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Testing Review

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Introductory Paragraph Order

a)

TAG, Summary, Claim

b)

Summary, TAG, Claim

c)

Claim, Summary, TAG

d)

Claim, TAG, Summary

2.

Body Paragraphs- Order

a)

Justification, Premise, Evidence,

b)

Premise, Introduce Evidence, Evidence, Justification,

c)

Premise, Justification, Evidence, Introduce evidence

d)

Evidence, Premise, Justification,

3.

"The Gift of the Magi," a short story by O'Henry, tells the heartfelt tale of Jim and Della, a married couple living in poverty, who selflessly give up their most prized possessions to purchase a gift for the other.

a)

TAG and claim

b)

TAG and summary

c)

TAG and premise

d)

Summary and Premise

4.

"One was Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and grandfather's."

a)

Intro to evidence

b)

Evidence

c)

Claim

d)

Premise

5.

Your claim is ...

a)

The first sentence in the introductory paragraph.

b)

The first sentence of your body paragraph.

c)

The last sentence in the introductory paragraph.

d)

The last sentence in your conclusion.

6.

Where does the claim always go?

a)

Last sentence of the first paragraph

b)

First sentence of the body paragraph

c)

First sentence in the first paragraph

7.

two or more words in a group of words begin with the same consonant sound- Fred's frozen French fries

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

8.

enemy of the protagonist

a)

antagonist

b)

static character

c)

dynamic character

9.

The point in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the conflict reaches its greatest intensity and is then resolved.

a)

conflict

b)

climax

c)

theme

d)

setting

10.

The conversation between characters in a work of literature

a)

aside

b)

dialogue

11.

Uses words in some other way other than their literal meaning: simile, metaphor, personification, etc.

a)

imagery

b)

foreshadowing

c)

figurative language

12.

Clues or hints about something that is going to happen later in the story.

a)

flashback

b)

foreshadowing

13.

Extreme exaggeration

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

14.

An expression that cannot be understood from the meaning of its individual words.

a)

irony

b)

imagery

c)

idiom

15.

The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature

a)

mood

b)

tone

16.

describing nonhuman animals, objects, ideas as though they possess human qualities.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

17.

The perspective from which a story is told. (Who is telling the story?_

a)

point of view

b)

major character

c)

protagonist

18.

where the narrator is a character in the story who describes things from his or her own perspective and refers to himself or herself as "I"

a)

first person

b)

third-person limited

c)

third person omniscient

19.

where the narrator is not a character in the story but the narrator can describe the experiences and thoughts of only one character in the story.

a)

first person

b)

third-person limited

c)

third-person omniscient

20.

where the narrator is not one of the characters and is able to describe the experiences and thoughts of every character in the story

a)

first person

b)

third person limited

c)

third person omniscient

21.

When two unlike things are compared-using like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

22.

Story's main message

a)

theme

b)

plot

c)

point of view

23.

The author's attitude (doubtful, humorous, gleeful, serious, questioning- Conveyed through word choices.

a)

mood

b)

tone

24.

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

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

irony

25.

what happens is the opposite of what we expect would happen

a)

irony

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

imagery

26.

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

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

27.

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

28.

a comparison that uses the words like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

personificatio

29.

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

idiom

d)

metaphor

30.
A brief reference to a famous historical figure or event, like from a movie or a book. 
a)
Alliteration 
b)
Hyperbole 
c)
Assonance 
d)
Allusion
31.

The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

imagery

32.
What is the correct order of the plot map, from beginning to end?
a)
Exposition, Rising Action, Falling Action, Climax, Resolution
b)
Resolution, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Exposition
c)
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
d)
Rising Action, Exposition, Falling Action, Climax, Resolution
33.
The main character in the story is referred to as what?
a)
Antagonist
b)
Dynamic
c)
Protagonist
d)
Static
34.

a conflict is introduced, action picks up

a)

rising action

b)

climax

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

35.

Static characters are

a)

characters that stay the same throughout the plot of a text

b)

characters that change throughout the plot of a text

c)

characters that have more than one personality trait

36.

Dynamic characters are

a)

characters that stay the same throughout the plot of a text

b)

characters that change throughout the plot of a text

c)

characters that engage in a conflict in a text

37.

