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English final exam review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 7hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

use "proverb" on a sentence

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2.

what does advertising mean?

a)

"the action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements"

b)

"a brief popular epigram or maxim"

c)

"an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change"

d)

"continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition"

e)

the quality or state of being generous

3.

what does proverb mean?

a)

"the action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements"

b)

"a brief popular epigram or maxim"

c)

"an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change"

d)

"continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition"

e)

the quality or state of being generous

4.

what does resilience mean?

a)

"the action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements"

b)

"a brief popular epigram or maxim"

c)

"an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change"

d)

"continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition"

e)

the quality or state of being generous

5.

what does perseverance mean?

a)

"the action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements"

b)

"a brief popular epigram or maxim"

c)

"an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change"

d)

"continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition"

e)

the quality or state of being generous

6.

what does generosity mean?

a)

"the action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements"

b)

"a brief popular epigram or maxim"

c)

"an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change"

d)

"continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition"

e)

the quality or state of being generous

7.

what does Philanthropist mean?

a)

"a mean grasping person"

b)

"one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare"

c)

"something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance"

d)

"one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance or thwarted ambition"

e)

"marked by firm determination"

8.

what does symbol mean?

a)

"a mean grasping person"

b)

"one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare"

c)

"something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance"

d)

"one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance or thwarted ambition"

e)

"marked by firm determination"

9.

what does resolute mean?

a)

"a mean grasping person"

b)

"one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare"

c)

"something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance"

d)

"one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance or thwarted ambition"

e)

"marked by firm determination"

10.

what does malcontent mean?

a)

"a mean grasping person"

b)

"one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare"

c)

"something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance"

d)

"one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance or thwarted ambition"

e)

"marked by firm determination"

11.

what does miser mean?

a)

"a mean grasping person"

b)

"one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare"

c)

"something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance"

d)

"one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance or thwarted ambition"

e)

"marked by firm determination"

12.

what does impermeable mean?

a)

"incapable of being or of occurring"

b)

"made different in some way"

c)

"to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering"

d)

"to devote serious effort or energy"

e)

"not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance"

13.

what does impermeable mean?

a)

"incapable of being or of occurring"

b)

"made different in some way"

c)

"to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering"

d)

"to devote serious effort or energy"

e)

"not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance"

14.

what does impossible mean?

a)

"incapable of being or of occurring"

b)

"made different in some way"

c)

"to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering"

d)

"to devote serious effort or energy"

e)

"not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance"

15.

what does altered mean?

a)

"incapable of being or of occurring"

b)

"made different in some way"

c)

"to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering"

d)

"to devote serious effort or energy"

e)

"not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance"

16.

what does dispelled mean?

a)

"incapable of being or of occurring"

b)

"made different in some way"

c)

"to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering"

d)

"to devote serious effort or energy"

e)

"not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance"

17.

what does strive mean?

a)

"incapable of being or of occurring"

b)

"made different in some way"

c)

"to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering"

d)

"to devote serious effort or energy"

e)

"not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance"

18.

what does permit mean?

a)

"to consent to expressly or formally"

b)

"to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude"

c)

"to be uncertain as to action or choice"

d)

"a disease or disorder of the animal body"

"an unwholesome or disordered condition"

e)

"devoid of or abstaining from motion"

19.

what does realese mean?

a)

"to consent to expressly or formally"

b)

"to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude"

c)

"to be uncertain as to action or choice"

d)

"a disease or disorder of the animal body"

"an unwholesome or disordered condition"

e)

"devoid of or abstaining from motion"

20.

what does puzzled mean?

a)

"arid land with usually sparse vegetation"

b)

"to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude"

c)

"to be uncertain as to action or choice"

d)

"a disease or disorder of the animal body"

"an unwholesome or disordered condition"

e)

"devoid of or abstaining from motion"

21.

what does maladies mean?

a)

"arid land with usually sparse vegetation"

b)

"to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude"

c)

"to be uncertain as to action or choice"

d)

"a disease or disorder of the animal body"

"an unwholesome or disordered condition"

e)

"devoid of or abstaining from motion"

22.

what does stillness mean?

a)

"arid land with usually sparse vegetation"

b)

"to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude"

c)

"to be uncertain as to action or choice"

d)

"a disease or disorder of the animal body"

"an unwholesome or disordered condition"

e)

"devoid of or abstaining from motion"

23.

what does deserted mean?

a)

"arid land with usually sparse vegetation"

b)

"to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude"

c)

"to be uncertain as to action or choice"

d)

"a disease or disorder of the animal body"

"an unwholesome or disordered condition"

e)

"devoid of or abstaining from motion"

24.

