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Rockin Review 2023 North

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Literary genre that is not true but takes place in a believable setting and involves characters and events that could occur or happen.

a)

Historical Fiction

b)

Fantasy

c)

Realistic Fiction

d)

Myth

2.

A literary genre where the protagonist or main character goes on an epic journey.

a)

Adventure Stories

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Humor

d)

Mystery

3.

Literary involves a story with magical elements or supernatural events.

a)

Humor

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Adventure Stories

d)

Fantasy

4.

Elements of the setting and events are true to history, but the plot is fictional.

a)

Myth

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Realistic Fiction

d)

Fantasy

5.

Literary that is the story of a crime from the time it takes place until it is solved.

a)

Fantasy

b)

Humor

c)

Adventure Stories

d)

Mystery

6.

The genre tells a story with events or people that are humorous and funny.

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Humor

c)

Fantasy

d)

Myth

7.

A story that is well-known in society and involves tales with superhumans or nonhumans like gods and demigods.

a)

Science Fiction

b)

Mystery

c)

Adventure Stories

d)

Myth

8.

Tells a story that is not true using real or imagined science to impact the characters and events.

a)

Mystery

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Realistic Fiction

d)

Humor

9.
Inform means...
a)
Give informal speech
b)
Give information
c)
Take the form
d)
Give in a form
10.

This is the historical place, time, and language from which a word came.

a)

Word Definition

b)

Word Pronunciation

c)

Word Origin

d)

Part of Speech

11.

What is the rhyme scheme?

The sun is bright

A drink in hand

What a delight

To have toes in the sand

a)

ABAB

b)

AABB

c)

BABA

d)

ABBA

12.

What is the rhyme scheme?

I met a traveler from an antique land

Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown

a)

ABAA

b)

ABBC

c)

ABBA

d)

ABAC

13.

The plot of a play unfolds entirely through the ______ words and actions.

a)

Conflict

b)

Strategy

c)

Characters

d)

Stage Direction

14.

Refers to conversations between characters in a play.

a)

Playwright

b)

Dialogue

c)

Stage Directions

d)

Plot

15.
The problem in a story is the...
a)
theme
b)
resolution
c)
climax
d)
conflict
16.

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream

a)

THE RHYME SCHEME IS .....A B A B

b)

THE RHYME SCHEME IS .....A B B A

c)

THE RHYME SCHEME IS .....A B C B

17.

Forgive these wild and wandering cries,

Confusions of a wasted youth;

Forgive them where they fail in truth,

And in thy wisdom make me wise.

What is the rhyme scheme of these lines from a poem?

a)

AABB

b)

ABBA

c)

ABAB

18.

Why do playwrights use stage directions?

a)

To indicate or foreshadow that something is going to happen

b)

To help with the plot of the story

c)

To help with the stage directions and setting

d)

All of the above

19.

Why is dialogue important in a playwright?

a)

Dialogue can emphasize what is going on in the story as well, describe the characters, and also reveal their attitudes and behaviors.

b)

Dialogue is not important.

c)

Who needs dialogue in a story anyway?

d)

None of these

20.

How can a reader infer what will happen next in a play or story?

a)

By using context clues and details within the story or play

b)

By reading the story

c)

By retelling the story

d)

All of the above

21.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

A comparison using "like" or "as".

b)

A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

c)

An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

d)

an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

22.

"I stayed up late Saturday night, so I slept in Sunday morning."

What is the EFFECT?

a)

I slept in Sunday morning

b)

I stayed up late Saturday Night

23.

What is imagery?

a)

Painting pictures

b)

Describing thoughts using the 5 senses. You can hear, see, feel, touch, smell and relate to what is being described,

c)

Writing a poem

d)

Reading a story

24.
The Food Group Pyramid tells how to eat healthy. It shows how food is divided into six groups. It is important to eat foods that belong to each group every day. The pyramid helps show how much of each you should eat.
What is the author's purpose?
a)
to tell a story about pyramids
b)
to inform you about the Food Group Pyramid
c)
to convince you to eat vegetables
d)
to explain how to go shopping for food
25.
Persuade means...
a)
Make people agree with you
b)
Make people angry
c)
Make people think the opposite thing
d)
Make people fall in love
26.
Entertain means...
a)
To make people scared
b)
To make people sad
c)
To make people enjoy something
d)
To go to the circus
27.
What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
28.

Which one is personification?

a)

The sun kissed our skin.

b)

The leaves were bright green.

c)

My dog slept on his back.

29.
Commercials are used for...  
a)
Persuading
b)
Entertaining
c)
Informing
d)
Explaining
30.
If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...
a)
To Entertain 
b)
To Persuade 
c)
To Explain
d)
To Inform
31.
the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something 
a)
persuade
b)
inform
c)
entertain
32.

The story's time and place

a)

Setting

b)

Background

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Plot

33.

There are millions of asteroids in the solar system. Asteroids are small bumpy objects. They orbit the sun like planets do. Many of them orbit in the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids are made of many materials including rocks and metals

a)

to entertain

b)

to persuade

c)

to express personal feelings

d)

to inform

34.

