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FALL Final Exam Review: English 1 2024

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ​ (a)   is a comparison between two unlike things using the words ​ (b)   or ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
simile
like
as
metaphor
but
how
hyperbole
has
2.

The definition of alliteration is:

a)

Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

b)

The repetition of vowel sounds, usually found in poetry and music.

c)

The repetition of the same letter or sounds at the beginning of closely connected words.

3.

What is an indirect comparison that typically uses like or as?

Example: She is as happy as a cat riding a unicorn through space.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

4.

What gives human traits to something that is not human?

Example: My alarm clock yells at me every morning to get out of bed!

a)

Personification

b)

Allusion

c)

Metaphor

d)

Idiom

5.

What are words that resemble the sound they represent?

Example: The baseball whizzed past my ear straight into the catcher’s mitt for strike 3.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Allusion

6.

What is the repetition of the beginning consonant sound within a group of words?

Example: Kathy can’t cook chocolate chip cookies continuously, can she?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Personification

d)

Imagery

7.

What is the use of language that engages the 5 senses: Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, and Touch?

Example: The scruffy black cat’s back arches and hair stands straight up when it encounters the chocolate brown snarling dog whose teeth look like little knives covered in butter.

a)

Imagery

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion

8.

What is an extreme exaggeration?

Example: Finally, on the millionth time he asked her out a date, she said yes!

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Metaphor

9.

What is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?

Example: Let’s not go there; it will unlock Pandora’s box.

a)

Allusion

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

10.

What is a symbol?

a)

a sign

b)

something representing something else

c)

an object

d)

characters in a story

11.

What is symbolism?

a)

When the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story

b)

A reference to another literary work

c)

The tone of the story

d)

The events of the story

12.

The theme of the story is the

a)

main character

b)

message about life that the author expresses.

c)

sequence of events.

d)

short summary of what the story is about.

13.

Which of the following could be the theme of a story?

a)

a fear of heights

b)

"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too."

c)

A brave young girl pretends to be a man and takes her father's place in the army.

d)

Fear is more dangerous than any beast.

14.
What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA. 
a)
Theme is a universal lesson, and main idea is what a story is about.
b)
Theme is what a story is about, and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.
15.

What is verbal irony?

a)

what is said is different than what is meant

b)

the audience knows something a character doesn't know.

c)

what happens is the opposite of what is expected

16.

Dramatic irony is when

a)

what is said is different than what is meant

b)

the audience knows something the character doesn't

c)

what happens is the opposite of what is expected

17.

Situational irony is when

a)

what is said is the opposite of what is meant

b)

the audience knows something the character doesn't

c)

what happens is the opposite of what is expected

18.

Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"

a)

dramatic

b)

situational

c)

verbal

19.

What type of irony is this ?

a)

verbal

b)

situational

c)

dramatic

20.

In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move, but the audience is.

a)

verbal

b)

dramatic

c)

situational

21.
If the author directly tells you what the character is like, that is:
a)
direct characterization
b)
indirect characterization
22.

If the author shows you what the character is like through their thoughts, speech, and actions, it is

a)
direct characterization
b)
indirect characterization
23.
This character is central to the story. The plot revolves around him or her. 
a)
Dynamic character
b)
Static character
c)
Protagonist
d)
Antagonist
24.
This figure usually creates a conflict for the main character.
a)
Protagonist
b)
Antagonist 
c)
Dynamic character
d)
Static character
25.
This is a character who changes their personality, attitude, and/or beliefs over time. This change is usually a result of a conflict. 
a)
Protagonist 
b)
Antagonist 
c)
Dynamic character
d)
Static character
26.
This is a character who does not change or develop over the course of the story. 
a)
Protagonist 
b)
Antagonist 
c)
Dynamic character
d)
Static character
27.

These characters are uncomplicated.

a)

Round

b)

Flat

c)

Neither

d)

Both

28.

Which type of character does the reader not know a lot about?

a)

Flat

b)

Round

c)

Static

d)

Dynamic

29.

This type of character has layers

a)

round

b)

flat

c)

static

d)

dynamic

30.

A well developed, complex character is

a)

round

b)

flat

c)

static

d)

dynamic

31.

What is a foil character?

a)

The central character.

b)

The character that opposes the central character.

c)

A character who contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist, to highlight qualities of the other character

32.

Foil or NOT foils

a)

Not foils

b)

Foils

33.

Foils or NOT Foils?

a)

Foils

b)

Not Foils

34.

