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WorksheetsELA 8 Midterm Review
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 36mins
Sarcasm
Verbal Irony
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Personal Irony
The audience knows something that a character does not know
Verbal Irony
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Personal Irony
The opposite of what you expected happens
Verbal Irony
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Personal Irony
The place and time of the story is the (a) .
Which type of sonnet contains 3 quatrains and one couplet?
English sonnet
Italian sonnet
Why did Francois have to kill Dolly?
She attacked Perrault.
She killed Spitz.
She stole bacon.
She had rabies.
A short story with a moral; usually includes talking animals
Historical Fiction
Tall tale
Fantasy
Fable
Folk Tale
Buck was killed by the wolves.
True
False
The main character in Call of the Wild is (a) .
Buck was kidnapped and sold by a gardener.
True
False
This point of view uses "I" and "we"
Omniscient
Limited omniscient
First person
Second person
The main type of conflict in "The Hockey Sweater" is (a) .
Identify this punctuation: .
(a)
Which of the following is a dash?
,
-
:
'
extreme exaggeration
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
This point of view shows the thoughts and experiences of one person using third person
Omniscient
Limited omniscient
First person
Second person
What does PEEL stand for?
(a)
Identify this punctuation: [ ]
(a)
two seemingly contradictory words that come together to give a new meaning (eg. bitter sweet)
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
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;
ABABA
ABACB
ABAAB
ABCCB
Which of the following is a colon?
,
;
:
'
This point of view shows the thoughts and experiences of more than one person using third person
Omniscient
Limited omniscient
First person
Second person
The dog Buck kills is (a) .
Identify this type of punctuation: ?
question mark
exclamation point
quotation marks
parentheses
Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of consecutive words
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
Identify this punctuation: ;
(a)
What is the actual cause of the child's injuries in "The Child Who Walks Backwards"?
clumsiness
sleep walking
abuse
sports
Which of the following punctuation is braces?
{ }
[ ]
( )
< >
What is the name of this punctuation: ...
apostrophe
semicolon
hyphen
ellipsis
How many lines does a sonnet have? (a)
Who was Buck's last owner?
Hal, Charles, and Mercedes
François and Perrault
John Thornton
Judge Miller
A comparison between two things that are not similar to show something about one of the things
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
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.
dramatic
situational
verbal
The cause of all the men rushing to Alaska and the Yukon.
Escaping the government
Free land
Klondike Gold Rush
Type in a hyphen
(a)
How many lines are in a quatrain?
(a)
What did Buck have to learn?
the need for freedom
the law of club and fang
the lesson of the wolf
the rule of thirds
Which story is a fable?
The Street that Got Mislaid
Thank You, Ma'am
The Moth and the Star
A Wish Named Arnold
How many lines are in a sestet?
(a)
Buck saved John Thornton's life.
True
False
Poetry
written or spoken word that contains rhythm and is centered around a thought or idea
Rhymes and verses
ordinary written or spoken word
old language split into separate lines
Which of the following are parentheses?
[ ]
( )
{ }
" "
The simplest explanation of Darwinism is "Survival of the (a) ."
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)
Identify this type of punctuation: !
question mark
exclamation point
quotation marks
parentheses
Identify this type of punctuation: " "
question mark
exclamation point
quotation marks
parentheses
Giving human attributes to inhuman objects or animals
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
personification
Type a comma.
(a)
Which of the following is an apostrophe?
,
;
:
'
Which type of sonnet contains 1 octave and 1 sestet?
English sonnet
Italian sonnet
How many lines are in a couplet?
(a)
How many lines are in an octave?
(a)
A comparison between two things that are not similar using the words "like" or "as"
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
a word that sounds like what it's describing (eg. BANG)
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
Which of the poems that we studied is actually a song?
The Child Who Walks Backwards
Who is Disabled?
The Circle Game
When I was a Little Girl
Ragged Sonnet 64
In "The Lie," we know that Eli didn't get into Whitehill when his parents don't know. This is an example of _________ irony.
dramatic
situational
verbal
