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ELA 8 Midterm Review

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sarcasm

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Dramatic irony

c)

Situational irony

d)

Personal Irony

2.

The audience knows something that a character does not know

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Dramatic irony

c)

Situational irony

d)

Personal Irony

3.

The opposite of what you expected happens

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Dramatic irony

c)

Situational irony

d)

Personal Irony

4.

The place and time of the story is the (a)   .

5.

Which type of sonnet contains 3 quatrains and one couplet?

a)

English sonnet

b)

Italian sonnet

6.

Why did Francois have to kill Dolly?

a)

She attacked Perrault.

b)

She killed Spitz.

c)

She stole bacon.

d)

She had rabies.

7.

A short story with a moral; usually includes talking animals

a)

Historical Fiction

b)

Tall tale

c)

Fantasy

d)

Fable

e)

Folk Tale

8.

Buck was killed by the wolves.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The main character in Call of the Wild is (a)   .

10.

Buck was kidnapped and sold by a gardener.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

This point of view uses "I" and "we"

a)

Omniscient

b)

Limited omniscient

c)

First person

d)

Second person

12.

The main type of conflict in "The Hockey Sweater" is (a)   .

13.

Identify this punctuation: .

(a)  

14.

Which of the following is a dash?

a)

,

b)

-

c)

:

d)

'

15.

extreme exaggeration

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

16.

This point of view shows the thoughts and experiences of one person using third person

a)

Omniscient

b)

Limited omniscient

c)

First person

d)

Second person

17.

What does PEEL stand for?

(a)  

18.

Identify this punctuation: [ ]

(a)  

19.

two seemingly contradictory words that come together to give a new meaning (eg. bitter sweet)

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

20.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem by Robert Frost:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

a)

ABABA

b)

ABACB

c)

ABAAB

d)

ABCCB

21.

Which of the following is a colon?

a)

,

b)

;

c)

:

d)

'

22.

This point of view shows the thoughts and experiences of more than one person using third person

a)

Omniscient

b)

Limited omniscient

c)

First person

d)

Second person

23.

The dog Buck kills is (a)   .

24.

Identify this type of punctuation: ?

a)

question mark

b)

exclamation point

c)

quotation marks

d)

parentheses

25.

Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of consecutive words

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

26.

Identify this punctuation: ;

(a)  

27.

What is the actual cause of the child's injuries in "The Child Who Walks Backwards"?

a)

clumsiness

b)

sleep walking

c)

abuse

d)

sports

28.

Which of the following punctuation is braces?

a)

{ }

b)

[ ]

c)

( )

d)

< >

29.

What is the name of this punctuation: ...

a)

apostrophe

b)

semicolon

c)

hyphen

d)

ellipsis

30.

How many lines does a sonnet have? (a)  

31.

Who was Buck's last owner?

a)

Hal, Charles, and Mercedes

b)

François and Perrault

c)

John Thornton

d)

Judge Miller

32.

A comparison between two things that are not similar to show something about one of the things

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

33.

In "The Lumber-Room," Nicholas ends up having more fun at home than the other kids who go to Jagborough Sands (the beach). This is an example of _________ irony.

a)

dramatic

b)

situational

c)

verbal

34.

The cause of all the men rushing to Alaska and the Yukon.

a)

Escaping the government

b)

Free land

c)

Klondike Gold Rush

35.

Type in a hyphen

(a)  

36.

How many lines are in a quatrain?

(a)  

37.

What did Buck have to learn?

a)

the need for freedom

b)

the law of club and fang

c)

the lesson of the wolf

d)

the rule of thirds

38.

Which story is a fable?

a)

The Street that Got Mislaid

b)

Thank You, Ma'am

c)

The Moth and the Star

d)

A Wish Named Arnold

39.

How many lines are in a sestet?

(a)  

40.

Buck saved John Thornton's life.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Poetry

a)

written or spoken word that contains rhythm and is centered around a thought or idea

b)

Rhymes and verses

c)

ordinary written or spoken word

d)

old language split into separate lines

42.

Which of the following are parentheses?

a)

[ ]

b)

( )

c)

{ }

d)

" "

43.

The simplest explanation of Darwinism is "Survival of the (a)   ."

44.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem by Edgar Allan Poe:

Take this kiss upon the brow!

And, in parting from you now,

Thus much let me avow —

You are not wrong, who deem

That my days have been a dream;

Yet if hope has flown away

In a night, or in a day,

In a vision, or in none,

Is it therefore the less gone

(a)  

45.

Identify this type of punctuation: !

a)

question mark

b)

exclamation point

c)

quotation marks

d)

parentheses

46.

Identify this type of punctuation: " "

a)

question mark

b)

exclamation point

c)

quotation marks

d)

parentheses

47.

Giving human attributes to inhuman objects or animals

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

48.

Type a comma.

(a)  

49.

Which of the following is an apostrophe?

a)

,

b)

;

c)

:

d)

'

50.

Which type of sonnet contains 1 octave and 1 sestet?

a)

English sonnet

b)

Italian sonnet

51.

How many lines are in a couplet?

(a)  

52.

How many lines are in an octave?

(a)  

53.

A comparison between two things that are not similar using the words "like" or "as"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

54.

a word that sounds like what it's describing (eg. BANG)

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

55.

Which of the poems that we studied is actually a song?

a)

The Child Who Walks Backwards

b)

Who is Disabled?

c)

The Circle Game

d)

When I was a Little Girl

e)

Ragged Sonnet 64

56.

In "The Lie," we know that Eli didn't get into Whitehill when his parents don't know. This is an example of _________ irony.

a)

dramatic

b)

situational

c)

verbal