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7th and 8th Grade Second Semester Review

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A truth about life that is revealed in a story is?

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

message

d)

theme

2.

What is flashback?

a)

a clue that predicts a bad outcome

b)

 the author interrupts the plot to recreate an event of earlier time

c)

when the author writes the most exciting part of a story

d)

when lightning flashes back

3.

The events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution are _____________.

a)

rising action

b)

falling action

c)

resolution

d)

exposition

4.

The chain of events that make up a story is ___________.

a)

plot

b)

rising action

c)

inciting incident

d)

climax

5.

A comparison that uses like or as is a ___________.

a)

hyperbole

b)

oxymoron

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

6.

Using an object or word to represent an abstract idea is ____________.

a)

symbolism

b)

personification

c)

theme

d)

mood

7.

 A single line of a poem is ______________.

a)

stanza

b)

rhyme

c)

verse

d)

rhythm

8.

the atmosphere or feeling created by a work of literature

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

theme

d)

symbolism

9.

the repetition of the same initial consonant sound among words

a)

altoid

b)

homophone

c)

alliteration

d)

assonance

10.

a grouped set of lines in a poem set apart with a line of space

a)

verse

b)

rhyme

c)

pattern

d)

stanza

11.

a group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning

a)

adage

b)

idiom

c)

imagery

d)

illusion

12.

 the time and place of a story

a)

setting

b)

plot

c)

inciting incident

d)

climax

13.

the standpoint from which a story is told

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

point of view

d)

first person

14.

 vivid writing that appeals to the senses

a)

idiom

b)

illustration

c)

illusion

d)

imagery

15.

the most exciting or intense part of the story for the protagonist; a turning point in the story

a)

climax

b)

rising action

c)

exposition

d)

resolution

16.

where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed

a)

exposition

b)

expanse

c)

rising action

d)

setting

17.

comparison of unlike things by saying that one thing is a dissimilar object or thing

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

18.

a point of view in which the narrator is a person in the story

a)

third person

b)

first person

c)

second person

d)

fourth person

19.

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

20.

hints or clues that suggest what may happen later in a story

a)

foreshadowing

b)

flashback

c)

mood

d)

tone

21.

the main part of the story where complications arise

a)

falling action

b)

resolution

c)

rising action

d)

climax

22.

words whose sounds suggest their meaning

a)

imagery

b)

alliteration

c)

oxymoron

d)

onomatopoeia

23.

the end of the story where the main conflict is resolved

a)

resolution

b)

falling action

c)

climax

d)

theme

24.

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

a)

humanization

b)

personification

c)

foreshadowing

d)

alliteration

25.

the narrator is not in the story but focuses on one character’s point of view

a)

first person

b)

omniscient

c)

second person

d)

third person

26.

the main character of a story

a)

antagonist

b)

secondary character

c)

the bad guy or girl

d)

protagonist

27.

character against the protagonist

a)

the good guy or girl

b)

antagonist

c)

secondary character

d)

unimportant character

28.

conversation between characters

a)

quotes

b)

conflict

c)

dialogue

d)

resolution

29.

problem in a character’s mind

a)

internal conflict

b)

external conflict

c)

a problem with nature

d)

a problem with another person

30.

problem against an outside force

a)

internal conflict

b)

third person conflict

c)

man vs. nature

d)

external conflict

31.

words or phrases are repeated to emphasize a idea

a)

rhyme

b)

sequential

c)

repetition

d)

chronological

32.

events are told in the order they occur

a)

cause/effect

b)

problem/solution

c)

how-to

d)

chronological

33.

the text describes how two or more things are alike and different

a)

cause/effect

b)

chronological

c)

compare/contrast

d)

how-to

34.

the text describes a situation and tells what resulted because of that situation

a)

compare/contrast

b)

how-to

c)

cause/effect

d)

chronological

35.

the text shows a problem and then presents a solution to the problem

a)

how-to

b)

chronological

c)

cause/effect

d)

problem/solution

36.

the text describes a process with specific directions

a)

how-to

b)

step-by-step

c)

sequence

d)

all of these

37.

the narrator’s attitudes, feelings, or opinions

a)

first-person point of view

b)

conflicting points of views

c)

the narrator's point of view

d)

character's point of view

38.

a character’s attitudes, feelings, or opinions

a)

character's point of view

b)

author's point of view

c)

second person point of view

d)

an outside person's poing of view

39.

characters disagree on a topic or issue

a)

omniscient point of view

b)

character's point of view

c)

third person point of view

d)

conflicting points of view

40.

the feelings or attitude of the author coming through in the text

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

theme

d)

moral

41.

how the text makes the reader feel

a)

attitude

b)

character traits

c)

tone

d)

mood