10th Grade Final Exam Review

Literary Definitions

100

This literary term describes a central message throughout a narrative. 

What is theme?

200

This literary definition describes the author's attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work.

What is tone?

300

This literary device is the use of any person, situation, or object to represent an idea of some sort.

What is symbolism?

400

This literary device is the comparison of one thing to another thing using "like" or "as."

What is simile?

500

This literary device is the close placement of contrasting ideas, images, or entities, with the intent of highlighting the contrast between those entities.

What is juxtaposition? 

Writing Definitions

100

(Poe 7) is an example of what?

What is a citation?

200

This is typically the last sentence in an introduction paragraph.

What is a thesis statement?

300

A person uses citations to avoid this.

What is plagiarism? 

400

This is another name for a very short story, sometimes used as the hook for an essay.

What is an anecdote? 

500

This part of your body paragraph is necessary before giving evidence from the text. 

What is context?

Literary Devices in Texts

100

The idea that one may struggle to preserve childhood innocence is considered one of the central ________ in The Catcher in the Rye. 

What is themes?

200

In "Annabel Lee", the wind killing the titular character is an example of person vs. _______ conflict.

What is nature? 

300

This is the genre of Night.

What is a memoir? 

400

In The Catcher in the Rye, the hunting hat is a prominent __________ that represents Holden's isolation from his peers. 

What is symbol?

500

In Night, when Elie Wiesel says that Akiba Drumer should have believed in God in order to survive, this is an example of _____________. 

What is verbal irony? 

Little of This, Little of That

100

This is a page that goes after an essay (e.g. a research essay) that cites one's sources. 

What is work cited?

200

In Twelve Angry Men, Juror 3 deciding to vote "not guilty" is an example of the _________ of a story. 

What is resolution?

300

George finding his wallet in The Veldt is an example of ___________ because it hints that he will later die in the story. 

What is foreshadowing? 

400

When punctuating a quote, the period goes here.

What is at the end of the citation? 

500

When mentioning the title of a work by Edgar Allan Poe, this is how you must format it. 

What are quotation marks?

MLA Format

100

This is the type of font used in an MLA formatted essay.

What is Times New Roman?

200

This is the correct font size of an MLA formatted paper.

What is size 12?

300

This technique signals a new paragraph in an MLA formatted paper.

What is indenting? 

400

This is how your work cited entries should be organized.

What is alphabetically? 

500

This is the correct order/formatting for the date in an MLA header.

What is day, month, year?