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ELA Final 8 Wagner

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you use a semicolon for?

a)

Because Semicolons are fun to use

b)

to connect independent clauses

c)

to connect run on sentences

d)

To show the end of a sentence

2.

How many uses are there for a comma?

a)

10

b)

3

c)

8

d)

4

3.

What is a colon used for?

a)

To introduce a list

b)

for quotations

c)

for explanations

d)

to separate adjectives

4.

What two things are necessary to create a sentence?

a)

Adjective

b)

Subject

c)

Predicate

d)

Adverbs

5.

Where did our language develop from?

a)

England

b)

Greece

c)

France

d)

Latin

6.

What is the root word?

a)

The beginning of the word

b)

The base meaning of the word.

c)

The end of the word

d)

The tree it describes

7.

What are two types of affixes?

a)

Prefixes

b)

Needfixes

c)

Suffixes

d)

Tuffixes

8.

Which one of these is NOT a part of speech?

a)

Pronoun

b)

Intervention

c)

Preposition

d)

Declaration

9.

What is the exposition of a story?

a)

The most intense point of the story.

b)

Introduction of the characters and setting

c)

The end result of the story.

d)

The actions that builds to the most intense part of the story.

10.

Which one is NOT a part of the five points of a plot mountain?

a)

Falling Action

b)

Climax

c)

Exposition

d)

Character Development

11.

What pronouns are used with First Person Point of View?

a)

She, He, They

b)

I, Me, My

c)

You, Your

d)

All Knowing

12.

What pronouns are used with Third Person Point of View?

a)

She, He, They

b)

I, Me, My

c)

You, Your

d)

All Knowing

13.

Which pronouns are used with Second Person Point of View?

a)

She, He, They

b)

I, Me, My

c)

You, Your

d)

All Knowing

14.

What is Third Omniscient Point of View?

a)

She, He, They

b)

I, Me, My

c)

You, Your

d)

All Knowing

15.

What is Character Motivation?

a)

WHY a character does something

b)

HOW a character does something

c)

WHEN a character does something

d)

WHERE a character does something

16.

How is character developed?

a)

The author describes them

b)

They change their wardrobe

c)

They go through challenging events in a story

d)

They takes classes

17.

Which is NOT a way a character is developed?

a)

Static

b)

Round

c)

Flat

d)

Square

18.

Which is FLAT character development?

a)

dramatic change in character

b)

Character has one trait

c)

Character has many traits

d)

No Change in character

19.

What is STATIC character development?

a)

Dramatic change in character

b)

Character has one trait

c)

Character has many traits

d)

No change in character

20.

What is DYNAMIC character development?

a)

The character has dramatic change

b)

The character has one trait

c)

The character has many traits

d)

The character has no change

21.

What is ROUND character development?

a)

The character has dramatic change

b)

The character has one trait

c)

The character has many traits

d)

The character has no change

22.

What is an idiom?

a)

Comparison of two things

b)

An unintelligent statement

c)

A well know phrase

d)

reference to a well know event or person

23.

What is imagery?

a)

sound words

b)

a comparison of two things

c)

a well known phrase

d)

Applies to the senses to create a picture

24.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A comparison using like or as

b)

a comparison that does NOT use like or as

c)

applies to the senses to paint a picture

d)

a well know phrase

25.

How many lines does a couplet have per stanza?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

9

d)

3

26.

What is the grouping of lines in a poem called?

a)

Couplet

b)

Stanza

c)

Lines

d)

Rhyme Scheme

27.

What is a single verse of poetry called?

a)

Couplet

b)

Stanza

c)

Line

d)

Rhyme Scheme

28.

Who is Elie Wiesel?

a)

Protagonist of Night

b)

Author of The Raven

c)

Author of Night

d)

Antagonist of Night

29.

What is anti-Semitism?

a)

The opposite of a positive statement.

b)

The hatred and ill-treatment of Jewish people.

c)

A religious holiday

d)

A political party

30.

Who wrote the speech, "On Women's Right to Vote"?

a)

Nellie Bly

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Mrs. Caponi

d)

Susan B. Anthony

31.

What does the term Suffrage refer to?

a)

A stuffing dish served for dinner

b)

Someone who has fallen on bad times

c)

The women's fight to get the right to vote

d)

Child labor laws

32.

