Drama/Narrative
Which is NOT an element of a narrative's plot?
A) exposition;
B) rising action;
C) climax;
D) hyperbole;
E) resolution
What is D?
Select the sentence that uses an oxymoron.
A) The students were very confused about their assignment.
B) Our game was cancelled because of the tornado warning.
C) My mom looks like the living dead when she wakes up.
D) Please put your cell phone away!
What is C?
Choose the correct word: (to, too, two) I ate ________________ much spaghetti.
What is too.
Which is correct?
A) The mistake is ours.
B) The mistake is our's.
C) The mistake is hours.
What is A?
The mistake is ours.
Write the vocabulary term for the following defintion:
An author's attitude toward the topic of the work, which is displayed through the language used.
What is tone?
Select the list of terms that goes from largest to smallest.
A) act; play; line; scene
B) play; scene; act; line
C) act; scene; line; play
D) play; act; scene; line
What is D?
Which sentence does not use personification?
A) Her grandmother loves her so much because she is as pretty as a flower.
B) The trees waved hello to us with their long, leafy branches as we walked past.
C) The tornado sirens screamed into the night, warning everyone to stay inside.
What is A?
Choose the 2 correct words: (hear, here) and (your, you're)
Please place your tests ________________ when ____________ done.
What is here; you're?
Which is correct?
A) The children's school is on St. Mary's Street.
B) The childrens' school is on St. Mary's Street.
What is A?
The children's school is on St. Mary's Street.
Write 3 pronouns that would tell you an author is writing from 1st person point of view.
What is I, me, my, we, our, or us?
Select the correct order of events on a plot line:
A) exposition; rising action; climax; falling action; resolution
B) rising action; climax; falling action; resolution; exposition
C) exposition; climax; rising action; falling action; resolution
D) rising action; falling action; exposition; climax; resolution
What is A?
Select the sentence that uses a metaphor:
A) The birds sang beautiful songs to me when I woke up this morning.
B) When I woke up this morning, the birds were singing like a choir.
C) A choir of birds sang to me when I woke up this morning.
D) Birds are terrible singers. I hate choirs too.
What is C?
Choose the correct words: (principle, principal; their, there, they're)
Mr. Mares is the __________________ of _________ school.
What is principal; their?
Which is correct?
A) No one in the class studied for their test.
B) No one in the class studied for there test.
C) No one in the class studied for his or her test.
What is C?
No one in the class studied for his or her test.
What pronouns would indicate that an author is writing from second person point-of-view?
A) I, me, my
B) you, your
C) we, us, our
D) he, she, him, her
What is B?
Select the protagonist(s) from Romeo and Juliet.
A) Lord Montague and Lord Capulet
B) Romeo
C) Juliet
D) Tybalt
E) B and C
What is E?
Write the vocabulary term for the following defintion:
A reference to a person, place, event, literary work, song, etc.
**this is NOT on your vocabulary sheet, but we talked about it a lot with the speech unit
What is allusion?
Choose the correct words (sense, since; its, it's; quiet, quite)
_________ we've been getting ready for testing, ____ been ________________ a busy week.
What is since; it's; quite?
Which is correct?
A) Each of the girls must carry her own books.
B) Each of the girls must carry their own books.
C) Each of the girls must carry its own books.
What is A?
Each of the girls must carry her own books
Which statement is objective?
A) Reeses are the best candy.
B) It should be illegal to throw away perfectly good food.
C) There are more than 82,000 students enrolled in MNPS.
D) Steven Avery (from "Making a Murderer") has been treated fairly since his conviction.
What is C?
Select the antagonist(s) from Romeo and Juliet.
A) Lord Montague and Lord Capulet
B) Romeo
C) Juliet
D) Tybalt
E) B and C
What is D) Tybalt?
Write the vocabulary term for the following defintion:
A long speech in which a character is alone on the stage and expresses his/her thoughts and feelings
Hint: this is NOT on your vocabulary sheet. It is a term we studied while reading Romeo and Juliet.
What is soliloquy?
Choose the correct word: (affects, effects; your, you're)
What are the _________ of _______ medicine?
What is effects; your?
Which is correct?
A) I wanted to eat breakfast but, the bus came too early.
B) I wanted to eat breakfast, but the bus came too early.
C) I wanted to eat breakfast but the bus came too early.
What is B?
I wanted to eat breakfast, but the bus came too early.
Which statement is subjective?
A) In 2015, there were nearly 1.1 million doctors of medicine all over the United States.
B) Many doctors are specialists who are especially well-trained in certain areas of medicine.
C) Doctors have the most important job of anyone in modern society.
What is C?
C) Doctors have the most important job of anyone in modern society.