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

oxymoron

c)

pun

d)

alliteration

35.

I don’t know why my parents like camping so much. There are bugs all over the place! You have to cook your food on a stick. There’s no television. You sleep on the ground. Ughh! And don’t even get me started on the bathrooms! Still, every year they drag me and my brother off on this big weekend camping trip. Every year we tell them that we don’t want to go. They never listen! This year, things are going to be different. This year, I’ve got a plan...

a)

to persuade

b)

to express personal feelinfs

c)

to entertain

d)

to inform

36.
Which point of view uses the words "you"  and "your" ?
a)
second person
b)
first person
c)
third person, limited
d)
fourth person
37.
Christion went to the store and bought some candy for his little sister.
Which point of view is this statement in?
a)
first person
b)
second person
c)
third person, omniscient
d)
third person, limited
38.
Who is the narrator in the story?
a)
The person listening to the story
b)
The main character
c)
The person telling the story
d)
The enemy of the story
39.

If you know the kind of passage you are reading, it will help you...

a)

identify the evidence needed

b)

identify the author's purpose

c)

identify the answer

d)

none of the above

40.
The problem is resolved during the 
a)
climax
b)
resolution
c)
rising action
41.
What takes place after the climax that prepares the story for its resolution?
a)
resolution
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
exposition
42.
This is the end of the central conflict of the story.  
a)
Exposition
b)
Resolution
c)
Falling Action
d)
Rising Action
43.
The underlying message of a story is called the _________.
a)
Theme
b)
Mood
c)
Plot
d)
Setting
44.
The most exciting part of the story is called the ________.
a)
Setting
b)
Exposition
c)
Climax
d)
Rising Action
45.
What is a person or animal which takes part in the action of a story called?
a)
Setting
b)
Plot
c)
Character
d)
Conflict
46.
What is the sequence of events involving characters and conflict called?
a)
Setting
b)
Plot
c)
Character
d)
Conflict
47.

What is the RHYME SCHEME of this poem?

--

Roses are red,

We have the FLU.

I can't smell anything

And neither can YOU

a)

A, C, A, B

b)

A, B, C, B

c)

A, B, C, C

d)

A, B, A, B

48.
Entertain means...
a)
To make people sleepy
b)
To make people leave
c)
To make people enjoy something
d)
To make people read
49.
All of the events after the climax that lead to the resolution are called _______.
a)
Exposition
b)
Resolution
c)
Falling Action
d)
Rising Action
50.

What is the correct order of plot structure?

a)

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action

b)

Rising Action, Falling Action, Climax, Exposition

c)

Rising Action, Exposition, Climax, Falling Action

d)

Exposition, Rising Action, Falling Action, Climax

51.

Characters are usually introduced in the ___________ of a story.

a)

middle

b)

beginning

c)

end

52.

The solution to a problem is usually found at the ______ of a story.

a)

beginning

b)

middle

c)

end

53.

What is the climax?

a)

The beginning of the story

b)

The ending of the story

c)

Turning point, most suspenseful part

d)

The struggle between two characters

54.

Which happens first: cause or effect?

a)

Cause

b)

Effect

55.

Select the statement that features a hyperbole.

a)

Kaliyah went to Six Flags recently.

b)

Grandmother is older than the hills.

c)

Outside was extremely cold.

d)

Chips and guacamole are so delicious.

56.

Select the option that makes the following sentence a hyperbole. The chicken noodle soup was really hot with pepper.

a)

The chicken noodle soup was so hot with pepper that my mouth was on fire.

b)

The chicken noodle soup was so hot with pepper, my eyes watered.

c)

The chicken noodle soup was so hot with pepper, but tasted really good.

d)

The chicken noodle soup was so hot with pepper, I could not eat it.

57.

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

58.

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

59.

"He was as cool as a cucumber" is an example of...

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

60.
Newspaper articles are used for...  
a)
Persuading
b)
Entertaining
c)
Informing
61.

Which one is a metaphor?

a)

The child squawked loudly in the dark.

b)

The child squawked like a crow.

c)

The child was a crow squawking in the dark.

62.

The feeling or atmosphere that the poet creates

a)

mood

b)

rhythm

c)

stanza

d)

theme

63.
Many people have not heard giraffes make noises.  Giraffes do not use sounds to “talk” with each other.  When hurt, giraffes make a low moo, something like a cow.  When frightened, they make a short, high sound.
What is the main idea?
a)
Giraffes do make noises
b)
Giraffes talk all the time.
c)
Cows and giraffes talk to each other.
d)
Lots of people have heard giraffes talk.
64.

What is a cause?

a)

The result of something happening

b)

The last thing that happened

c)

Something that causes something else to happen

d)

Something that happens

65.

What is an inference?

a)

To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the passage

b)

To have this directly stated in a passage as support

c)

The most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage

d)

An overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions

66.

What are informational texts?

a)

Passages that persuade your audience

b)

Passages that are stories, dramas, or poems

c)

Passages that explain or inform

67.

What is an central idea?

a)

To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the passage

b)

To have this directly stated in a passage as support

c)

The most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage

d)

An overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions

68.