Which term means "the writer's attitude?

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

point of view

d)

feeling

35.

Mood is...

a)

the feeling a text gives to readers.

b)

the attitude of the writer

c)

the point of view

d)

the genre of a text

36.

The tone is determined by the...

a)

descriptions in the text

b)

length of a written text

c)

words and dialogue

d)

descriptions, words and dialogue

37.

The mood in this passage is...

"My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time."

a)

cheerful

b)

scary

c)

sad

d)

pessimistic

38.

The words that determine the tone in this passage are...


"although I had tried hard and had followed the steps of the scientific method, my experiment didn't work. I dragged myself into class and slouched in my seat, not raising my hand

a)

experiment, science

b)

method, class

c)

dragged, slouched

d)

raising hand

39.

Which words and phrases best show the sentimental tone in the passage below?


I got out of the old car and took a few halting steps up the driveway. A cloud of warmth drifted out of the window and embraced me like a comforting hug. I knew that smell: fresh bread that Papa had just taken from the oven. I heard the familiar pitch of his whistle as he slowly stirred tomato soup on the stovetop. I ran to open the screen door because, now, I knew where I was. I was home.

a)

"warmth," "comforting hug" and "home"

b)

"car," "tomato soup" and "door"

c)

"old," "halting" and "out the window"

d)

"driveway," "screen door" and "slowly stirred"

40.

Which of the following is not a kind of negative tone?

a)

angry

b)

cynical

c)

harsh

d)

excited

41.

What is mood?

a)

where and when a story takes place

b)

the author's reason for writing a story

c)

the author's attitude toward the story

d)

how the story makes you feel

42.
Define foreshadowing.
a)
A flashback of what happened previously
b)

A hint or clue about something that will happen later in the plot of a story

c)
Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
d)
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
43.

When an author interrupts the plot of the story and incorporates something from the past-

a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
theme
d)
rising action
44.

Alliteration is:

a)

Stressed syllables with same sound or sound group repeating at the beginning of two or more words

b)

Stressed syllables with same sound or sound group repeating in the middle of two or more words

c)

Stressed syllables with same sound or sound group repeating at the end of two or more words

45.

Which one is alliteration?

a)

She bought a pot.

b)

She sells seashells by the sea shore.

c)

The crowd went wild!

d)

The cold is like ice.

46.

The time and place of a story

a)

Plot

b)

Setting

c)

Theme

d)

Rising Action

47.

A struggle within the character's own mind

a)

Internal Conflict

b)

External Conflict

c)

Rising Action

d)

Character

48.

The character struggles against an outside force

a)

Internal Conflict

b)

External Conflict

c)

Theme

d)

Character

49.

This is a type of internal conflict

a)

Man vs. Man

b)

Man vs. Nature

c)

Man vs. Society

d)

Man vs. Himself

50.

Man versus nature is an example of

a)

External conflict

b)

Internal conflict

c)

Plot

d)

Theme

51.

What is the author's purpose in writing an informative article?

a)

To persuade readers to buy a product

b)

To provide readers with accurate and useful information on a particular topic.

c)

To entertain readers with fictional stories

d)

To confuse readers with irrelevant information

52.

What is the author's purpose in writing a fictional story?

a)

The author's purpose in writing a fictional story is to educate and inform the readers.

b)

The author's purpose in writing a fictional story is to entertain, inspire, or provoke emotions in the readers.

c)

The author's purpose in writing a fictional story is to confuse the readers.

d)

The author's purpose in writing a fictional story is to bore the readers.

53.

What is the author's purpose in writing a news report?

a)

To persuade

b)

To educate

c)

To inform

d)

To entertain

54.

What is the author's purpose in writing a poem?

a)

The author's purpose in writing a poem is to provide historical facts.

b)

The author's purpose in writing a poem is to express emotions, tell a story, or convey a message.

c)

The author's purpose in writing a poem is to confuse the reader.

d)

The author's purpose in writing a poem is to make money.

55.
What is denotation?
a)
Direct meaning of a word or dictionary meaning.
b)
It means down.
c)
Let me ask my friend
d)
It means to note the word.
56.

What is the difference between denotations and connotations?

a)

Denotations are the simple dictionary definition of a word, while connotations carry feelings of a word

b)

Denotations are feelings, connotations aren't

c)

Connotations are words that end in vowels, denotations are words that describe verbs.

d)

Denotations and connotations are the same exact thing.

57.

