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LITs Appraise - C!

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Chapter One

Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house.


It was a very old house -- it had an attic under the roof and a cellar under the ground and an overgrown garden with huge old trees in it.


Coraline's family didn't own all of the house, it was too big for that. Instead they owned part of it.


There were other people who lived in the old house.


Is an example of:

a)

Novel

b)

Essay

c)

Drama

d)

Poetry

2.

Scene 2

MOLLY's office. MOLLY hands MIRANDA a large, thickly stuffed envelope.

MOLLY: Please take good care of these.

MIRANDA: I will. I'll copy them and return the originals within the week.

MOLLY: Thank you.

MIRANDA: Thank you for introducing me to such an interesting person.

MOLLY: Have you spoken yet?


Is an example of:

a)

Informational Text

b)

Novel

c)

Drama

d)

Poetry

3.

Is an example of:

a)

Essay

b)

Informational Text

c)

Novel

d)

Folktale

4.

What is writing, mostly in books, with many forms called?

a)

literature

b)

genre

c)

books

d)

devices

5.

What is a category of literature that is characterized by a particular style, form or content called?

a)

literature

b)

genre

c)

books

d)

techniques

6.

Books that are NOT TRUE and did not really happen. The author made up most of these stories and characters from his/her imagination.

a)

non fiction

b)

drama

c)

fiction

d)

novel

7.

The definition of media is:

a)

A) the use of technology

b)

B) a form of communication often through the use of technology

c)

C) the analysis and evaluation of media messages

d)

D) the internet

8.

What kind of narrator can only tell for certain what one person is thinking or feeling?

a)

Third-person

b)

First-person

c)

Third-person limited

d)

Third-person omniscient

9.

What is the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work?

a)

plot

b)

exposition

c)

characterization

d)

theme

10.

Who is the hero or central character of a literary work?

a)

the "good guy"

b)

antagonist

c)

villain

d)

protagonist

11.

What is internal conflict?

a)

man versus man

b)

man versus self

c)

man versus nature

d)

man versus society

12.

What's the point of view of narrators who are not involved with or as characters in the story?

a)

Third-person limited

b)

Third-person omniscient

c)

Third-person objective

d)

First person

13.

Which literary term describes the feeling that a reader gets from the elements of the story?

a)

mood

b)

theme

c)

tone

d)

plot

14.

This literary term is similar to mood, but it's used to describe the author's attitude rather than the reader's emotions.

a)

foreshadowing

b)

exposition

c)

tone

d)

atmosphere

15.

What is the device that uses a tangible thing to stand for an idea?

a)

theme

b)

tone

c)

foreshadowing

d)

symbolism

16.

Plot is the word that we use to describe all of the action of the story, but what's the word that we use to describe what the story is really about, the underlying message?

a)

genre

b)

theme

c)

conflict

d)

fiction

17.

What is prose?

a)

A poetic meter that contains five feet. Each foot is made of an unstressed / stressed pattern.

b)

Straightforward, ordinary speech. Does not contain rhythm or meter.

c)

A unit of poetic verse consisting of two successive lines. This device uses the same meter and rhyme, and forms a complete thought.

d)

Rearranging the grammatical elements of a sentence in order to fit a poetic meter.

18.

The type of text that is set in the past, involves real people, places and events from history.

a)

fantasy

b)

biography

c)

historical fiction

d)

functional text

19.

The story of someone's life written by someone else.

a)

letters

b)

biography

c)

autobiography

d)

science fiction

20.

Written forms of communication.

a)

letters

b)

speeches

c)

realistic fiction

d)

fantasy

21.

Type of text that contains magical elements.

a)

historical fiction

b)

fantasy

c)

science fiction

d)

realistic fiction

22.

When an author writes a story about their own life.

a)

letters

b)

autobiography

c)

science fiction

d)

autobiography

23.

Fiction set in the present, plot could really happen.

a)

science fiction

b)

historical fiction

c)

realistic fiction

d)

letters

24.