Ricky plays soccer every day and practices so he can improve. He watches soccer, reads about soccer, eats, sleeps and breathes soccer. A new kid joins the team and takes over. He becomes the star and steals the spotlight from Ricky every time. Ricky is jealous and starts to slip up in every game. He stops practicing. He loses confidence in himself and quits the team.

a)

Ricky is an example of a static character.

b)

Ricky is an example of a dynamic character.

c)

Ricky is neither a static or dynamic character.

38.
The three rhetorical appeals are...
a)
pathos, logos, cheereos
b)
burritos, ethos, logos
c)
ethos, pathos, logos
d)
ethos, logoes, pathos
39.
The appeal to emotion is also called
a)
pathos
b)
logos
c)
ethos
40.
The appeal to logic is also called
a)
pathos
b)
ethos 
c)
logos
41.
The appeal to ethics and credibility is also called 
a)
pathos
b)
ethos
c)
logos
42.
Which of the following would be a technique that implements logos?
a)
Using pictures of a hurt child
b)
Including research 
c)
Having someone credible who agrees with you
d)
Making people laugh
43.

The Writer's Credibility - the writer provides evidence to the audience that he is credible (believable/trustworthy) and knowledgeable about the subject matter

a)

Logos

b)

Ethos

c)

Pathos

44.

What is the following an example of?

"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

45.
In real life, an ambulance comes to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, hopefully to save her life.  On the way to the hospital the ambulance is hit by a semi truck and everyone on board the ambulance is killed.
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
46.
Romeo arrives at the Capulet family tomb to find his love, Juliet supposedly dead. However, we the audience know that Juliet is not really dead, she merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead for her own motives. When the audience of a story knows more than the characters involved, what type of irony is employed?
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
47.
Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?
a)
A mother expecting her children to do well in school, and they make the honor roll.
b)
A man meets his long-lost son but doesn't know it, although the reader does.
c)
A little girl can see the future.
d)
A teacher tells her students they did well on a test, but actually they all failed
48.
The student in class who had the highest grades in middle school drops out of high school. This is an example of which type of irony?
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Verbal Irony
49.
Any instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else is
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
50.
What does the central idea of a story tell the reader?
a)
a specific detail from the story
b)
The conflict of the story
c)

What the story is mostly about 

d)
The universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express
51.

What is the central idea of the passage?


Thomas Edison’s life span is known as “The age of Edison.” If it wasn’t for Thomas Edison, we might not have electric lights, telephones, movie cameras, or computers! Think of all the ways these great products affect our lives today. Edison held over 1,000 patents and received dozens of awards during his lifetime for his inventions and contributions to science.

a)

The light bulb was an important invention

b)

Thomas Edison was an important inventor

c)

Thomas Edison was an excellent student

d)

Creating inventions is a difficult process

52.

Tells the setting, or time and place

a)

climax

b)

exposition

c)

resolution or denouement

d)

rising action

53.

a conflict is introduced, action picks up

a)

rising action

b)

climax

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

54.

What is plot?

a)

the rising action

b)

the events that make up a story

55.

Dialogue is _____.

a)

the end of the story

b)

characters talking to each other

56.

The problem within a story; it can be classified as man vs. self, man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. technology

a)

Exposition

b)

Falling Action

c)

Conflict

d)

Characters

57.
What is evidence? 
a)
Information that ties your claim to your warrant.
b)
Information that disproves your claim. 
c)
Information that supports your claim.
d)
Information that supports your warrant. 
58.

the standpoint from which a story is told

a)

point of view

b)

allusion

c)

oxymoron

d)

simile

59.

Why is the sentence below a metaphor?


A river of wind submerged the house

a)

It makes the river and the wind seem like human beings.

b)

It describes how wind can overpower solid objects.

c)

It suggests that the wind is a powerful river.

d)

It shows that the house is near a river.

60.

When the father wants the people who kidnapped his son to pay him back!

a)

dramatic

b)

situational

c)

verbal

61.

the point the author wants you to remember most

a)

argument

b)

central idea

c)

counterclaim

62.

notes added to a text

a)

annotation

b)

claim

c)

credibility

63.

a word's secondary meaning

a)

claim

b)

connotative

c)

denotative

64.

a claim made to rebut a previous claim

a)

central idea

b)

counterclaim

c)

citation