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Reading Final Exam

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed

a)

foreshadowing

b)

character traits

c)

exposition

d)

protagonist

2.

adjectives that describe a character on the inside

a)

foreshadowing

b)

character traits

c)

exposition

d)

protagonist

3.

the main character in a story

a)

foreshadowing

b)

character traits

c)

exposition

d)

protagonist

4.

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

a)

foreshadowing

b)

character traits

c)

exposition

d)

protagonist

5.

the time and place of a story

a)

plot

b)

direct characterization

c)

suspense

d)

setting

6.

the author tells you explicitly what a character is like

a)

plot

b)

direct characterization

c)

suspense

d)

setting

7.

what happens in a story; the chain of events that make up a story

a)

plot

b)

direct characterization

c)

suspense

d)

setting

8.

the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story

a)

plot

b)

direct characterization

c)

suspense

d)

setting

9.

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

a)

antagonist

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

indirect characterization

10.

the author shows you what a character is like through his thoughts, feelings, choices, words, and actions

a)

antagonist

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

indirect characterization

11.

the person (or force) in conflict with the protagonist

a)

antagonist

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

indirect characterization

12.

the main part of the story where the complications arise

a)

antagonist

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

indirect characterization

13.

the truth about a life that is revealed in a story

a)

theme

b)

falling action

c)

resolution

d)

flashback

14.

the end of the story where the main conflict is resolved

a)

theme

b)

falling action

c)

resolution

d)

flashback

15.

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

a)

theme

b)

falling action

c)

resolution

d)

flashback

16.

events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution

a)

theme

b)

falling action

c)

resolution

d)

flashback

17.

a very short folktale that teaches a moral or a lesson

a)

direct characterization

b)

fable

c)

setting

d)

point of view

18.

a genre that is set in the past and may include real people, places, or significant events from history

a)

historical fiction

b)

fable

c)

setting

d)

point of view

19.

the standpoint from which the story is told

a)

historical fiction

b)

fable

c)

setting

d)

point of view

20.

a folktale that usually has some connection to a real historical person or event, combining facgtual and fictional events with exaggerations that are not meant to be humorous

a)

climax

b)

mood

c)

legend

d)

memoir

21.

a short autobiographical story that focuses on one or few events

a)

climax

b)

mood

c)

legend

d)

memoir

22.

the stmosphere or feeling created by a work of literature

a)

climax

b)

mood

c)

legend

d)

memoir

23.

a character that remains the same throughout the story

a)

static character

b)

realistic fiction

c)

assonance

d)

idiom

24.

the repetition of vowel sounds among words

a)

static character

b)

realistic fiction

c)

assonance

d)

alliteration

25.

the repetition of the same initial consonant sound among words

a)

static character

b)

realistic fiction

c)

assonance

d)

alliteration

26.

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

a)

idiom

b)

realistic fiction

c)

assonance

d)

alliteration

27.

a genre that is set in the modern present with human characters

a)

idiom

b)

realistic fiction

c)

assonance

d)

alliteration

28.

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

a)

science fiction

b)

tone

c)

consonance

d)

first person

29.

the attitude of the writer or speaker

a)

science fiction

b)

tone

c)

consonance

d)

first person

30.

a genre that is set in the future and based on the impact of real, potential, or imagined technology

a)

science fiction

b)

tone

c)

consonance

d)

first person

31.

the repetition of consonant sounds among words

a)

science fiction

b)

tone

c)

consonance

d)

first person

32.

the repetition of consonant sounds among words

a)

science fiction

b)

tone

c)

consonance

d)

first person

33.

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

a)

tall tale

b)

dynamic character

c)

metaphor

d)

third person limited

34.

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

a)

tall tale

b)

dynamic character

c)

metaphor

d)

third person limited

35.

a folktale with unbelievable exaggerations

a)

tall tale

b)

dynamic character

c)

metaphor

d)

third person limited

36.

a character who undergoes a deep change within the story

a)

tall tale

b)

dynamic character

c)

metaphor

d)

third person limited

37.

adjectives that describe a character on the inside

a)

tall tale

b)

dynamic character

c)

character traits

d)

third person limited

38.

a folktale that takes place in a magical land ruled by royalty

a)

fairytale

b)

indirect characterization

c)

hyperbole

d)

protagonist

39.

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

a)

fairytale

b)

indirect characterization

c)

hyperbole

d)

protagonist

40.

a folktale that explains something about the world such as frightening or mysterious natural forces

a)

myth

b)

antagonist

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

fantasy

41.

a genre of fiction that contains magical elements

a)

myth

b)

antagonist

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

fantasy

42.

words whose sounds suggest their meaning

a)

myth

b)

antagonist

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

fantasy

43.

any story that has been passed down from generation to generation

a)

folktale

b)

theme

c)

falling action

d)

flashback

44.

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

a)

plot

b)

similie

c)

personification

d)

third person omniscent

45.

a comparison that uses the words like or as

a)

plot

b)

similie

c)

personification

d)

third person omniscent

46.

a point of view where the narrator knows all

a)

plot

b)

similie

c)

personification

d)

third person omniscent