Works presented orally.

a)

science fiction

b)

speeches

c)

fantasy

d)

biography

25.

Type of text in future, based on advanced technology.

a)

science fiction

b)

letters

c)

biography

d)

autobiography

26.
What is an alliteration?
a)
a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
b)
 occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of adjacent/closely connected words
c)
 figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind
d)
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
27.
A comparison between two things, usually due to their structure or clarification is...
a)
Apostrophe
b)
a Denouement
c)
Analogy
d)
Elegy
28.
An example of an antagonist would be...
a)
Dora the Explorer
b)
Voldemort
c)
Caillou
d)
Big Bird
29.
Rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words is...
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Caesura
d)
Dissonance
30.

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

buzz

b)

meow

c)

splat

d)

book

31.

"Homework is a breeze," is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

repetition

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

32.

The word 'up' in this poem is an example of what?

a)

repetition

b)

personification

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

simile

33.

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers..." is an example of what?

a)

Repetition

b)

Alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

34.

Means extreme exaggeration

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

35.

The moon smiled at me

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

36.
Vincent van Gogh was a famous . . .
a)
scientist
b)
author
c)
artist
d)
movie star
37.
Vincent van Gogh was born in what country?
a)
United States
b)
Holland
c)
France
d)
Japan
38.

The colours in van Gogh's early paintings were . . .

a)

light and dreamlike

b)

bright and happy

c)

dark and sad

d)

bold and strong

39.
What was Vincent's brother's name?
a)
Theo
b)
Paul
c)
Henri
d)
John
40.
After Paul Gauguin left Arles, Vincent became so upset he did what?
a)
ripped up all of his paintings
b)
painted only dark pictures
c)
cut off part of his ear
d)
moved back to Paris
41.
What is the title of this painting?
a)
Circles at Sunset
b)
The Windy Night
c)
Evening in Arles
d)
The Starry Night
42.
What type of flowers are shown in this famous painting by VvG?
a)
Daisies
b)
Sunflowers
c)
Poppies
d)
Chrysanthemums
43.
The purpose of a Memoir is to explain something important  in your life or yourself.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
What is the point of view that a personal narrative uses?
a)
3rd person view
b)
bird's eye view
bird's eye view
c)
1st person view
d)
narrator's view
45.
What is a Memoir?
a)
an account of a person's life written by that person.
b)
An account of a memorable event in a persons life
c)
an account of someone's life written by someone else.
d)
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
46.
Elements of a Memoir include a ...
a)
honesty
b)
dialogue
c)
theme
d)
all of the above
47.

The personal narrative is the same as the memoir.

a)

True

b)

False

48.
A sonnet has how many lines?
a)
10
b)
12
c)
14
d)
16
49.
Free verse poetry does not have...
a)
stanzas
b)
plot or conflict
c)
rhyming pattern
d)
serious topic
50.
Two words that have the same ending sound are called
a)
rhythm
b)
repetition
c)
rhyme
d)
stanza
51.
What is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words?
a)
Repetition 
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Rhyme 
52.
What describes one thing as if it were something else?
a)
Simile 
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Onomatopoeia 
53.
What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally?
a)
Hyperbole 
b)
Figurative Language 
c)
Sensory Language 
d)
Metaphor 
54.
What is the use of words that imitate sounds? (Crash, bang, hiss, splat)
a)
Sensory Language 
b)
Hyperbole 
c)
Figurative Language 
d)
Onomatopoeia 
55.

Where does A Midsummer Night's Dream take place?

a)

Paris and the French countryside

b)

Athens and the magical forest

c)

London and The Globe Theatre

d)

Stratford on the Avon and London

56.

Who does Hermia want to marry?

a)

Lysander

b)

Demetrius

c)

Francis Flute

d)

Oberson

57.

What does Puck use to make people fall in love?

a)

a flower

b)

a donkey's head

c)

a tree leaf

d)

magic pixie dust

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