WorksheetsEnglish 9 Final
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something.
a)
Narrator
b)
Character
c)
Protagonist
2.
The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story. The structure often includes the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution.
a)
Plot
b)
Exposition
c)
Theme
3.
Which word is an organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current or present time of the story?
a)
Symbolism
b)
Flashback
c)
Simile
4.
The author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem
a)
Tone
b)
Mood
c)
Theme
5.
What is a theme?
a)
A lesson in a story
b)
The main characters
c)
Events in the story
6.
Setting is
a)
weather
b)
city or country
c)
A specific location and time period where the story takes place
7.
In a plot diagram, what is the "resolution" of a story?
a)
The beginning of the story
b)
How events and problems of the story are solved.
c)
Events in the story leading to the climax
8.
On a plot diagram, the climax is the part of the story where...
a)
The greatest action or suspense occurs
b)
The resolution or solution occurs
c)
The main characters are introduced
9.
In a plot diagram, what is the "rising action" of the story?
a)
The beginning of the story
b)
The end of the story
c)
Events in the story leading to the climax
10.
In a plot diagram, what is the "falling action" of the story?
a)
Events leading to the solving of the story's problem.
b)
The beginning of the story
c)
The end of the story
11.
What does the word plot mean?
a)
A statement
b)
Sequence of events
12.
Theme, setting, and plot are examples of...
a)
Parts of a sentence
b)
Parts of stories (think plot diagram)
c)
Parts of the periodic table
13.
Define mood
a)
The writers attitude toward a subject
b)
The overall emotion quality of a work
c)
A subtle difference in meanings
14.
Define an example of symbolism...
a)
My mom is like a wolf with her children.
b)
A broken mirror may symbolize seperation.
c)
I told you to clean the bathroom 50 times.
15.
What is an example of Character vs. Nature conflict?
a)
Characters vs. a tornado
b)
Characters vs. a predatory animal
c)
Characters vs. a disease epidemic
d)
All of the above
16.
When someone asks you to summarize, what does that mean?
a)
Write a thought down that has nothing to do with the passage.
b)
A brief statement of the main points of a passage or text.
17.
What is a protagonist?
a)
A sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the story.
b)
The main character
18.
Define symbolism...
a)
Written works that have a plot and narrator
b)
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualties
19.
Which one of these are examples of man vs. man?
a)
Two men fighting over another person
b)
Someone mad at only himself
c)
A person who is having a conflict with nature
20.
What is the antagonist?
a)
The "bad guy" in the story or someone against the protagonist.
b)
The "good guy" in the story
c)
The "regular guy" or someone who is just kind of there in the story
21.
A reader reads nonfiction to...
a)
Become informed or learn new things
b)
Meet new characters
c)
Become entertained
22.
Select the following two options in which would be considered non fiction...
a)
The Lehigh Valley Live or Morning Call (local newspapers)
b)
WFMZ (local TV channel sharing the news)
c)
Cartoon Network
23.
What is a narrator?
a)
The person or character telling the story
b)
The location where the story takes place
c)
The climax of the story
24.
Select the following definition for repetition...
a)
Repeating words or phrases in a poem to annoy you
b)
Repeating words or phrases in a poem for the stanzas
c)
Repeating words or phrases for emphasis
25.
Select the following definition for alliteration...
a)
Exaggerated statements or claims
b)
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
c)
When a sentence uses "like" or "as"
26.
Select the following definition for author's purpose.
a)
Comprise or contain as part of a whole
b)
The motive or reason for which an author writes a story.
c)
An educated guess
27.
Select the character who fell off the ship and ended up on the island.
a)
Rainsford
b)
Whitney
c)
General Zaroff
28.
Select the character who hunts humans.
a)
Rainsford
b)
Whitney
c)
General Zaroff
29.
Select the character who is the other hunter on the boat heading to Brazil (not the one who falls overboard!)
a)
Rainsford
b)
Whitney
c)
General Zaroff
30.
What is the name of the island?
a)
Ship House Island
b)
Trap House Island
c)
Ship Trap Island
31.
Where are the two characters heading by boat to go on their hunting trip?
a)
Costa Rica
b)
Brazil
c)
Chile
32.
How many traps does the character set for the General?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
33.
When it is the final dual at the end of the story, what type of conflict is displayed?
a)
Man vs. Man
b)
Man vs. self
c)
Man vs. nature
34.
What is the nickname of the main character (the one who has a physical disability)?
a)
Scarlet Ibis
b)
Nicki
c)
Doodle
35.
What is the backstory behind Doodle's nickname?
a)
He has difficulty walking so he looks like a Doodle bug when he tries to move
b)
His favorite insect is Doodle bugs
c)
He has several pet Doodle bugs
36.
During what time period did the story take place?
a)
World War One
b)
World War Two
c)
Vietnam War
37.
Select the following THREE symbols that were important to the text.
a)
Red
b)
Bleeding Tree
c)
Scarlet Ibis
d)
Farmland
e)
Flamingos
38.
What is the main theme of the story?
a)
Accept people for who they are
b)
People who are obsessed with Doodle bugs get named after them
39.
Who found the Iceman?
a)
2 hikers
b)
He floated up to shore one day
c)
National Park rangers
40.
The Iceman died ____________ years ago.
a)
5,200 years ago
b)
1,000 years ago
c)
30 years ago
41.
The main idea of the article was that there was a new finding inside the Iceman. What was this new finding?
a)
An arrowhead was found inside his left shoulder
b)
An arrowhead was found inside his left foot
c)
There were no new findings
42.
What does Esperanza mean in Spanish?
a)
Love
b)
Hope
c)
Faith
43.
True or False? Esperanza gets made fun of at school due to her name.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
Where does Esperanza and her family move to?
a)
Mango Street
b)
Cherry Lane
c)
Loomis Street
45.
Why will Esperanza return to Mango street one day?
a)
Esperanza says she will return for the ones she loves.
b)
Esperanza wants to revisit her childhood memories
c)
Esperanza left something important behind.
46.
Select TWO symbols that the author wanted us to look at more closely in her story.
a)
The importance of hope
b)
Reflecting upon the importance of your own name
c)
Learning how many mangoes a house can hold
47.
What is a vignette?
a)
It uses "like" or "as" in a sentence to compare two things
b)
It is a short story or scene that that captures a single moment about a character or another part of the story
c)
It is the main lesson of the story
48.
What are the names of the families that hate each other and are in a longtime feud? Select both names below.
a)
Capulet
b)
Montegue
c)
Gatsby
49.
Where does Romeo and Juliet take place?
a)
Verona, Italy
b)
Paris, France
c)
London, England
50.
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Francis Beaumont
c)
George Orwell
51.
What is Romeo's last name?
a)
Romeo Montague
b)
Romeo Capulet
c)
Romeo Pepper
52.
Who wants his uncle to kick Romeo out of the Capulet party?
a)
Tybalt
b)
Mercutio
c)
Benvolio
53.
Romeo and his friends escape getting caught at the party because they were wearing __________.
a)
Costumes
b)
Masks
c)
Boots
54.
How does Romeo die?
a)
By drinking the poison
b)
Paris stabbed him
c)
From grief at seeing Juliet lying there dead
55.
Romeo and Juliet are called star-crossed lovers because __________________.
a)
It is their fate that they should not be together.
b)
They both love astronomy (study of the stars).
c)
They were destined to die to be in the sky as stars together.
56.
What type of play is Romeo and Juliet?
a)
Comedy
b)
Tragedy
c)
History
57.
True or False? Tragic love is where some sort of circumstance (death, illness, or something else) tears the lovers apart.
a)
True
b)
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