes and destroying their bungalow.
What is the theme of Rikki Tiki Tavi?
You reap what you sew
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Fight for what you believe in
Love everybody
Within a story, it is the end of the story that see all of the major storylines wrapped up and a "new normal" is established.
exposition
falling action
rising action
resolution
Which was not an astronaut involved in the Apollo 13 incident?
Jim Lovell
Jack Swigert
Fred Haise
Neil Armstrong
In the story, Travels With Charley, who is Charley?
The author's dog
The author's marine buddy
A hitchhiker the author picked up
None of the above
