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English II Mid Term Exam

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is textual evidence?

a)

My opinion after reading.

b)

Proof in the article.

c)

A word-for-word quote from the article/story followed by an in-text citation.

d)

A made-up quote I add to my answer.

2.

What is textual evidence?

a)

My opinion after reading.

b)

Proof in the article.

c)

A word-for-word quote from the article/story followed by an in-text citation.

d)

A made-up quote I add to my answer.

3.
What is the first step to writing a paragraph with textual evidence?
a)
Concluding Sentence
b)
Answer
c)
Restate
d)
Support
4.

What is the second step to writing a paragraph with textual evidence?

a)

Support

b)

Cite

c)

Explain

d)

Answer

5.

When answering a question using textual evidence, what does my support look like?

a)

It is another answer.

b)

It is my opinion.

c)

It is a word-for-word quote from the article/story followed by an in-text citation.

d)

It is a concluding statement.

6.

Before I can include my textual evidence, what do I need to add?

a)

A citation.

b)

My opinion.

c)

A concluding statement.

d)

A lead to introduce the quote.

7.

What is another way to define textual evidence?

a)

An answer to the question.

b)

My paraphrased version of the article.

c)

A word-for-word quote from the article/story followed by an in-text citation.

d)

My opinion of the article.

8.
What does every quote need to have?
a)
Two sentences.
b)
Quotation marks
c)
A capital letter.
d)
Long words that make it sound complex.
9.

What do I include in my in-text citation?

a)

A period.

b)

Parenthesis.

c)

The title of the article.

d)

The page number and/or the author's last name in parenthesis with a period outside of the parenthesis.

10.

What is the acronym used to answer a writing prompt with textual evidence?

a)

RASE

b)

RACE

c)

RASC

d)

RASCP

11.

After I answer the question, what step do I need to complete before my explanation?

a)

Cite textual evidence.

b)

Another answer.

c)

Elaboration.

d)

My opinion.

12.
What does every quote need to have?
a)
Two sentences.
b)
Quotation marks
c)
A capital letter.
d)
Long words that make it sound complex.
13.

What does the in-text citation need to include?

a)

Author's first and last name.

b)

The page number.

c)

The website.

d)

The author's last name and page number.

14.

What step comes after citing textual evidence?

a)

Explain how the textual evidence supports the answer.

b)

Check for unclear pronouns.

c)

Another piece of evidence.

d)

My answer.

15.
What is the purpose of the concluding sentence?
a)
To end my paragraph
b)
To confuse the reader
c)
To tie together the answer and evidence
d)
To make sure the reader understood
16.

The first step of the RACE process is?

a)

Proper nouns

b)

Restate the question

c)

More evidence

d)

Prove it

17.
Which paragraph is written correctly to respond to this question: Why do people feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner?
a)
People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6). This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.
b)
People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone." This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.
c)
People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6).
d)
People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6). This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.
18.
What is a good transition/lead before your evidence?
a)
In the text it states
b)
I feel
c)
"Start my quote"
d)
They said
19.
What is a good way to start your concluding sentence?
a)
This shows that
b)
So, this means
c)
Because of this
d)
I feel
20.

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well.

Which of the following would be considered formal textual evidence?

a)

Michael was trying to sleep

b)

Toby is Michael's brother

c)

Michael and Toby were cold

d)

"the sky looked gray and dirty"

21.
Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well. 
Which words help describe the setting? 
a)
"Michael woke up with a start."
b)
"A shouting of voices."
c)
"...cracked glass of the curtainless window..." 
d)
"then the front door slammed shut."
22.
It was the sea eagle that called Emily down to the beach. It hovered above the waves, it's broad wings dusty where the land had left its mark, its small eyes that could follow the horizon bright and keen.
She hadn't meant to come down onto the beach. She'd meant to sit at the top of the ramp till the other kids had left the street, till she could walk home from school in peace without strangers staring at her, but somehow the bird seemed to urge her to come down.

Which textual evidence best describes Emily's thoughts and feelings? 
a)
"... till she could walk home from school in peace..."
b)
"... sea eagle that called Emily..."
c)
"... its broad wings dusty..."
d)
"... the bird seemed to urge her to come down."
23.

