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Language & Literature- 9/07/2022

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which work do readers meet Sylvia?

a)

"The Kettle on the Boat"

b)

"The Way of the Machete"

c)

"The Rich People's School"

d)

"Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild"

2.

Someone who is "valiant" is .......

a)

brave/courageous

b)

thoughtful

c)

bright/brilliant

d)

heroic

3.

"singing a sweet song somewhere"- What literary device is being used in this line?

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

symbolism

d)

anaphora

4.

Which of the following is NOT a "collective noun"?

a)

cast

b)

team

c)

crew

d)

author

5.

The perspective from which a story is told is the ........

a)

point of view

b)

antagonist

c)

protagonist

d)

simile

6.

Who is the author of "The Way of the Machete"?

a)

Martin A. Ramos

b)

Vanessa Gebbie

c)

Jonathan Green

d)

Kathy Fish

7.

"To ruminate" means .......

a)

to write quickly

b)

to think deeply

c)

to read aloud

d)

to compare and contrast

8.

A/an ________________ character is one who changes/develops throughout a piece of literature/film.

a)

static

b)

antagonistic

c)

trite

d)

dynamic

9.

"Like a dying ember the sun had begun to smolder beyond the cordillera." This line comes from what piece?

a)

"Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild"

b)

"The Way of the Machete"

c)

"The Kettle on the Boat"

d)

"The Rich People's School"

10.

Which of the following is NOT synonymous with "trite"?

a)

overused

b)

cliched

c)

commonplace

d)

unusual

11.

Which piece illustrates an Inuit family?

a)

"The Kettle on the Boat"

b)

"The Rich People's School"

c)

"Two Names, Two Worlds"

d)

"The Way of the Machete"

12.

The title of a short story should be .........

a)

underlined

b)

italicized

c)

in quotation marks

13.

"overly sentimental/emotional"

a)

ostentatious

b)

trite

c)

antecedent

d)

mawkish

14.

"understanding how different facets of an individual (race, gender, religion, class) impact them"

a)

symbolism

b)

intersectionality

c)

resplendence

d)

personification

15.

The giving of human traits to non-humans.

a)

personification

b)

symbolism

c)

anaphora

d)

juxtaposition

16.

"Ubiquitous" means .......

a)

overly emotional

b)

overused

c)

universal, widespread

d)

short, quick

17.

Who states: "The duality of my identity like two sides of the same coin."

a)

Jonathan Rodriguez

b)

Jonathan Green

c)

Kathy Fish

d)

Vanessa Gebbie

18.

A character is described pointedly by the author. This is ______________ characterization.

a)

direct

b)

indirect

c)

static

d)

implicit

19.

Which of the following characters is moved to another family?

a)

Jonathan Rodriguez

b)

Sylvia

c)

Qissunguaq

d)

Juanito

20.

"giving meaning to objects or things" (example: the machete representing death and livelihood)

a)

personification

b)

anaphora

c)

juxtaposition

d)

symbolism

21.

"When ____________ saw the school, she thought perhaps she had been taken to another country."

a)

Sylvia

b)

Qissunguaq

c)

Juanito

d)

Gran

22.

What is "flash fiction"?

4 lines
23.

Jonathan Green? I really enjoy his work. (What is the "antecedent" in this sentence?")

a)

Jonathan Green

b)

his

c)

work

d)

really

24.

Someone who is "ostentatious" is ..............

a)

over the top/pretentious

b)

thoughtful

c)

sentimental

d)

brave/courageous