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Am Lit Milestones Review

Total questions: 106

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following authors became famous for his horror writing during the Romantic period?
a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Kurt Vonnegut

d)

Thomas Jefferson

2.
Religious writing was characteristic of which of the following time periods?
a)

Revolutionary

b)

Colonial/Puritan

c)

Modernism

d)

Realism

3.
Urban life and African-American culture were focuses of which time period?
a)
Harlem Renaissance
b)
Colonial
c)
Modernism
d)
Naturalism
4.
The Romantic period introduced an emphasis on ________________________________________
a)
guilt and sin.
b)
emotions, personality, and imagination.
c)
independence and self-sufficiency
d)
simple language and ordinary people
5.
Which of the following authors became popular during the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
b)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
c)
Anne Bradstreet
d)
Langston Hughes
6.

specific details from the text that support the author’s tone,

purpose, characterizations, or central theme. (RL1)

a)

inferences

b)

fiction

c)

textual evidence

d)

theme

7.

adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, myths, science fiction, realistic fiction,

allegories, parodies, and satires (RL)

a)

fiction

b)

nonfiction

c)

drama

d)

essays

8.

When a person mentions a specific portion of a text in order to support an analysis of the text. A person may choose to do so as a direct quotation (a word-for-word repeat of the text using quotation marks) or a paraphrase (rewriting the detail from the text in his or her own words).

(RL1)

a)

quote

b)

infer

c)

cite

d)

summarize

9.

the deeper message or central idea about life and/or society that can be discerned from the reading of a text; the meaning the reader takes away from it.

a)

analysis

b)

characterization

c)

plot

d)

theme

10.

The method used by the author to reveal a character to an audience.

a)

characterization

b)

mood

c)

chronological

d)

exposition

11.

the author's attitude towards the subject they are writing about.

a)

point of view

b)

tone

c)

atmosphere

d)

conflict

12.

Which of the following is an example of internal conflict?

a)

person vs. person

b)

person vs. society

c)

person vs. self

d)

person vs. nature

13.

The first part of plot where the basic situation, setting, and characters are introduced.

a)

exposition

b)

climax

c)

resolution

d)

rising action

14.

the use of hints and clues in the narrative that tease the reader about what is to come in future.

a)

flashback

b)

irony

c)

foreshadowing

d)

satire

15.

a form of writing that ridicules or makes fun of people, practices, or institutions in order to

expose their failings.

a)

drama

b)

satire

c)

science fiction

d)

fantasy

16.

the listener, viewer, or reader of a text

a)

argument

b)

persona

c)

audience

d)

persuasive purpose

17.

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

a)

anaphora

b)

allusion

c)

alliteration

d)

antithesis

18.
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast, used to emphasize the contrasting characteristic
a)
antithesis
b)
allusion
c)
anaphora
19.

the tools a writer uses to make his or her writing powerful and effective.

a)

anaphora

b)

rhetoric

c)

rhetorical devices

d)

argument

20.

the reversal of the usual order of words or clauses (Yoda speech)

a)

alliteration

b)

archaic

c)

antithesis

d)

inverted syntax

21.
the art of using language effectively and persuasively
a)
rhetoric
b)
ambiguity
c)
devices
22.

appeal to emotion through emotional language and images, an appeal to feelings rather than to strict reason

a)

appeal to ethos

b)

appeal to pathos

c)

appeal to logos

23.

an appeal to a person's (the speaker's) character, credibility, sincerity, or trustworthiness

a)

appeal to ethos

b)

appeal to pathos

c)

appeal to logos

24.

When a writer tries to persuade the audience based on logic through statistics, facts, and reasons

a)

appeal to ethos

b)

appeal to pathos

c)

appeal to logos

25.

This ad is an appeal to

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

26.

Which is not an example of Diversion (aka a Red Herring)?

a)

In business, arguing against giving raises - "Sure, we haven't given raises in over five years to our employees. You know, we work really hard to make a good product. We try to ensure the best customer service, too."

b)

In government, arguing for raising taxes - "We need more revenue to support the programs that we have. Children are our future. Let's support children."

c)

In conversation - "When you start saying things to me like I need to eat healthier or get more exercise, that says to me that you think I'm fat. I like me, and I like the way I look and more people should have better self esteem."

d)

In conversation - "I really want to bring my grade up in the class. I think I will write book recommendations since they would give me extra credit points.

27.
myriad
a)
large number
b)
contrast 
c)
decrease anger
d)
quick to anger
28.

What rhetorical device is mainly used in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention"?

a)

oxymoron

b)

alliteration

c)

bandwagon

d)

rhetorical questions

29.

Parallelism is a rhetorical technique in which a writer

a)

compares unlike things

b)

asks the reader questions

c)

emphasizes the main idea

d)

expresses ideas in the same grammatical form

30.

In the Declaration of Independence: In the parallel statements beginning with "He has refused, .....He has forbidden..., " who is the HE?

a)

God

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

King George III

31.

What is the thesis of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

"all men are created equal"

b)

governments should not be changed

c)

the colonies should be free and independent states

d)

we pledge to each other our lives

32.

