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STAAR EOC Review Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is theme?

a)

The vibe you get from the author.

b)

The author's overall message.

c)

The author's attitude throughout the passage

2.

"You win the lottery, but die the next day" is an example of...

(a)  

3.

A word's connotation is...

a)

The tone of a passage

b)

The dictionary definition of the word

c)

The feeling attached to a word beyond the literal meaning

d)

The fake version of the word

4.

The dictionary definition of a word is...

a)

Didactic

b)

Tone

c)

Connotation

d)

Denotation

5.

What is the point of view that uses I, me, and my pronouns?

a)

First Person POV

b)

Third Person POV

c)

Third Person Limited POV

d)

Second Person POV

6.

What is the sentence in an essay that says what the author intends to write about? (hint, it is always in the intro)

(a)  

7.

What type of noun is used to describe GENERAL people, places, or things?

(a)  

8.

What type of noun is used to describe SPECIFIC people, places, and things?

(a)  

9.

How the information in an essay or story is structured or ordered:

a)

Parallel structure

b)

Conclusion

c)

Organizational pattern

d)

APE

10.

Rhyme scheme is...

a)

The stanzas of a poem

b)

The ordered pattern of rhyme at the end of lines in a poem

c)

The beat or pace of a poem

11.

What formula/acronym do we use to write body paragraphs in our essays?

(a)  

12.

What do we call the author’s attitude/feelings towards the subject?

a)

Rhyme

b)

Tone

c)

Theme

d)

Thesis

13.

A comparison between two unlike objects WITHOUT using like or as:

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Tone

d)

Alliteration

14.

What is a short sentence that contains only a subject and verb?

a)

Compound complex sentence

b)

Complex sentence

c)

Compound sentence

d)

Simple sentence

15.

A compound sentence is two sentences connected by one of these... (hint, its a long acronym)

(a)  

16.

What is it called when the author reveals details about who a character is without explicitly saying it?

a)

Direct characterization

b)

Didactic storytelling

c)

Indirect characterization

d)

Dynamic characterization