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EXAM 1ST

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mood is...

a)

The reader's feelings while reading the text

b)

The author's style of writing

c)

The author's attitude or feelings

d)

The reader's feelings before reading the text

2.

Tone is...

a)

The author's attitude or feelings

b)

The reader's feelings while reading the text

c)

The reader's feelings before reading the text

d)

The author's style of writing

3.

Tone is the ​ (a)   attitude towards the text. Tone and ​ (b)   are ​ (c)   from one another. Mood refers to the reader's​ (d)   But, both mood and tone are ​ (e)   through the author's word choice.

Choose from the below words
author's
mood
different
feelings.
conveyed
4.

Select the text where the author's tone is negative:

a)

My little brother is so stubborn. He never shuts up.

b)

My little brother is very determined. He never gives up.

5.
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
6.

Who wrote The Lamb To The Slaughter?

a)

Ernest Hemingway

b)

George Washington Jr.

c)

Roald Dahl

d)

Mary Maloney

7.

Dramatic Irony occurs

a)

when the audience (reader) knows something that the characters do not.

b)

when the reader or audience is left in suspense.

c)

when the characters know more than the reader.

d)

when too much drama is happening.

8.

Which of the following shows situational irony?

a)

The police officer goes to the grocer's.

b)

Calm, loving Mary violently kills her husband.

c)

Patrick is a police officer.

d)

The doctor says that Patrick's skull was smashed.

9.

Dramatic irony takes place when Mary tells the police that--

a)

she would like a drink

b)

they would do her a favor by eating the lamb

c)

she feels too ill to leave

d)

she went grocery shopping

10.

What is the exposition of a story's plot?

a)

the most exciting part

b)

when problems are solved

c)

the beginning; characters & setting are introduced

d)

the problem that starts the story's action

11.

What are characters?

a)

the people or animals in a story

b)

symbols like emojis

c)

the time and place of a story

d)

a force that works against the protagonist

12.

What is the setting?

a)

the people or animals in a story

b)

the time and place of events

c)

the problem or challenge

d)

the lesson a reader understands

13.

What is the rising action in a story's plot?

a)

the beginning; introduces characters & setting

b)

a conflict starts events that lead to the most exciting part

c)

after the climax when problems are solved

d)

the part when readers understand a lesson

14.

What is the climax of a story's plot?

a)

the problem that starts the series of events at the beginning

b)

the part when the reader understands a lesson

c)

the part where characters and setting are introduced

d)

the most exciting part; a turning point

15.

After the climax, when problems are starting to be wrapped up...

a)

falling action

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

exposition

16.

The ending when the major conflict has been wrapped up and the reader understands the theme...

a)

falling action

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

17.

The lesson a reader understands when the plot ends...

a)

conflict

b)

theme

c)

climax

d)

setting

18.

Reorder the following

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

falling action

e)

resolution

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
19.

In the end of Lather and Nothing Else we see what kind of irony when Captain Torres tells the barber he had heard he would kill him?

a)

Situational

b)

Dramatic

c)

Verbal

d)

All the above

20.

Lather and Nothing Else as well as The Tell Tale Heart are written in

a)

3rd Limited POV

b)

First Person POV

c)

2nd Person POV

d)

3rd Omniscient POV

21.

What is the climax of The Tell Tale Heart

a)

The narrator talks about the old man's eye

b)

The narrator peeks in at the old man

c)

The narrator kills the old man

d)

The police come in

22.

Who wrote The Tell Tale Heart

a)

Edgar Allan Poe

b)

Roald Dhal

c)

Colleen Hoover

d)

Nicholas Sparks

23.

What is the exposition of Lather and Nothing Else

a)

The captain comes in for a shave

b)

The captain tells the barber he knows what he is

c)

The man starts shaving

d)

All the above

24.

The resolution in Tell Tale Heart

a)

Killing the old man

b)

When the police come and talk

c)

When the narrator turns himself in

d)

The eye

25.

Match the following

a)

A notice or announcement to publically promote something

1.

Advertisement

b)

A genre of writing where a position on a topic is conveyed

2.

Argument

c)

Who a writing or art is for

3.

Audience

d)

Method to let readers know personal traits about a character

4.

Characterization

e)

Writers position on an issue

5.

Claim

26.

Which is an example of an audience?

a)

A lot of people in Walmart on Sunday

b)

Concert goers at a TSwift concert

c)

Both of these answers

d)

Neither of these answers

27.
Which type of conflict is internal?
a)
Man vs. Man
b)
Man vs. Nature
c)
Man vs. Society
d)
Man vs. Self
28.
Which part of the plot reveals information about the characters and the setting?
a)
Introduction/exposition
b)
Rising action
c)
Falling action
d)
Conclusion/denouement
29.
The character who the story revolves around is the what?
a)
protagonist
b)
antagonist
c)
flat character
d)
dynamic character
30.
What is the perspective from which a story is told?
a)
setting
b)
point of view
c)
plot
d)
character's view
31.
Which point of view uses pronouns such as "I" and "me"?
a)
Second person
b)
Third person limited
c)
Third person omniscient
d)
First person
32.

Which word means 'to irritate, annoy, or anger'?

a)

Bliss

b)

Console

c)

Exasperate

d)

Feign

33.

What does the word 'bliss' mean?

a)

A state of extreme happiness

b)

To irritate or anger

c)

To pretend to be affected by something

d)

A friendly welcome and treatment of guests

34.

Max was feeling​ (a)   as he boarded the plane to go to Maui. The stewardess showed a great amount of ​ (b)   by giving him a warm blanket and a cold drink. She even ​ (c)   him when the plane took off since he was so nervous.

Choose from the below words
blissful
hospitality
consoled
exasperate
feign
35.

Match the following

a)

Someone who offers opposition

1.

adversary

b)

size of something given as the distance around it

2.

circumfrance

c)

a disorderly outburst

3.

commotion

d)

large number

4.

copious

e)

feelings of annoyance

5.

exasperation

36.

Max needed more​ (a)   to be able to finish the race. However with all the ​ (b)   at his house he didnt get to practice. However his ​ (c)   was able to practice everyday.

Choose from the below words
stamina
commotion
adversary
headway
copius
37.

Sarah June felt ​ (a)   when her little brother would not leave her alone.

Choose from the below words
exasperated
serinity
stamina
commotion
38.

THIS IS ​ (a)   CLASS

Choose from the below words
ENGLISH
MATH
SCIENCE