What perspective is Night written in?

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person

d)

All Knowing

33.

Which are part of the setting in Night?

a)

1940's

b)

During WWII

c)

Concentration Camps

d)

All are part of the setting of Night

34.

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

16th

c)

17th

d)

19th

35.

Where did Nellie Bly live undercover to write her expose?

a)

The Zoo

b)

Insane Asylum

c)

Cookie baking factory

d)

Hospital

36.

Who are the main characters in Flowers for Algernon?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Charlie Gordon

c)

Algernon

d)

Miss Kinnian

37.

How is Charlie Gordon developed?

Select 2 correct answers

a)

He undergoes a surgery and the readers follow with his progress after.

b)

He is a static character

c)

He travels around the world

d)

He is a dynamic Character

38.

What is the climax in Flowers for Algernon?

a)

Charlie Gordon has the surgery

b)

Charlie's relationship with Miss Kinnian changes

c)

Algernon bites Charlie

d)

Charlie quits his job

39.

What is the resolution in the story Flowers for Algernon?

a)

Charlie finds out he will start declining

b)

Charlie moves in with Miss Kinnian

c)

Charlie leaves New York

d)

Charlie becomes a professor at the college.

40.

What is a theme of Flowers for Algernon?

a)

Money makes the world go around.

b)

Power is purposeful

c)

Everyone should be treated equally.

d)

Slow and steady wins the race.

41.

What is an Infinitive?

a)

a word that describes a noun

b)

a verb that ends

in -ing and serves as a noun

c)

a verb ending in -ed and -ing that works as an adjective or adverb

d)

to + verb

42.

What is a gerund?

a)

a word that describes a noun

b)

a verb that ends in

-ing and serves as a noun

c)

a verb that ends in

-ed or -ing that works as an adjective or adverb

d)

to + verb

43.

What is a participle?

a)

a word that describes a noun

b)

a verb that ends in

-ing and serves as a noun

c)

a verb that ends in

-ed or -ing that works as an adjective or adverb

d)

to + verb

44.

What did Persephone eat to be trapped in the underworld?

a)

a burger

b)

an apple

c)

a pomegranate

d)

grapes

45.

What was Persephone picking when she was kidnapped?

a)

Apples

b)

flowers

c)

vegetables

d)

a fight

46.

What was Persephone missing the most in the underworld?

a)

Sunshine

b)

Colors

c)

Her maids

d)

Flowers

47.

What is the art of speaking?

a)

rhetoric

b)

Ethos

c)

pathos

d)

logos

48.

What is Ethos?

a)

Appealing to someone's emotions

b)

using ethics, credibility, trust

c)

Using logic and facts

d)

saying, "because I said so."

49.

What is Pathos?

a)

Using emotions

b)

using ethics, credibility, trust

c)

using logic and facts

d)

the art of speaking

50.

What is Logos?

a)

Using emotions

b)

Using Ethics, credibility, and trust

c)

Using logic and facts

d)

the art of speaking

51.

What is a logical fallacy?

a)

A correct reasoning

b)

A mistake in reasoning

c)

A fairy tale

d)

A way to make a good, solid argument

52.

What is an example of a logical fallacy?

a)

Citing sources

b)

Using facts

c)

Bandwagon

d)

appealing to logic

53.

What is an inciting incident in a story?

a)

The was the story ends

b)

The turning point of the plot

c)

The event that starts the story

d)

Comparing two things using like or as

54.

What is an allegory?

a)

a factual recount of events

b)

a poem

c)

mythology

d)

A story that symbolizes something else

55.

What is the term for something that represents something else?

a)

Logos

b)

Noun

c)

Symbolism

d)

Imagery

56.

What is a motif?

a)

A repeated idea

b)

symbolism

c)

the setting of a story

d)

the climax of a story

57.

What is a narrator?

a)

The person who reveals the story

b)

The person who writes the story

58.

Who is the author?

a)

The person who reads the story

b)

The person who writes the story.

59.

What is the author's attitude towards a subject?

a)

Plot

b)

Setting

c)

Tone

d)

Mood

60.

What is the term for how the reader feels while reading a piece?

a)

Plot

b)

Setting

c)

Tone

d)

Mood