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Reading Literature Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This type of figurative language makes a comparison using "like" or "as."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

2.

Which is not a part of setting?

a)

Mood

b)

How

c)

When

d)

Where

3.

An allusion is a reference to another work, maybe a poem, song, book, historical event, etc.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

When a character changes throughout a story, we call that...

a)

exposition

b)

climax

c)

character development

d)

resolution

5.

What device is exaggeration for emphasis?

a)

Motif

b)

Theme

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

6.

What the text is outright saying is called...

a)

Explicit Evidence

b)

Implicit Evidence

7.

What is hidden in the text, that you have to infer, is called...

a)

Explicit Evidence

b)

Implicit Evidence

8.

If you are going to claim the text says something, you ALWAYS have to back it up with lines from the text.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What should a theme be?

a)

Universal

b)

One word

c)

SUPER specific to the story

10.

This point of view uses he/she pronoun and only follows one character.

a)

1st Person POV

b)

2nd Person POV

c)

3rd Person POV limited

d)

3rd person POV omniscient

11.

"The sun smiled down on us" is an example of...

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Idiom

d)

Personification

12.

Which genre is not non fiction?

a)

Memoir

b)

Fantasy

c)

Biography

d)

Informational

13.

In a summary of "Lamb to Slaughter," what should NOT be included?

a)

Mary's husband says he's leaving her

b)

Mary practices her smile in the mirror

c)

Mary hits her husband with a leg of lamb

d)

Mary calls the polic

14.

Tone is how we feel reading the story, and mood is how the author is writing.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

This genre is set in the future and often includes technology, robots, and/or aliens.

a)

science fiction

b)

fantasy

c)

mystery

d)

memoir

16.

This point of view uses I/we pronouns

a)

1st Person POV

b)

2nd Person POV

c)

3rd Person POV limited

d)

3rd person POV omniscient

17.

Compare and Contrast means I need to talk about the...

a)

synonyms and antonyms

b)

similarities and differences

c)

cats and dogs

d)

plays and stories

18.

This genre is set during a real historic time period, but the story is made up.

a)

traditional literature

b)

science fiction

c)

historical fiction

d)

fantasy