What genre is an informational text?

a)

fiction

b)

non-fictiom

c)

science fiction

d)

primary source

58.

Select any examples of an author’s purpose.

a)

persuade/convince

b)

inform

c)

entertain

d)

express their feelings/ideas/experiences

e)

Describe

59.

If someone wrote an article about how to meditate and why you should try it, what would we say is the author’s two-part purpose?

a)

describe & entertain

b)

explain & express

c)

describe & express

d)

explain & persuade

60.

Another name for the Controlling Idea or a text is…

a)

topic sentence

b)

main idea

c)

hook

d)

evidence

61.

Informational Texts have a very organized structure.

a)

True

b)

False

62.
The rain barrel was about 40” tall and could hold more than fifty gallons of water. It was reddish-brown in color, similar to the color of adobe. The top was sloped into a narrow opening and a spigot protruded near the bottom where a hose could be attached.
a)
inform
b)
describe
c)
entertain
d)
explain
63.
Nothing to do tonight? Why not see a play? The theater is alive and well, and tickets are available. Call the ticket hotline now and reserve your seats.
a)
persuade
b)
inform
c)
describe
d)
explain
64.
In a recent survey of parents of children in grades 1-8, more than half of the parents agreed that students are overburdened with homework. These parents favored mandating less homework in local schools.
a)
persuade
b)
describe
c)
explain
d)
inform
65.

What does the "S" in STEAL stand for?

a)

sight

b)

sound

c)

speech

d)

search

66.

What does the "T" in STEAL stand for?

a)

thoughts

b)

touch

c)

tone

d)

time

67.

What does the "E" in STEAL stand for?

a)

emotions of others

b)

effect on others

c)

emotions of character

d)

energy of others

68.

What does the "A" in STEAL stand for?

a)

attitude

b)

area

c)

answers

d)

actions

69.

What does the "L" in STEAL stand for?

a)

likes

b)

looks

c)

learns

d)

listens

70.
The audience knows the house isn't really haunted, but a terrified visitor takes desperate measures to get away.
a)
Cosmic
b)
Dramatic
c)
Situational
d)
Verbal
71.
What does the apple symbolize in this photo?
a)
Gratitude for a teacher who has done a good job
b)
Assistance for a teacher who needs help?
72.
Symbols represent...
a)
...abstract concepts.
b)
...layers of meaning.
c)
...something other than the object itself.
d)
...All of the above.
73.

What would a mountain most likely symbolize?

a)

a challenge

b)

surrender

c)

innocence

d)

love

74.

True or False: A flashback is something that happens in a story or movie when a character remembers something that happened to him/her in the PAST.

a)

True

b)

False

75.

True or False: Stories have flashbacks to provide the reader with important background information.

a)

True

b)

False

76.
One effect or purpose of foreshadowing is to...
a)
trick the reader
b)
Add depth to characters
c)
build suspense
d)
give factual information
77.
Make an inference: what is the paragraph foreshadowing?
"Peter I don't think we should jump out of a plane like this." 
"Allison relax I'm the King and you're my general. What could go wrong?" 
a)
Something goes wrong
b)
Nothing goes wrong
c)
Allison inherits the throne
d)
they jump off a plane
78.

In literature, an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text

a)

Allusion

b)

Symbolism

79.

In Greek mythology, a mythical bird called the phoenix lives for hundreds of years before bursting into flames at its death. However, it soon rises from its own ashes and is reborn.
What is the meaning of the mythological allusion in the sentence below?
Fans debated whether their team would rise from the ashes.

a)
To come back after  destruction or defeat
 
b)
To surprise an opponent 
c)
To think optimistically
d)
None of the above
80.

George Orwell's novel 1984 focuses on a totalitarian society in which the citizens are frequently reminded that their leader, Big Brother, is always watching.
What is the meaning of the literary allusion in the sentence below?
The headline read: "Smart Phones Becoming Big Brother." 

a)
A nuisance that distracts people from important tasks
b)
An important system that helps people stay safe
c)
A threatening power that monitors all aspects of people's lives 
d)
All of the above
81.

In the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," a shepherd boy repeatedly tricks people in his village by falsely claiming that a wolf is coming to eat his flock. When a wolf actually comes and the boy cries for help, nobody believes him or comes to his aid.
What is the meaning of the literary allusion in the sentence below?
Lucy warned her youngest son not to cry wolf while wrestling with his older brother. 

a)
to raise a false alarm 
b)
to make howling sounds 
c)
to physically become a wolf
d)
none of the above