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WorksheetsUnit 2 Review - Midpoint
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 16mins
Tone can best be described as
How the audience feels about the text
How the author feels about the text
The vibes of a text
The critical reception of a literary text
What is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of sentence 3?
Therefore
Whereas
For instance
Yet
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!"
verbal irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
Which of the following sentences contains a simile?
She was a gazelle
She ran faster than a gazelle
A gazelle couldn't run faster than she did
She was as graceful as a gazelle
What is a hyperbole?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.
An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.
an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.
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
We tend to believe our own culture is superior.
We tend to believe other cultures are superior to our own.
Which answer most closely matches the author's purpose in My Grandmother Washes Her Feet...?
To inform about Muslim religious customs
To entertain us with a story of a time she was embarrassed by her grandmother
To explain the importance of having ablution stations available in department stores
To share a time when she was caught in a conflict between the two cultures she is a part of
Why was Jacki Jing bothered by the article?
She does not enjoy reading about basketball.
The article said volleyball was much easier to master than basketball.
She felt the article should have been about her favorite volleyball team.
