Name:________________
Level 3 English Midterm Review Time and Place________________
Your midterm will consist of
I.
Two short readings followed by multiple-choice questions.
II.
A paragraph in which you will answer the following question: Choose one of the stories we
read so far year and explain why it is valuable for a teenager to read it: describe three things
a teenager needs to know or learn from the story.
“The Most Dangerous Game” “The Scarlet Ibis” “Thank You, M’am” “The Sniper” Night
The story I will choose:________________________________________________
Three reasons why I think this story is valuable to teenagers (what it helps them learn or discover):
1)
2)
3)
III.
Multiple choice questions on literature terms. This is the part you can study for. First,
complete the attached review. I also suggest making a “Quizlet”, creating flash cards, or
repeatedly quizzing a partner.
Elements of Fiction Review
Write the term in the word bank next to its definition. Each term is used only once.
Then provide an example from something we’ve read this year:
“The Most Dangerous Game” “Thank You, M’am” “The Sniper” “The Scarlet Ibis” Night
Dynamic
Climax
Antagonist
Conflict
Setting Flat
Protagonist
Theme
Static
Plot
Round
Exposition
Rising Action
Foreshadowing
Third Limited
Third Omniscient
First Person
Falling Action
Resolution
Direct characterization Indirect characterization Memoir
Verbal irony Situational irony
1. __________________________The time and place and the mood of the story
example ___________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________Struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces.
example ___________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________The overall meaning or message of the story.
example ___________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________Undeveloped character with only one or two traits.
example ___________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________Sequence or series of events in a story
example ___________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________Main character in a fiction or drama.
example ___________________________________________________________________
7. __________________________ An all-knowing outside narrator tells the story, seeing all
characters’ actions and feelings
example ___________________________________________________________________
8. __________________________Part of plot that introduces characters and conflicts.
9. __________________________The character or force that blocks the main character.
example ___________________________________________________________________
10. _________________________ A piece of non-fiction literature that focuses on one part of the
writer’s life. example ___________________________________________
11. __________________________A character that changes in important ways during a story
example ___________________________________________________________________
12. __________________________Part of the plot where the conflict reaches a turning point.
example ___________________________________________________________________
13. __________________________A well developed character with many traits.
example ___________________________________________________________________
14. __________________________ A character tells the story, using the pronoun “I”
example ___________________________________________________________________
15. __________________________ when the author TELLS the reader about a charter’s traits
example ___________________________________________________________________
16. ______________________ an event or circumstance that is the opposite of what one would expect
example ___________________________________________________________________
17. __________________________The part of the plot in which the conflict is solved or left unresolved.
example ___________________________________________________________________
18. __________________________Part of the plot in which the conflict worsens and action continues.
19. __________________________ Clues that hint at events that will happen later in the plot
example ___________________________________________________________________
20. __________________________A character that does not change over the course of a story.
example ___________________________________________________________________
21. __________________________ An outside narrator tells the story, seeing only one character’s
actions and feelings
example ___________________________________________________________________
22. __________________________ Part of the plot after the turning point
23. _________________________ When the author uses clues (appearance, actions, etc.) to show or
hint at a character’s personality traits
example ___________________________________________________________________
24. ________________________ when someone’s word choice, intentionally or unintentionally, it the
opposite of what is accurate or true.
example ___________________________________________________________________