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English III Test 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In literature, this is the central idea, message, or underlying meaning of a story that offers insight into life, humanity, or society. Most ____ are not stated; readers must infer them by looking...

a)

theme

b)

character

c)

plot

d)

setting

2.

A person, creature, or other being within a narrative who possesses a combination of moral, intellectual, and emotional qualities, along with specific traits and actions that define them

a)

theme

b)

charater

c)

plot

d)

setting

3.

The series of events in a story that typically revolves around a central conflict faced by the main character

a)

theme

b)

character

c)

plot

d)

setting

4.

The time and place of a story

a)

theme

b)

character

c)

plot

d)

setting

5.

The introduction of the story, where the author establishes the setting (time and place), introduces the characters, and presents the initial conflict

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

6.

The part of the story where events and complications begin to build. This is where the conflict develops and suspense increases, drawing the reader towards the climax

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

falling action

7.

The high point of the conflict and the story's most intense or dramatic moment. The central turning point for the main character occurs during this

a)

rising action

b)

climax

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

8.

The sequence of events that follows the climax. In this stage, the action winds down as the story moves forward

a)

rising action

b)

exposition

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

9.

The final outcome of the plot, where the main conflict is resolved and any remaining loose ends are tied up

a)

exposition

b)

climax

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

10.

A story is a simple chronological serios of events.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

A literary device that interrupts the chronological order of a story to present a scene or event that occurred in the past. This technique provides the reader with essential background information.

a)

flashback

b)

flashforward

12.

A narrative technique that temporarily interrupts the chronological flow of a story to present a scene or event that will occur in the future. This device contrasts with a flashback, which goes back...

a)

flashback

b)

flash forward

13.

Pure or unspoiled

a)

pristine

b)

supplant

c)

protrude

d)

provision

14.

To take the place of

a)

pristine

b)

supplant

c)

protrude

d)

distinction

15.

To stick out or bulge

a)

protrude

b)

supplant

c)

pristine

d)

discord

16.

A needed item, a food supply

a)

distinction

b)

provision

c)

discord

d)

cede

17.

Disagreement or conflict

a)

cede

b)

provision

c)

distinction

d)

discord

18.

A difference in quality

a)

pristine

b)

discord

c)

provision

d)

distinction

19.

To yield or give way

a)

distinction

b)

provision

c)

cede

d)

supplant

20.

Hints and information an author provides in a text to help readers figure out the meaning of an unknown word...

a)

monologue

b)

theme

c)

context clues

d)

verb tense