WorksheetsEnglish 1-Semester Exam
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which word means "a long speech by one actor in a play"?
a)
monologue
b)
script
c)
cast of characters
d)
narrator
e)
setting
2.
Which word means "the words said by the characters"?
a)
dialogue
b)
script
c)
cast of characters
d)
narrator
e)
setting
3.
Which word means "the text of a play"?
a)
script
b)
cast of characters
c)
narrator
d)
setting
e)
act
4.
Which word means "the person who tells what happens during a play"?
a)
narrator
b)
script
c)
cast of characters
d)
setting
e)
act
5.
Which word means "the action that takes place in a single setting"?
a)
scene
b)
script
c)
cast of characters
d)
narrator
e)
setting
6.
Which word means "the time and place in a play"?
a)
setting
b)
script
c)
cast of characters
d)
narrator
e)
act
7.
Which word means "a chapter in a play that contains more than one scene"?
a)
act
b)
script
c)
cast of characters
d)
narrator
e)
setting
8.
Which word means "all of the characters, usually portrayed by actors"?
a)
cast of characters
b)
script
c)
narrator
d)
setting
e)
act
9.
Which word means "written instructions telling the actors what to do"?
a)
stage directions
b)
script
c)
cast of characters
d)
narrator
e)
setting
10.
Which word means "a person who writes plays"?
a)
playwrite
b)
script
c)
cast of characters
d)
narrator
e)
setting
11.
Which word means "a change of subject or expression of enlightenment"?
a)
volta
b)
sonnet
c)
iambic pentameter
d)
Italian sonnet
e)
English sonnet
12.
Which word means "a type of sonnet that ends in a rhyming couplet"?
a)
English sonnet
b)
sonnet
c)
iambic pentameter
d)
Italian sonnet
e)
paradox
13.
Which word means "a lyric form of poetry that has 14 lines"?
a)
sonnet
b)
iambic pentameter
c)
Italian sonnet
d)
English sonnet
e)
paradox
14.
Which word means "a statement that seems contradictory or absurd but may be true"?
a)
paradox
b)
sonnet
c)
iambic pentameter
d)
Italian sonnet
e)
English sonnet
15.
Which word means "a type of sonnet that has an octave followed by a sestet"?
a)
Italian sonnet
b)
sonnet
c)
iambic pentameter
d)
English sonnet
e)
paradox
16.
Which word means "a poetic device where one talks to inanimate objects"?
a)
apostrophe
b)
sonnet
c)
iambic pentameter
d)
Italian sonnet
e)
English sonnet
17.
Which word means "5 pairs of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry"?
a)
iambic pentameter
b)
sonnet
c)
Italian sonnet
d)
English sonnet
e)
paradox
18.
Which word means "the force or character opposing the main character"?
a)
antagonist
b)
character
c)
protagonist
d)
indirect characterization
e)
direct characterization
19.
Which word means "a person (or sometimes an animal) who takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work"?
a)
character
b)
protagonist
c)
antagonist
d)
indirect characterization
e)
direct characterization
20.
Which word means "the central idea, message, or purpose in a short story"?
a)
theme
b)
character
c)
protagonist
d)
antagonist
e)
indirect characterization
21.
Which word means "how the author describes a character"?
a)
direct characterization
b)
character
c)
protagonist
d)
antagonist
e)
indirect characterization
22.
Which word means "the main character"?
a)
protagonist
b)
character
c)
antagonist
d)
indirect characterization
e)
direct characterization
23.
Which word means "any of the problems that a character encounters in a story"?
a)
conflict
b)
character
c)
protagonist
d)
antagonist
e)
indirect characterization
24.
Which word means "when the author infers or shows the reader what the character's personality is like through looks, speech, actions, relationships, or thoughts"?
a)
indirect characterization
b)
character
c)
protagonist
d)
antagonist
e)
direct characterization
25.
Which word means "the conclusion of the plot"?
a)
resolution
b)
external conflict
c)
internal conflict
d)
plot
e)
exposition
26.
Which word means "a series of event and character actions that relate to the central conflict"?
a)
plot
b)
external conflict
c)
internal conflict
d)
exposition
e)
rising action
27.
Which word means "the turning point in a story"?
a)
climax
b)
external conflict
c)
internal conflict
d)
plot
e)
exposition
28.
Which word means "conflict inside oneself"?
a)
internal conflict
b)
external conflict
c)
plot
d)
exposition
e)
rising action
29.
Which word means "part of a plot where the reader is introduced to the conflict(s)"?
a)
rising action
b)
external conflict
c)
internal conflict
d)
plot
e)
exposition
30.
Which word means "the actions that occur in a story after its turning point but before its conclusion"?
a)
falling action
b)
external conflict
c)
internal conflict
d)
plot
e)
exposition
31.
Which word means "conflict with others"?
a)
external conflict
b)
internal conflict
c)
plot
d)
exposition
e)
rising action
32.
Which word means "the background information that the reader must have in order to understand the story"?
a)
exposition
b)
external conflict
c)
internal conflict
d)
plot
e)
rising action
33.
Which word means "a thing which stands for or represents something else"?
a)
symbolism
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
hyperbole
e)
metaphor
34.
Which word means "a direct comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common"?
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
hyperbole
e)
onomatopoeia
35.
Which word means "words used to stimulate the five senses"?
a)
imagery
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
hyperbole
e)
metaphor
36.
Which word means "when a part of something represents the whole thing"?
a)
synecdoche
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
hyperbole
e)
metaphor
37.
Which word means "a figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities"?
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
hyperbole
e)
metaphor
38.
Which word means "the repetition of an initial consonant sound"?
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
e)
onomatopoeia
39.
Which word means "a figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory terms appear side by side"?
a)
oxymoron
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
hyperbole
e)
metaphor
40.
