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Unit 2 Review - Midpoint

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 16mins

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Class
Date
1.

Tone can best be described as

a)

How the audience feels about the text

b)

How the author feels about the text

c)

The vibes of a text

d)

The critical reception of a literary text

2.

What is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of sentence 3?

a)

Therefore

b)

Whereas

c)

For instance

d)

Yet

3.
Which of the following IS NOT a THEME of "The Necklace"?
a)
Be happy with what you have. 
b)
Be honest and tell the truth.
c)
If you borrow something, take care of it.
d)
Rich people shouldn't share what they have with anyone.
4.

Julia arrived late to meet Carey for lunch. "I'm sorry," said Julia. "Were you waiting long?" - Carey replied, "Oh, not that long. I had time to finish reading my book, write thank you letters for all of my birthday presents, and memorized a poem. Not long at all!"

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irony

5.
a)
Sarcasm
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Parody
d)
Dramatic Irony
6.

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

a)

She was a gazelle

b)

She ran faster than a gazelle

c)

A gazelle couldn't run faster than she did

d)

She was as graceful as a gazelle

7.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

A comparison using "like" or "as".

b)

A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

c)

An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

d)

an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

8.
"The brazen boy laughed defiantly at the corpse in the casket."
a)
assonance
b)
alliteration 
c)
analogy 
d)
personification 
9.

What is most likely a theme of these lines (stanzas 3-4)?

My grandmother knows one culture—the right one,

as do these matrons of the Middle West. For them,
my grandmother might as well have been squatting
in the mud over a rusty tin in vaguely tropical squalor

a)

We tend to believe our own culture is superior.

b)

We tend to believe other cultures are superior to our own.

10.

Which answer most closely matches the author's purpose in My Grandmother Washes Her Feet...?

a)

To inform about Muslim religious customs

b)

To entertain us with a story of a time she was embarrassed by her grandmother

c)

To explain the importance of having ablution stations available in department stores

d)

To share a time when she was caught in a conflict between the two cultures she is a part of

11.

Why was Jacki Jing bothered by the article?

a)

She does not enjoy reading about basketball.

b)

The article said volleyball was much easier to master than basketball.

c)

She felt the article should have been about her favorite volleyball team.