A story with layers of meaning that is meant to symbolize aspects of real life

a)

elegy

b)

allegory

c)

metaphor

d)

eulogy

e)

epitaph

33.

While it appears to be just a cute story about animals, the movie Zootopia is a(n) ____ about tolerance and equality in society.

a)

eulogy

b)

allegory

c)

elegy

d)

genre

e)

epitaph

34.

"It was a rollercoaster of emotions."

a)

allegory

b)

metaphor

c)

elegy

d)

epitaph

e)

eulogy

35.

"Hope" is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -"

--Emily Dickinson

a)

metaphor

b)

allegory

c)

genre

d)

epitaph

e)

eulogy

36.

A direct, figurative comparison where two things are presented as the same

a)

epitaph

b)

allegory

c)

genre

d)

elegy

e)

metaphor

37.

antithesis (choose all that apply)

a)

"To err is human; to forgive is divine."

b)

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

c)

"Break a leg"

d)

"It's still up in the air"

38.

idiom (choose all that apply)

a)

I don't like math class

b)

your feet stink like rotten meat

c)

Joe, hit the lights please.

d)

you are driving me nuts

39.

oxymoron (choose all that apply)

a)

deafening silence

b)

small crowd

c)

pretty ugly

d)

awfully good

40.

allusion

a)

A magician who cuts in half a box that has a person inside without cutting the person

b)

I wish I could just click my heels and be home.

c)

She felt like she had a golden ticket.

d)

His smile is like kryptonite.

41.

paradox (choose all that apply)

a)

it was my only choice

b)

the louder you are, the less they hear

c)

open secrets are bad

d)

less is more

42.

third person limited point of view

a)

John loves waffles and has a crush on Brenda, but Brenda likes Blake and thinks waffles are disgusting.

b)

You love waffles and have a crush on Brenda.

c)

I love waffles and I have a crush on Brenda.

d)

John loves waffles and has a crush on Brenda.

43.

third person omniscient point of view

a)

John loves waffles and has a crush on Brenda, but Brenda likes Blake and thinks waffles are disgusting.

b)

You love waffles and have a crush on Brenda.

c)

I love waffles and I have a crush on Brenda.

d)

John loves waffles and has a crush on Brenda.

44.

first person point of view

a)

I went to the store and bought carrots for the dogs.

b)

Her feelings were hurt when she realized they were talking behind her back.

c)

You should make up your mind about college.

d)

Both parties were staring at each other suspiciously, thinking the other was to blame.

45.

second person point of view

a)

I went to the store and bought carrots for the dogs.

b)

Her feelings were hurt when she realized they were talking behind her back.

c)

You should make up your mind about college.

d)

Both parties were staring at each other suspiciously, thinking the other was to blame.

46.

Romantic Period (choose all that apply)

a)

rejection of the precepts of order, calm, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality that typified Classicism

b)

emphasized the  the imaginative, the personal, the spontaneous

c)

emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational

d)

emphasized the emotional, the visionary, and the transcendental

47.

Which of the following is NOT a preposition?

a)

after

b)

though

c)

according to

d)

as

48.

Which of the following IS NOT a conjunction?

a)

while

b)

and

c)

so that

d)

through

49.

A subordinating conjunction begins what type of clause?

a)

dependent

b)

independent

c)

relative

50.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence? Before yesterday, the UPS deliverer never knew my address.

a)

yesterday

b)

UPS

c)

address

d)

deliverer

51.

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? With school closures, distance learning is more challenging.

a)

closures

b)

learning

c)

is

d)

is challenging

52.

The struggle between two opposing forces that is the basis of the plot.

a)

conflict

b)

resolution

c)

climax

53.

Language employing figures of speech; language that cannot be taken literally or only literally.

a)

figurative language

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

54.

An exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect.

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

55.

A word for word interpretation for what is written or said.

a)

idiomatic

b)

figurative

c)

literal

56.

The formation or use of words such as: buzz, or cuckoo, whose meaning is suggested by the sound of the word itself.

a)

consonance

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

end rhyme

57.

The overall plan of action or sequence of events of the story.

a)

climax

b)

plot

c)

rising action

d)

resolution

58.

The vantage point, or stance from which a story is told, the eye and mind through which the action is perceived.

a)

point of view

b)

narrator

c)

protagonist

d)

conflict

59.

The character or force that opposes the protagonist.

a)

problem

b)

conflict

c)

antagonist

d)

person vs. self

60.

The time and place in which the action of a story occurs.

a)

atmosphere

b)

setting

c)

mood

d)

tone

61.

The central idea in a literary work.

a)

synopsis

b)

summary

c)

theme

d)

tone

62.

The writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

atmosphere

d)

theme

63.

A figure of speech in which two seemingly unlike things are compared by the use of a word or phrase such as like or as.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

64.

The feeling that a writer creates for the reader.

a)

attitude

b)

mood

c)

tone

d)

shift

65.

That part of the plot that leads through a series of events of increasing interest and power to the climax or turning point

a)

rising action

b)

thrill

c)

resolution

66.

The final unwinding, or resolving of the conflicts and complications in the plot.

a)

resolution

b)

falling action

c)

overview

67.