Crack!  Thunder struck and rain poured.  Max stared blankly out the window, trying to contain his emotions that raged like the weather.  He was beginning to lose it.  Dropping the kite from his hand, Max broke out into full sob.  His mother comforted him, "There, there, Max.  We'll just find something else to do."  She began to unpack the picnic basket that was on the counter and offered him a sandwich.  Max snapped, "I don't wanna sand-mich!"  A flash from the sky lit up the living room.  Boom!  Mom sighed.
Which line in the text tells you that Max is upset because it is raining?

a)
He says, "I don't wanna sandwich?"
b)
Dropping his kite from his hand, Max broke out into a full sob
c)
Thunder struck and rain poured
d)
Mom sighed
24.

What does the acronym R.A.C.E. mean?

a)

Reach, Answer, Call, Evidence

b)

Restate, Alter, Cite, Explain

c)

Redo, All, Cars, Everywhere

d)

Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain

25.

As long as your textual evidence explains your point clearly, you do not need to elaborate on it.

a)

True

b)

False

26.
What is textual evidence?
a)
My opinion after reading.
b)
Proof in the article.
c)
A word for word quote from the article/story
d)
A made-up quote I add to my answer.
27.

What is the acronym used to answer a writing prompt?

a)

RASE

b)

RACE

c)

RASC

d)

RASCP

28.

Textual evidence is when we use information from the text to support our answers.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

When you use someone else's ideas, you DON'T have to cite the text.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Citing the text means to give credit to the author that wrote the text.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

What word or phrase means stating the author and page number from a source when using a direct quotation or paraphrasing?

a)

text

b)

direct quotation

c)

paraphrasing

d)

in-text citation

32.

What word or phrase means the practice of taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own?

a)

in-text citation

b)

plagiarism

c)

direct quotation

d)

paraphrasing

33.
My love is like a red, red rose.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
34.
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
35.
Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
36.
The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
37.
In the film and book Charlotte’s Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur’s life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies.
a)
Allusion & Imagery
b)
Simile & Metaphor
c)
Foreshadowing & Irony
d)
Personification & Mood
38.
You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your girl, who is with another guy.
a)
Personification
b)
Imagery
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Irony
39.
In Lemony Snicket, most of the inhabitants of the island on which the Baudelaires find themselves in The End are characters from The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.

a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Imagery
40.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Irony
41.
“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
  -William Sharp
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Irony
42.
A woman is going to break up with her boyfriend; meanwhile, he’s buying her a diamond ring and planning his marriage proposal.
a)
Allusion
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Irony
43.
An emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;
A flint lies in the mud.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Foreshadowing
44.
This quiz is a piece of cake.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
45.
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe.
   - John Milton
a)
Simile
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Personification
d)
Allusion
46.
Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Imagery
d)
Metaphor
47.
Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Personifcation
d)
Foreshadowing
48.
While camping, a person is talking about how there are no bears in the area.  Meanwhile, a bear is standing right behind him.
a)
Allusion
b)
Imagery
c)
Irony
d)
Personfication
49.
When the woman kept changing the subject I knew she had something to hide.  I wasn’t surprised when she turned out to be guilty.
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Personfication
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
50.
“Only the daisy trees were serene… they ignored the men and continued to rock the diamondbacks that slept in their arms. It took the river to persuade them that indeed the world was altered.”
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Irony
d)
Personification
51.
I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire’s drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand.
a)
Imagery
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Irony
52.
The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.
a)
Allusion
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Irony
53.
In the acronym TPCASTT, what does the S stand for?
a)
Symbolism
b)
Shift
c)
Stanza
54.
"The brightly colored autumn leaves crunched under her feet as she skipped gracefully through the forest."
What type of figurative language is used?
a)
imagery
b)
alliteration
c)
idiom
55.
Paraphrasing something is the same thing as summarizing it. 
a)
Agree
b)
Disagree
56.
The third T in TPCASTT
a)
Title: Title Revisited: Any new insights on meaning or significance of the title?
b)
This is AWESOME
c)

Theme: What does this poem say about its topic that is a morale or life lesson.

