Fiction
Fiction is made of what four parts?
a. Plot, evidence, setting, reasoning
b. Plot, character, setting, theme
c. Claim, evidence, reasoning, main idea
d. Claim, character, evidence, theme
b. Plot, character, setting, theme
The two different types of informational text are:
a. Literary and functional
b. Expository and informational
c. Realistic and historical
d. Science and fantasy
a. Literary and functional
a. rhyme, meter
b. form, stanza
c. line, stanza
d. rhyme, line
c. line, stanza
What is the figurative language in the following sentence?
Her hair was waving hello to strangers as it danced in the wind.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. idiom
d. personification
d. personification
_ is to determine the value or significance of something.
a. synthesize
b. analyze
c. infer
d. evaluate
d. evaluate
a. change, stay the same
b. stay the same, change
a. change, stay the same
List two different types of text features.
(Answers may include) Bold print, italics, title, heading, glossary, index, pictures, illustrations
____ is the rhythm of a poem with accented and unaccented syllables (hint: water doesn't have the same accents as remind)
a. line
b. meter
c. stanza
d. form
b. meter
What is the figurative language used in the following sentence?
We need to go back to the drawing board. The plan just isn't going to work for us.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. idiom
d. idiom
___ is to explain the main points.
a. compare
b. contrast
c. analyze
d. summarize
d. summarize
In the book The Outsiders, one of the most exciting parts was the church burning while Pony and Johnny saved the kids. This part of the plot is known as the _____.
a. exposition
b. rising action
c. climax
d. falling action
c. climax
What type of text structure involves listing events or procedures in a specific order?
a. Cause/Effect
b. Problem/Solution
c. Chronological
d. Description
c. Chronological
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?
There once was a man from Peru
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe
He woke with a fright
In the middle of the night
To see that his dream had come true
a. aaaaa
b. ababa
c. abcde
d. aabba
d. aabba
What is the meaning of the following word in context?
Suzie’s mother taught her to never let anyone degrade her, so now she demands respect in all of her relationships.
a. make fun of or belittle
b. enlighten
c. acknowledge
d. ignore
a. make fun of or belittle
____ is to show right or reasonable.
a. justify
b. discuss
c. interpret
d. illustrate
a. justify
What is the mood of the following piece:
Mr Wonka was standing all alone just inside the open gates of the factory. And what an extraordinary little man he was! He had a black top hat on his head. He wore a tail coat made of a beautiful plum-coloured velvet. His trousers were bottle green. His gloves were pearly grey. And in one hand he carried a fine gold-topped walking cane. Covering his chin, there was a small, neat, pointed black beard -- a goatee. And his eyes -- his eyes were most marvellously bright. They seemed to be sparkling and twinkling at you all the time.
a. terrified
b. confused
c. vengeful
d. bewildered
d. bewildered
If a piece of evidence used in an essay uses strong, emotional language, projects mainly the author's opinion, and uses sources that have bias, then this would be an example of ______ evidence.
a. strong
b. weak
b. weak
What type of poem is the following excerpt?
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
a. couplet
b. quatrain
c. tercet
d. haiku
b. quatrain
What is the meaning of the following word in the sentence?
It is difficult to forgive someone who has hurt you, even if that person is penitent and expresses regret for their decisions.
a. joyful
b. confused
c. feeling guilty
d. angry
c. feeling guilty
____ is to present the subject at hand in understandable terms.
a. summarize
b. interpret
c. contrast
d. synthesize
b. interpret
What is the theme of To Kill a Mockingbird?
a. It's a sin to kill a mockingbird
b. It is wrong to harm those who are innocent and pure
c. Live life to the fullest
d. Poverty and prejudice
b. It is wrong to harm those who are innocent and pure
What is the best way to determine the main idea of a passage?
a. Read the first and last paragraph
b. Skim the passage for unknown words
c. Look at the subheadings of the article
d. Gather supporting details from each of the paragraphs to help comprehend the entire passage
d. Gather supporting details from each of the paragraphs to help comprehend the entire passage
What is the theme for The Road Not Taken?
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
a. We are met with difficult decisions in life, and it is important to justify your decisions
b. Roads are meant to be traveled twice.
c. Decisions are left to chance.
d. The speaker is traveling along two roads and must determine which is more suitable.
a. We are met with difficult decisions in life, and it is important to justify your decisions
What is the definition of the following word based on the context in the sentence?
Jane could have easily offended Bertha when she informed her that the dress did not fit her well, but Jane used tact and consideration when choosing her words, so Bertha understood without being hurt.
a. To use words with extreme disregard
b. To use words with careful use based on other's feelings
c. To use words based on strong emotion
d. To use words to insult others
b. To use words with careful use based on other's feelings
____ is to present a detailed argument or presentation of something.
a. discuss
b. interpret
c. infer
d. sequence
a. discuss