1) The emotion or attitude that a
speaker/narrator/author places in a
piece of writing.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Conveyance
Tone
Narration
Exposition
2) Read the passage. Then
answer the question
below.
The tone of this text
could be described
as
If you really want to hear about it, the
first thing you’ll probably want to know is
where I was born, and what my lousy
childhood was like, and how my parents
were occupied and all before they had me,
and all that David Copperfield kind of crap,
A. Optimistic
B. Anxious
C. Biting
D. Naive
but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want
to know the truth. In the first place, that stuff
bores me, and in the second place, my
parents would have two hemorrhages apiece
if I told anything pretty personal about them.
--from JD Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
6) Which of the following words is used to
describe the feeling or emotion a reader gets
from the text?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hyperbole
Mood
Irony
Setting
5) Read the poem and
answer the question below.
Which of the
following describes
the mood of the
poem?
A. Cheerful and perky
B. Forceful and
frightening
C. Brave and resigned
D. Haunting and sad.
For the moon never beams without bringing me
dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
--from Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee”
7) Which of the following words can be
used to describe the turning point in a
story?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Conflict
Setting
Theme
Climax
8) Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Sally is worried about the
cheerleading competition. She
just has to win—it is the most
important thing.
Sally spends weeks
practicing hard and pretty much
making herself miserable as she
perfects every last part of her
cheerleading routines.
On the day of the
competition, Sally’s team is called
forward. She’s smiling, her heart
is racing, and the music starts
playing. Her fellow cheerleaders
take their places, when
suddenly…
The lights go out, and voice
yells out: “FREEZE!”
Assuming that there is more
to the story, when a voice
yells out, “Freeze!” this is
A. The climax of the story.
B. The conflict of the story.
C. The exposition of the
story.
D. The theme of the story.
4) Which of the following is a definition of
the word foreshadowing?
A. An author uses imagery to paint a picture in
the reader’s mind.
B. An author uses clues to suggest events that
might come later.
C. An author uses exaggeration to help the
reader understand the main idea.
D. An author writes about a character standing
in a dark corner.
11) Morgan jumped out her chair and looked the teacher square in the face.
“I’m not cheating,” she insisted in a low voice.
“Then what were you doing?” asked the teacher.
The punctuation used in the underlined phrases
indicates that the characters are using
A. Hyperbole
B. Tone
C. Foreshadowing
D. Dialogue
14) A struggle between opposing
forces in a story is usually called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Theme
Resolution
Exposition
Conflict
13) The image above represents a character’s own
A. Conflict
B. Dialogue
C. Mood
D. Foreshadowing
19) Which of the following is a
definition for the word protagonist?
A. The main character in the story, one with
whom the reader will identify.
B. Counterpart to the main character and the
source of the stories conflict.
C. The place where the audience becomes
aware of something important in the story.
D. A direct relationship where one thing or
idea substitutes for another.
20) Which character and story does not belong in
the group identifying protagonist?
A. Luke – Among the Hidden
B. Annemarie Johansen – Number the Stars
C. Maxwell Kane – Freak the Mighty
D. Erik Fisher - Tangerine