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9th EOC Study Day

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Foreshadowing suggests events that will occur later in the story.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

What is a theme?

a)

a story line

b)

the topic/subject

c)

a universal truth about life and people

d)

the time and place of an event

3.
The theme of a piece of literature is the same as its ...
a)
message
b)
significance
c)
subject
d)
meaning
4.

Which of the following statements about theme is TRUE?

a)

Authors NEVER use the same theme twice

b)

Themes only repeat in short stories

c)

All poems have the same theme

d)

The same themes can occur in different stories/different authors

5.

What is the TONE of this passage?

“Mrs. Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little. Meg felt her heart racing; cold sweat began to gather on her face and her lips felt as though they were turning blue. She began to gasp."

a)

Sad

b)

Intense

c)

Frightening

d)

Angry

6.

What is the "tone" of a story?

a)

The feeling the passage evokes from the reader.

b)

The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject.

c)

The time and place of the story.

d)

The summary of events in the story.

7.
What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted.  "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!" 
a)
pleased
b)
suspicious 
c)
happy
d)
angry
8.
Identify the simile
a)
I like apples.
b)
Apples taste sweet.
c)
You're the apple of my eye.
d)
This apple is as sweet as candy.
9.
The street was as hot as an oven.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
10.
Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
11.
After the walk through the dessert, Kim’s tongue felt dry as a bone
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
12.
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
13.

Which best describes a SUMMARY?

a)

A really long detailed piece of writing.

b)

The entire text told in your own words.

c)

The main ideas and important details of a text.

d)

Your favorite part of a passage.

14.

Text evidence are clues that help readers make an inference.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What can you infer about the following:

Sofia threw on mismatched socks and forgot to brush her teeth. She ran out the door just in time to see the bus drive by.

a)

Sofia was dressing up as a clown.

b)

Sofia was practicing for the big race.

c)

Sofia was mad!

d)

Sofia's alarm didn't go off, and she was late for school.

16.
"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?
a)
High Heels
b)
The store
17.
"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Whistling
b)
Hiking
18.
The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?
a)
say
b)
moon
19.

Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?

a)

his wife was his Achilles' heel

b)

he lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's

c)

she transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.

d)

we'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.

20.

From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which of these lines contains an allusion?

a)

And therefore have I little talked of love

b)

Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death

c)

For Venus smiles not in a house of tears

d)

All of the above

21.
What is the synonym for happy?
a)
joyful
b)
mad
c)
dislike
d)
celebrate
22.
What is the synonym for small?
a)
mad
b)
tiny
c)
large
d)
serious
23.
What is the synonym for scared?
a)
joyful
b)
afraid
c)
excited
d)
silly
24.

Which of the following means important?

a)

descendant

b)

nutrient

c)

significant

d)

antique

25.
Which of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?
a)
a b b a a b b ac d e c d e  
b)
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
26.

Climb the chair to reach the ceiling.


Is it an alliteration?

a)

Yes

b)

No

27.

Which one is alliteration?

a)

She's tame and he's lame. Both are not the same.

b)

When I got there, everyone was done.

c)

Shazam!

d)

Look! Larry lost Lucy, but luckily he located her.

28.

what is it called when what actually happens is different than what was expected to happen?

a)

dramatic irony

b)

verbal irony

c)

situational irony

d)

original irony

29.

a brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience

a)

aside

b)

soliliquy

c)

chorus

d)

tragic remark

30.

when the audience knows more than the characters do

a)

dramatic irony

b)

symbolic irony

c)

situational irony

d)

verbal irony

31.
What is a soliloquy?
a)
a brief remark that the audience can hear but characters cannot
b)
a lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stage
c)
a lengthy speech in which one character is alone on stage
d)
speech in which a word has a double meaning
32.

Is this an example of verbal irony?


You got straight A's on your report card? I'm so disappointed.

a)

Yes

b)

No

33.

Is this an example of verbal irony?


It's such a thrill to know that I will be spending the whole summer with a cast on.

a)

Yes

b)

No

34.
A thesis statement is...
a)
Something your teacher makes you write
b)
Your opinion about the topic in the prompt
c)
A sentence that you're supposed to have in your introduction
d)
A sentence
35.
What is the purpose of a thesis statement?
a)

To be a pretty sentence

b)

To be a sentence in your introduction

c)

To introduce your paper to the reader

d)

To state what your essay will be about

36.

Board games are fun to play.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Run-on Sentence

c)

Sentence Fragment

37.

Are boredom busters.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Run-on Sentence

c)

Sentence Fragment

38.

There are many types of board games there is one for every type of person.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Run-on Sentence

c)

Sentence Fragment

39.

One type of board game.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Run-on Sentence

c)

Sentence Fragment

40.

Some board games require lots of reading.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Run-on Sentence

c)

Sentence Fragment

41.

What is the recommended font size for MLA documents?

a)

8

b)

10

c)

12

d)

14

42.
What is the title of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in a paper?
a)
Reference Page
b)
Works Cited
c)
Citations
d)
Sources
43.
The first page of an MLA document includes:
a)
Student name
Teacher Name
Date
b)
Student Name
Date
c)
Student Name
Title of paper
Date
d)
Student name
Teacher name
Course
Date
44.

Each paragraph should be indented by 1/2 inch. This can be accomplished using which key?

a)

Space bar

b)

Tab

c)

Enter

d)

Shift

45.

A direct quote...

a)

uses the exact words that somebody says AND uses quotation marks to enclose those specific words

b)

does not use the exact words of what somebody says BUT uses quotation marks

c)

uses the exact words that somebody says BUT does not use quotation marks for those specific words