Which word means "a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words"?
a)
pun
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
hyperbole
e)
metaphor
41.
Which word means "an extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect"?
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
metaphor
e)
onomatopoeia
42.
Which word means "a stated comparison using 'like' or 'as' between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common"?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
hyperbole
e)
metaphor
43.
Which word means "identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words"?
a)
assonance
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
e)
onomatopoeia
44.
Which word means "the formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to"?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
hyperbole
e)
metaphor
45.
Which word means "a character that the audience does not like or believe deserves empathy"?
a)
unsympathetic character
b)
verbal irony
c)
situational irony
d)
dramatic irony
e)
allegory
46.
Which word means "when there is a contrast between what we expect to happen and what really does take place"?
a)
situational irony
b)
verbal irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
allegory
e)
sympathetic character
47.
Which word means "a character that is trustworthy, honest, and objective"?
a)
reliable character
b)
verbal irony
c)
situational irony
d)
dramatic irony
e)
allegory
48.
Which word means "a narrative work with two levels of meaning: the literal (obvious) and the symbolic"?
a)
allegory
b)
verbal irony
c)
situational irony
d)
dramatic irony
e)
sympathetic character
49.
Which word means "when the writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different"?
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
allegory
e)
sympathetic character
50.
Which word means "a character that the audience/reader is invested in, feels empathy for, or cares about"?
a)
sympathetic character
b)
verbal irony
c)
situational irony
d)
dramatic irony
e)
allegory
51.
Which word means "when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know"?
a)
dramatic irony
b)
verbal irony
c)
situational irony
d)
allegory
e)
sympathetic character
52.
Which word means "a group of words with a subject and predicate"?
a)
clause
b)
simple sentence
c)
compound sentence
d)
complex sentence
e)
compound-complex sentence
53.
Which word means "a sentence that contains one independent clause"?
a)
simple sentence
b)
compound sentence
c)
complex sentence
d)
compound-complex sentence
e)
clause
54.
Which word means "a clause that can stand on its own"?
a)
independent clause
b)
simple sentence
c)
compound sentence
d)
complex sentence
e)
compound-complex sentence
55.
Which word means "a sentence that is made up of two independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction"?
a)
compound sentence
b)
simple sentence
c)
complex sentence
d)
compound-complex sentence
e)
clause
56.
Which word means "a sentence that is made up of two independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction AND at least one dependent clause"?
a)
compound-complex sentence
b)
simple sentence
c)
compound sentence
d)
complex sentence
e)
clause
57.
Which word means "a clause that cannot stand on its own"?
a)
dependent clause
b)
simple sentence
c)
compound sentence
d)
complex sentence
e)
compound-complex sentence
58.
Which word means "a sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause"?
a)
complex sentence
b)
simple sentence
c)
compound sentence
d)
compound-complex sentence
e)
clause
59.
Which word means "when a character can be seen by the audience but not by other actors onstage"?
a)
concealment
b)
tragedy
c)
comedy
d)
tragic flaw
e)
aside
60.
Which word means "when a character makes a decision that leads to his or her downfall"?
a)
tragedy
b)
comedy
c)
tragic flaw
d)
concealment
e)
aside
61.
Which word means "when a character speaks directly to the audience without being heard by other characters on stage"?
a)
aside
b)
tragedy
c)
comedy
d)
tragic flaw
e)
concealment
62.
Which word means "when a character's decision leads to his or her extended happiness"?
a)
comedy
b)
tragedy
c)
tragic flaw
d)
concealment
e)
aside
63.
Which word means "a trait in a character that is a serious fault"?
a)
tragic flaw
b)
tragedy
c)
comedy
d)
concealment
e)
aside
64.
Which word means "when a character speaks his or her thoughts out loud, usually alone onstage"?
a)
soliloquy
b)
tragedy
c)
comedy
d)
tragic flaw
e)
concealment
65.
She sells seashells down by the seashore.
a)
alliteration
b)
volta
c)
simile
d)
paradox
66.
“I really wanted a camouflage shirt, but I couldn’t find one” is an example of this literary device.
a)
Pun
b)
Allusion
c)
Idiom
d)
Satire
67.
“I am so hungry I could eat a horse” is an example of this. → Metaphor
a)
True
b)
False
68.
Man vs. Nature is an example of this. → Theme
a)
True
b)
False
69.
What is the following an example of: "Jumpstart my heart quicker than a shock when I get shocked at the hospital by the doctor when I'm not cooperating when I'm rocking the table while he's operating" (Eminem)?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Synecdoche
c)
Assonance
d)
Pun
70.
What is the following an example of: "Can't you hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom bass" (Nicki Minaj)?
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Symbolism
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Pun
71.
What is the following an example of: "You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard calling me out when I'm wounded" (Taylor Swift)?
a)
Personification
b)
Imagery
c)
Simile
d)
Pun
72.
Which of the following would NOT be an example of a story's setting?
a)
Seven o'clock on the dot
b)
He looked at her like she ruled his heart
c)
New York, concrete jungle
d)
I followed the footprints in the snow
73.
What type of irony is this example: You walk into your least favorite class and tell your friend "I love this class!"
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
74.
What type of irony is this example: As you are walking down the hallway at school, you see a pencil but you don't pick it up. When you get to class, you can't find your pencil and need one.
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
75.
Which of the following is the correct RHYME SCHEME for a Shakespearean (English) sonnet?
a)
abab bcbc cdcd ee
b)
abba cddc efg efg
c)
abab cdcd efef gg
d)
None of the above
76.
If a story doesn't have a clear resolution, what kind of ending does the story have?
a)
Low Resolution
b)
Happily Ever After
c)
But Wait, There's More
d)
Cliff Hanger
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