What is figurative meaning?

a)

This refers to the actual meaning of a word or phrase.

b)

This refers to the symbolic meaning of words or phrases and uses figurative language to express these ideas.

c)

A meaning beyond the actual meaning of a word and are inferred from certain words.

d)

The true dictionary definition of a word

e)

The meaning of a word as it relates to a specific subject or process

69.

What is chronological order text structure?

a)

The order in which a series of events happened. It'll be arranged from beginning to end.

b)

This is a relationship in which one thing causes another thing to happen.

c)

This focuses on similarities and differences between two ideas.

d)

This lists supporting details from most important to least important or by least important to most important.

e)

This type of text identifies a problem and one or more possible solutions. These are usually used to persuade a reader about a certain topic or course of action.

70.

What is cause and effect text structure?

a)

The order in which a series of events happened. It'll be arranged from beginning to end.

b)

This is a relationship in which one thing causes another thing to happen.

c)

This focuses on similarities and differences between two ideas.

d)

This lists supporting details from most important to least important or by least important to most important.

e)

This type of text identifies a problem and one or more possible solutions. These are usually used to persuade a reader about a certain topic or course of action.

71.

What is compare and contrast text structure?

a)

The order in which a series of events happened. It'll be arranged from beginning to end.

b)

This is a relationship in which one thing causes another thing to happen.

c)

This focuses on similarities and differences between two ideas.

d)

This lists supporting details from most important to least important or by least important to most important.

e)

This type of text identifies a problem and one or more possible solutions. These are usually used to persuade a reader about a certain topic or course of action.

72.

What is tone?

a)

The overall atmosphere created by a text.

b)

The author's attitude about his or her subject or audience.

c)

The opinion of an author about what he or she is writing about.

d)

The main argument by the author.

73.

What is the author's point of view?

a)

The overall atmosphere created by a text.

b)

The author's attitude about his or her subject or audience.

c)

The opinion of an author about what he or she is writing about.

d)

The intentions for his or her writing.

74.

What is the author's purpose?

a)

The overall atmosphere created by a text.

b)

The author's attitude about his or her subject or audience.

c)

The opinion of an author about what he or she is writing about.

d)

The intentions for his or her writing.

75.

What is bias?

a)

The main argument made by the author. Strong examples of this will have reasons and evidence.

b)

A reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with another claim. Strong examples of this will have reasons and evidence. It helps to points out the reasons these are wrong in the author's writing.

c)

When an author holds a strong opinion or belief about his or her topic. Then, the writing would contain this. This appears in passages with statements that favor one opinion or idea over another, sometimes creating an unfair or unsound argument by the author.

d)

Something that proves or demonstrates the truth of something else. Texts contain this to prove that the information provided is correct.

76.

What is evidence?

a)

The main argument made by the author. Strong examples of this will have reasons and evidence.

b)

A reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with another claim. Strong examples of this will have reasons and evidence. It helps to points out the reasons these are wrong in the author's writing.

c)

When an author holds a strong opinion or belief about his or her topic. Then, the writing would contain this. This appears in passages with statements that favor one opinion or idea over another, sometimes creating an unfair or unsound argument by the author.

d)

Something that proves or demonstrates the truth of something else. Texts contain this to prove that the information provided is correct.

77.

This type of informational text is also know as creative nonfiction. It includes interviews and biographies.

a)

Literary Nonfiction

b)

Expository Texts

c)

Argumentative and Persuasive Texts

d)

Procedural Texts

78.

This type of informational text provides evidence with the intent of influencing the audience.

a)

Literary Nonfiction

b)

Expository Texts

c)

Argumentative and Persuasive Texts

d)

Procedural Texts

79.

What is the author's purpose for informational text?

a)

to explain

b)

to inform

c)

to teach

d)

all of the above

80.

The capybara is the world's largest rodents. Capybaras can weigh up to 145 pounds. They love the water and spend most of their time in swamps, ponds, and rivers. If you want to see a capybara in the wild, you will need to go to Central or South America.

a)

Problem & Solution

b)

Sequence

c)

Cause & Effect

d)

Description

81.

Malaria is a serious problem in many developing countries. Thousand of people get sick with Malaria every year. Because Malaria is spread by mosquitoes, one way to help solve the problem is for people to use mosquito nets over their beds. If the mosquitoes cannot get to the people, they cannot infect them!

a)

Compare & Contrast

b)

Description

c)

Problem & Solution

d)

Sequence

82.

writing that portrays events that actually occurred and people that actually exist or existed

a)

fiction

b)

nonfiction

c)

novel

d)

literature

83.

a nonfiction text such as magazines, newspapers articles, reports, and textbooks

a)

literature

b)

genre

c)

controlling topic

d)

informational

84.

What do we call a category of text having a particular form, technique, and context?

a)

fiction

b)

genre

c)

section

d)

nonfiction

85.

a history of a person’s life written by that person

a)

biography

b)

autobiography

c)

essay

d)

chronological

86.

an account of a person’s life written by another person

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

essay

d)

chronological

87.

The author’s intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people, or to persuade or convince the audience to do or not do something

a)

author bias

b)

genre

c)

author's purpose

d)

intended audience

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