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Fall Final: 9

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a way author's create suspense?

a)

Vivid imagery

b)

Mysterious sights or sounds

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Allusions

2.

The feeling of uncertainty or anxiety about what is going to happen next is...

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Suspense

c)

Mood

d)

Theme

3.

The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character is...

a)

Characterization

b)

Tone

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Personification

4.

When writers plainly tell us about the people in the story, it is...

a)

Indirect characterization

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

Round Character

d)

Dynamic Character

5.

Allowing the reader to observe characters in action is...

a)

Indirect Characterization

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Static Character

6.
An argument based on FEELINGS
a)
Ethos
b)
Logos
Antithesis
c)
Pathos
d)
Rhetoric
Pathos
7.
An argument based on facts, evidence, or reasons
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
d)
Rhetoric
8.
An argument based on credibility or ethics; it appeals to good nature
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
d)
Rhetoric
9.
"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idiom
10.
A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
11.
"My monkey is making me mighty mad" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
12.
"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
13.
"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
14.

What is theme?

a)

message about life that the author expresses

b)

the time, location, and mood of a story

c)

sequence of events

d)

the main events

15.
Why do people use figurative language?
a)
To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
b)
To be grammatically correct.
c)
To structure their writing into paragraphs.
d)
Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 
16.
What is a simile? 
a)
Comparing two things without  using  like and as
b)
Comparing two things in a text
c)
Comparing two things using  like and as
d)
None of the above
17.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town. 
18.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
19.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 
20.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
21.
"The assignment was a breeze!" is an example of a(n)...
a)
Metaphor 
b)
Simile 
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia 
22.
What is alliteration?
a)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
b)
a phrase that means something else than what it says
c)
repeating the same initial sound in several words
d)
a contradictory phrase
23.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of:
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Personification