Events that lead to a resolution after the climax.

a)

foreshadowing

b)

falling action

c)

exposition

68.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Jim is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
b)
Jim is very bold and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
c)
Jim, is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
d)
Jim is very bold, and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
69.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
I went to the store and bought apples, oranges and bananas. 
b)
I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and, bananas. 
c)
I went to the store, and bought apples oranges and bananas. 
d)
I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and bananas. 
70.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
b)
Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
c)
Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
d)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do. 
71.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
b)
Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
c)
Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
d)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do. 
72.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Our apartment walls, are very thin so we can hear our neighbors talking. 
b)
Our, apartment walls, are very thin so we can hear our neighbors talking. 
c)
Our apartment walls are very thin, so we can hear our neighbors talking. 
d)
Our apartment walls are very, thin so we can hear our neighbors talking. 
73.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
No, I can't play today because my mom told me to clean my room. 
b)
No, I can't play today, because my mom told me to clean my room.
c)
No I can't play today, because my mom told me to clean my room.
d)
No I can't play today because my mom, told me to clean my room.
74.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
b)
Jake my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
c)
Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
d)
Jake, my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
75.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
I enjoy spending time with friends however, there are days I would rather be with my family. 
b)
I enjoy spending time with friends, however there are days I would rather be with my family. 
c)
I enjoy spending time with, friends, however there are days I would rather be with, my family. 
d)
I enjoy spending time with friends, however, there are days I would rather be with my family. 
76.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
As, I rode my bike down the street I saw my friend riding her scooter. 
b)
As I rode my bike down the street I saw, my friend riding her scooter. 
c)
As I rode my bike down the street, I saw my friend riding her scooter. 
d)
As I rode my bike, down the street, I saw my friend riding her scooter. 
77.
What is 
a way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or the inhabitants of a certain geographical area.
a)
dialect
b)
motif
c)
allegory
d)
flashback
78.
What is 
a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened in an earlier time.
a)
flashback
b)
atmosphere
c)
allusion
d)
situational irony
79.
What is 
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later on in a plot.
a)
foreshadowing
b)
motif
c)
paradox
d)
symbol
80.
What is 
a character says one thing, but really means something else
a)
verbal irony
b)
satire
c)
style
d)
dialect
81.
What is 
character thinks one thing is true, but the reader knows that the thing is not true.
a)
dramatic irony
b)
flashback
c)
situational irony
d)
atmosphere
82.
What is 
difference between what is expected to happen or appropriates to happen and what really does happen.
a)
situational irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
allusion
d)
genre
83.
What is a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself  
a)
symbol
b)
style
c)
paradox
d)
allusion
84.
The prefix anti- means
a)
against
b)
away
c)
before
d)
state of
85.
The prefix bi- means
a)
wrong
b)
before
c)
two
d)
lacking
86.
The prefix dis- means
a)

like

b)
under
c)
wrong
d)
away,not
87.
The prefix re- means
a)
before
b)
again
c)
half
d)
under
88.
The prefix sub- means
a)
not
b)
wrong
c)
not
d)
under
89.
The prefix un- means
a)
again
b)
capable
c)
not
d)
like
90.
The suffix -able means
a)
capable of
b)
state or condition of
c)
full of
d)
lacking
91.
The suffix -ish means
a)
full of
b)
capable of
c)
forms nouns
d)
have characteristics of
92.
The suffix -ly means
a)
sharing qualities of
b)
capable of
c)
forms nouns from verbs
d)
again
93.
The prefix mis- means
a)
wrong
b)
not
c)
before
d)
half
94.
The prefix non- means
a)
wrong
b)
not
c)
before
d)
under
95.
The prefix pre- means
a)
after
b)
under
c)
two
d)
before
96.
The prefix semi- means
a)
not
b)
under
c)
half
d)
away
97.
The suffix -less means
a)
lacking
b)
state of
c)
capable of
d)
state of, a group of
98.

...is an example of an oxymoron

a)

That boy is a real Romeo

b)

Wooosh

c)

Awfully pretty

d)

She sells seashells by the sea shore

99.

"Your eyes are like stars" is an example of

a)

allusion

b)

simile

c)

characterization

d)

metaphor

100.

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of

a)

imagery.

b)

onomatopoeia.

c)

hyperbole.

d)

connotation.

101.

... is the writer's choice of words

a)

Voice

b)

Diction

c)

Tone

d)

Dialogue

102.

The story of a person's life written by that person, telling the story of your own life.

a)

epistolary

b)

Autobiography

c)

Biography

d)

secondary source

103.

The repetition of the same sounds or the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables.

a)

Autobiography

b)

Fantasy

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

104.

Information or details about a real event, person, place, or time. They are important details in non-fiction writing. Do not confuse this with opinions.

a)

Fact

b)

Fiction

c)

Fantasy

d)

Fable

105.

words, phrases, or descriptions that are not literal in meaning, but are meant to convey an image or idea through comparing one thing to another.

a)

genre

b)

hyperbole

c)

figurative language

d)

alliteration

106.

A story that is told through journals, diaries, and/or letters

a)

epistolary

b)

Autobiography

c)

Biography

d)

secondary source

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