Writer's Craft
#1
What is imagery?
A) A style of writing used by poets and authors of fiction
B) Language that appeals to one of our senses, such as sight
C) The writer’s basic idea for the plot of a story
D) A type of poetry that focuses on description
B) Language that appeals to one of our senses, such as sight
#1
What is the subject of a story?
A) What the story is about
B) The reason the author wrote the story
C) Where the story takes place
D) The structure of the story
A) What the story is about
#2
Which happened first in the story?
A) Bao fined everyone.
B) The people all laughed.
C) Bao saw the commotion.
D) Wong Lin sold all his fritters.
D) Wong Lin sold all his fritters.
#4
A story is described as historical fiction if —
A) the characters learn from their past experiences
B) it is based on real people or events from the past
C) the writer lived many years ago
D) the action takes place over the course of many years
B) it is based on real people or events from the past
#1
A story’s main character is the —
A) first character to appear in the story
B) same person as the author of the story
C) most important character in the story
D) character whom readers like the most
C) most important character in the story
#3
Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?
A) That car is a dinosaur.
B) Gail used to be a ballet dancer.
C) Both dogs have floppy ears.
D) Yesterday was sunnier than today
D) Yesterday was sunnier than today
#2
The sequence of events in a story is called the —
A) plan of action
B) plot
C) script
D) chapter
B) plot
#3
After his money was stolen, Wong Lin was probably less—
A) honest
B) polite
C) trusting
D) helpful
C) trusting
#9
What is a prefix?
A) The part of a word that carries its core meaning
B) A word part added to the beginning of a word
C) The main definition of a word
D) The original Latin form of a word
B) A word part added to the beginning of a word
#2
The plot of a story is the —
A) author’s reason for writing the story
B) moment when a character makes a discovery
C) series of events in the story
D) main idea of the story
C) series of events in the story
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
#5
What is figurative language?
A) Words that describe technical subjects
B) Words borrowed from another world language
C) Phrases used to describe people
D) Words or phrases that are not meant to be taken literally
D) Words or phrases that are not meant to be taken literally
#4
An ancient story might contain themes that apply to readers today because —
A) someone from the present wrote the story
B) people from various parts of the world hold different beliefs
C) the story was written in a language that is still used today
D) people throughout the ages have had many of the same ideas about life
D) people throughout the ages have had many of the same ideas about life
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
#4
Why did Bao order his servants to take the stone to court?
A) He truly believed the stone was the thief.
B) He had a plan to find out who took the money.
C) He didn’t care about Wong Lin and was making a joke.
D) He was testing to see whether his servants would do whatever he said.
B) He had a plan to find out who took the money.
#7
When you are seeking a job, you are often asked to fill out a(n) —
A) survey
B) report
C) application
D) autobiography
C) application
#3
The conflict in a story refers to —
A) the reader’s uncertainty about what will happen next
B) the starting point of the story
C) a struggle between two opposing forces
D) the outcome of the story
C) a struggle between two opposing forces
#6
When you make an inference about a story, you —
A) look for clues and make an educated guess
B) suggest a way to improve the work
C) summarize the main events
D) connect the work to actual events that have occurred
A) look for clues and make an educated guess
#6
Authors typically support their conclusions with —
A) evidence
B) suggestions
C) criticism
D predictions
A) evidence
#9
This story mainly teaches the value of—
A) sacrifice
B) generosity
C) endurance
D) cleverness
D) cleverness
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
#8
Employers often ask job candidates to list references, or —
A) the jobs previously held by the candidates
B) the candidates’ skills and special abilities
C) books and magazines that the candidates like to read
D) people who will supply information about the candidates
D) people who will supply information about the candidates
#4
At the end of a story, a character’s problems are usually —
A) not important to the author’s point
B) much more complicated than before
C) left unexplained by the author
D) solved in some way
D) solved in some way
#9
Which of the following pairs of words are synonyms?
A) tall and tallest
B) red and green
C) strong and powerful
D) lion and animals
C) strong and powerful
#3
The theme Nothing is as important as a good friend could be communicated in a story through all of the following elements except a —
A) description of a character who gives something up for a friend
B) conversation in which a character seeks advice from a friend
C) surprise party held by a character in honor of a friend
D) situation in which a character is disloyal to an old, faithful friend
D) situation in which a character is disloyal to an old, faithful friend
#10 Which of the following best expresses an important idea in this story?
A) A wise official can outsmart a thief.
B) A child makes a good problem solver.
C) A bold thief can get away with a crime.
D) A servant will turn against a cruel master.
A) A wise official can outsmart a thief.
#1
Which of the following responses to a story is most specific?
A) I didn’t like the story. It wasn’t interesting. Nothing much happened.
B) I liked the characters. They seemed like nice people. The main character was especially nice.
C) I didn’t like the plot. It wasn’t clear why events took place, so the story wasn’t logical.
D) I liked the characters, and the plot was good. This was a great story
C) I didn’t like the plot. It wasn’t clear why events took place, so the story wasn’t logical.
#10
To find out the meaning of a word, you could look the word up in a(n) —
A) thesaurus
B) dictionary
C) index
D) table of contents
B) dictionary