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WorksheetsPractice for 1st semester exam
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 28mins
How does the theme of love and sacrifice develop throughout the play 'Romeo and Juliet' by William Shakespeare?
Romeo and Juliet's love for each other leads to a happy ending for both of them
The theme of love and sacrifice is not present in the play
The sacrifices made by Romeo and Juliet have no impact on the outcome of the play
Romeo and Juliet's love for each other leads to sacrifices made by both of them, ultimately resulting in their tragic deaths.
We often learn the theme of the story through how the character reacts to conflict, what is conflict?
The beginning of the story
the problem in the story
how the problem is solved in the story
Barry liked playing board games, but he hated losing. He hated losing so much that he would do whatever it took to win, even bending or breaking the rules. He'd steal money from the bank and hide it under the couch cushions. He'd skip spaces while he was moving around the board. He'd shortchange others money that they were owed and argue with them about it. Barry's techniques were effective. He did win most of the games that he played, but the people whom he played with were his friends and family, and it didn't take too long until they caught on to Barry's tricks. They tried to tell Barry to stop cheating. They said that the game wasn't any fun when he cheated, but he didn't listen. He continued with his treacherous style of gameplay, until nobody would play with him anymore. Barry may have won a lot of games, but at what cost?
What is the theme of the story?
Do not judge a book by its cover; appearances can be deceiving; size isn't everything.
Be thankful for the things that you receive.
You get more bees with honey than with vinegar; it's more fun to share.
Winning isn't everything; cheaters never prosper.
Climax
Sequence of events in a story
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Simile
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent something else
A struggle between opposing forces
Main character in a story
Personification
Anything that stands for or represents something else
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
Setting
A character or force in conflict with the main character
A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
The time and place of a story
Placement of two things closely together in order to compare or contrast
Plot
Sequence of events in a story
The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later
Central idea of a work of literature
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
Foreshadowing
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent something else
A struggle between opposing forces
The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later
Allusion
A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent something else
A character or force in conflict with the main character
Placement of two things closely together in order to compare or contrast
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces
the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.
Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
The time and place of a story
Protagonist
A character or force in conflict with the main character
Main character in a story
The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
Antagonist
A character or force in conflict with the main character
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Central idea of a work of literature
End of the story where loose ends are tied up
Exposition
the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.
Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
Placement of two things closely together in order to compare or contrast
A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
Compares to things not using like or as
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
An exaggerated way of saying something
hyperbole
Alliteration
Theme
Irony
The life lesson of a story
Personification
Theme
Alliteration
Metaphor
When you have to infer to find out what a Character is like
Theme
plot
Indirect Characterization
irony
When the reader knows something the Character in the story dose not
Irony
Situational irony
Verbal irony
Dramatic Irony
When a Character says something but means the opposite
Alliteration
Verbal Irony
Theme
Direct Characterization
When an inanimate object is given human characteristics
Similie
Metaphor
Personification
Rising Action
When something hints to a later event in the story
Flashback
Irony
Foreshadowing
Point of view
When I or me is used in the story
3rd person point of view
2nd person point of view
1st person point of view
Point of view
When an outside narrator is telling the story
3rd Person Point of view
Alliteration
Point Of View
Simlie
When the story tells us the way a character is
indirect Characterization
Direct Characterization
When a character has a conflict with someone else
man vs nature
man vs man
man vs self
Identify the gerunds (check three):
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
acting
keeping
coughing
art
What is a participle?
A noun that acts like a verb
A verb that acts as a noun
A verb that acts as an adjective.
a verb that acts as a verb
A participial phrase must be placed closest to the noun it modifies. Looking at the two sentences, which makes the most sense?
Carrying a heavy pile of books, his foot caught on a step.
Carrying a heavy pile of books, he caught his foot on a step.
What is an appositive?
An appositive shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.
An appositive is a noun or pronoun that identifies or renames another noun or pronoun.
An appositive modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
An appositive is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.
What is the appositive phrase in the following:
Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter, was also an inventor.
Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter,
, was also an inventor.
Leonardo da Vinci,
, the great Renaissance painter,
True or false: "To run" is an infinitive.
true
false
What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?
My entire life I have always wanted to be a teacher.
my entire life
I have
always wanted
to be a teacher
Which word is functioning as a preposition in the sentence? The lion needed some rest after the long hunt last night.
Some
After
The
Night
Check all words that are a preposition.
Behind
For
Sit
Where
On
What is the preposition in this sentence? She wishes her family of six would return home soon.
Would
Soon
Family
Of
What is direct characterization?
How the author (or a narrator) describes a character
What the character says or does within a text
What is indirect characterization
How the author (or a narrator) describes a character
What the character says, does, and thinks within a text
Read the following passage and decide if it is a better example of direct or indirect characterization.
Peter wasn't interested in the TV show that was playing, but the remote control was all the way across the room, so he just watched it anyway. Jan would be home soon, and she could fetch it for him then.
Direct
Indirect
Read the following passage and decide if it is a better example of direct or indirect characterization.
Because Joe is an honest guy, he decided to return the chocolate bar he did not pay for.
Direct
Indirect
Static Characters...
do not change during the story
have little or no detail
have lots of detail
change during the story
Dynamic Characters
do not change during the story
have little or no detail
have lots of detail
change during the story
Travis began the school year the same as always. He never studied or completed his homework. Each report card showed the same poor grades. Although his parents encouraged him, by the end of the year, he was still doing poorly.
What type of character is he?
Static
Dynamic
What does the root "dem" mean?
foot
book
people
thought/word/speech
Which root word means "people"?
scop
dem
soci
san