What are similes?

a)

a comparison between two or more things that use the words "Like" or "as"

b)

a way of speech that uses comparison to refer to something else, without using "like" or "as" (often employs the words "was" or "is" as if there is no difference between the things compared)

c)

The use of repetitive sounds to create a poetic element when writing.

d)

words that imitate sounds

e)

a type of figurative language where nonhuman things are given human qualities

25.

What are metaphors?

a)

a comparison between two or more things that use the words "Like" or "as"

b)

a way of speech that uses comparison to refer to something else, without using "like" or "as" (often employs the words "was" or "is" as if there is no difference between the things compared)

c)

The use of repetitive sounds to create a poetic element when writing.

d)

words that imitate sounds

e)

a type of figurative language where nonhuman things are given human qualities

26.

What is alliteration?

a)

a comparison between two or more things that use the words "Like" or "as"

b)

a way of speech that uses comparison to refer to something else, without using "like" or "as" (often employs the words "was" or "is" as if there is no difference between the things compared)

c)

The use of repetitive sounds to create a poetic element when writing.

d)

words that imitate sounds

e)

a type of figurative language where nonhuman things are given human qualities

27.

What is hyperbole?

a)

an exaggeration to create effect

b)

a way of speech that uses comparison to refer to something else, without using "like" or "as" (often employs the words "was" or "is" as if there is no difference between the things compared)

c)

The use of repetitive sounds to create a poetic element when writing.

d)

words that imitate sounds

e)

a type of figurative language where nonhuman things are given human qualities

28.

What is onomatopeia?

a)

a comparison between two or more things that use the words "Like" or "as"

b)

a way of speech that uses comparison to refer to something else, without using "like" or "as" (often employs the words "was" or "is" as if there is no difference between the things compared)

c)

The use of repetitive sounds to create a poetic element when writing.

d)

words that imitate sounds

e)

a type of figurative language where nonhuman things are given human qualities

29.

What is personification?

a)

a comparison between two or more things that use the words "Like" or "as"

b)

a way of speech that uses comparison to refer to something else, without using "like" or "as" (often employs the words "was" or "is" as if there is no difference between the things compared)

c)

The use of repetitive sounds to create a poetic element when writing.

d)

words that imitate sounds

e)

a type of figurative language where nonhuman things are given human qualities

30.

What is climax?

a)

the story's point of highest tension, where the eventual outcome becomes clear.

b)

the introduction to characters, setting and basic situation.

c)

Event that introduces conflict and builds up to the tension.

d)

events that follow climax, where the main problem resolves.

e)

a story's final outcome.

31.

What is the exposition?

a)

the story's point of highest tension, where the eventual outcome becomes clear.

b)

the introduction to characters, setting and basic situation.

c)

Event that introduces conflict and builds up to the tension.

d)

events that follow climax, where the main problem resolves.

e)

a story's final outcome.

32.

What is the rising action?

a)

the story's point of highest tension, where the eventual outcome becomes clear.

b)

the introduction to characters, setting and basic situation.

c)

Event that introduces conflict and builds up to the tension.

d)

events that follow climax, where the main problem resolves.

e)

a story's final outcome.

33.

What is the falling action?

a)

the story's point of highest tension, where the eventual outcome becomes clear.

b)

the introduction to characters, setting and basic situation.

c)

Event that introduces conflict and builds up to the tension.

d)

events that follow climax, where the main problem resolves.

e)

a story's final outcome.

34.

What is the resolution?

a)

the story's point of highest tension, where the eventual outcome becomes clear.

b)

the introduction to characters, setting and basic situation.

c)

Event that introduces conflict and builds up to the tension.

d)

events that follow climax, where the main problem resolves.

e)

a story's final outcome.

35.

The exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution are all parts of the

a)

Plot

b)

Story

c)

Climax

d)

I don't care

36.

uses statements of experts and well known people

a)

appeals to authority

b)

appeals to emotion

c)

appeals to reason

37.

uses words that convey strong feelings.

a)

appeals to authority

b)

appeals to emotion

c)

appeals to reason

38.

Uses logical arguments backed up by facts

a)

appeals to authority

b)

appeals to emotion

c)

appeals to reason

39.

Once upon a time, there was a hollow tree, in this tree lived a bird, it is said that the bird could tell you three truths, one day the king captured the bird, and when he asked for truth, he did not like the tune. so the bird was caged, and could not leave until the king heard what he wanted to be true. (write and alternate ending)

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