d)
thesis is clearly stated
57.
True or false?
It is okay to share your opinion when writing a paraphrase.
a)
True
b)
False
58.
The P in TPCASTT
a)
ponder line by line
b)
paraphrase: The poem, line by line.
c)
poetry is awesome
d)
pottery is diffifult to make
59.
What are the three rules of paraphrasing?
a)
1. copy  2. paste         3. read
b)
1. use different words                  2. use different sentence structure                                               3. do not change original meaning 
c)
1. use different words         2. use similar sentence structure 3. give your opinion
60.
"The sun kissed my cheeks as I walked through the park."
What type of figurative language is used?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
61.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I wish you could see
How much I love you!
What sound device is indicated by the highlighted words?
a)
meter
b)
rhyme
c)
onomatopoeia
62.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
63.
"My heart is a bird, soaring over the plains of the earth with joy!"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Allusion
d)
Alliteration
64.
In the acronym TPCASTT, what does the "C" stand for?
a)
Connotation
b)
Critical Analysis
c)
Consonance
65.
What is another term to describe the attitude of the poem?
a)
Personification
b)
Tone
c)
Feelings
66.
The first T in TPCASTT
a)
theme is important
b)
today is test day
c)
title The title of the poem means...
d)
time and rhme
67.
The A in TPCASTT
a)
Alliteration is being used
b)
Accents are present
c)
A is for Apple
d)
Attitude: What are the multiple attitudes of the speaker?
68.
"Dogs don't drink dairy daily"
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Idiom
d)
Symbolism
69.
"I wait, washed, brushed, fed, like a prize pig" (The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood)
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
70.
TPCASTT is a poetry analysis method for the purpose of... 
a)
taking apart the poem to understand it's full meaning. 
b)
getting the correct answer on the test.
c)
writing your own poetry.
d)
going to college. 
71.
I have a ton of things to do!
a)
Not hyperbole
b)
Hyperbole
72.
My birthday will never come.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Not hyperbole
73.
Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
74.
The flute sang out beautifully during the concert.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
Adele
75.
Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
76.
My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personfication
d)
smelly
77.
"My flowers were begging for water on the hot summer day" is an example of:
a)
antonym
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
 hyperbole
78.
Fruit is fuel for healthy body. 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration 
79.
Define the term Symbolism.
a)
Person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
b)
a word used to describe the difference between what we expect and what actually happens.
80.
The use of items to signify ideas and qualities by giving them representative meanings that are different from their literal sense.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
symbolism
81.
"The bathroom sink drip-drips, drip-drips," is an example of:
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
82.
What is 'academic writing'?
a)
A technique to write balanced, accurate and professional assignments
b)
An old-fashioned way of writing
c)
How university professors write
d)
The writing you find in textbooks
83.
'Information on the internet is 'free'. Anyone can use it without having to reference it.'
a)
True
b)
False
c)
It depends on how important the assignment is.
d)
You only need to reference authors' work on the internet
84.
Scanning is:
a)
making detailed notes
b)
reading for an overview
c)
lying on the couch and watching tv, with a book nearby
d)
 reading for specific information
85.
What is a claim? 
a)
a statement used to support or prove the thesis
b)
quotations from a source
c)
the analysis explaining the meaning of evidence 
d)
a sentence that grabs your reader's attention 
86.
What is true of the introductory paragraph? 
a)
ends with the thesis
b)
introduces the big idea of the essay
c)
starts with a hook
d)
all of these
87.
What order do essays go in? 
a)
Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph, Conclusion
b)
Body Paragraph, Introduction, Conclusion, Body Paragraph 
c)
Introduction, Body Paragraph, Conclusion, Body Paragraph
d)
Conclusion, Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph
88.
When do you use formal language? 
a)
In an academic essay.
b)
When you talk to a friend.
c)
When you write a text message.
89.
Credible or not credible? 
Websites that end with .org, .edu, or .gov 
a)
Credible
b)
Not Credible
90.
What are the three main parts of an essay?
a)
The hook, the main idea and the conclusion.
b)
The introduction, the body and the conclusion.
c)
The topic sentence, the body and the conclusion.
91.

How many pieces of text evidence should be in EACH body paragraph?

a)

one

b)

only two

c)

two or more

d)

none

92.
Contractions are:
a)
what happens when you have a baby
b)
when someone says the opposite to you
c)
when something is too narrow
d)
a shortened form of a word
93.

Ms. Williams' first name is

a)

Katosha

b)

Latosha

c)

Latisha

d)

Katisha

94.

How many children does Mrs. Roman have?

a)

19

b)

10

c)

2

d)

0

95.

True or False. Mrs. Roman speaks Spanish.

a)

True

b)

False

96.

True or False. Mrs. Roman previously taught at an elementary school.

a)

True

b)

False

97.

What is Mrs. Roman's favorite color? (hint look at her sweater)

a)

Green

b)

no color

98.

True or False. "My Shot" is the name of the song that we learned to use TPCASTT.

a)

True

b)

False

99.

Ms. Williams' favorite flower is a ______.

a)

Sunflower

b)

Rose

c)

Daisy

100.

Who are the best English II teachers at KCC? (hint: we all share a portable)

a)

Williams

b)

Roman

c)

Perkins

d)

all of the above

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