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English Assessment Test
List the 6 Characteristics of:
Short Story
Novel
1.Short
7. Long
2. Few Characters
8. Many Characters
3. Few Events
9. Many Events
4. Prose
10. Prose
5. Fiction
11. Fiction or Non - Fiction
6. Narrative
12. Narrative
Draw a Plot Diagram and label the parts. (Questions 13 – 18)
Climax
Falling Action
Rising Action
Resolution
Exposition
Initial Conflict
From the plot diagram, write the word that matches the definition listed below.
19. Climax
Greatest point of emotional intensity, turning
point.
20. Resolution
The outcome of the conflict in literature.
21. Exposition
Background information at the start of the piece
of literature.
22. Initial Conflict
First problem.
23. Rising Action
Those events in a play that lead to a turning
point.
24. Falling Action
All the action that follows the turning point.
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Name the 3 part of the Writing Process.
25. Prewrite
26. Write
27. Revise
Name the 3 types of Writing.
28. Persuasive
29. Expository
30. Narrative
Name the 4 parts of an Introductory Paragraph in order.
31. Attention Getter
32. Attention Holder
33. Preview
Preview
Preview
34. Thesis
Fill in the outline for the Introductory, Body and Concluding Paragraph found below.
35. I. Thesis
36.
A. Preview
37.
B. Preview
38.
C. Preview
39. II. Topic Sentence
40.
A. Support
41.
1. Elaboration
42.
2. Elaboration
43.
B. Support
44.
1. Elaboration
45.
2. Elaboration
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46.
C. Support
47.
1. Elaboration
48.
2. Elaboration
49. III. Restate Thesis
50.
A. Review Preview
51.
B. Concluding Statement
Using the acronym F.I.R.E. write the elaboration types that can be used in the body paragraph.
52.
Fact
53.
Incident
54.
Reason
55.
Example
Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
56. Topics for the body paragraphs are found in what introductory paragraph sentence?
Preview
57. What sentence gives the topic and the purpose in a body paragraph?
Topic Sentence
58. What sentence gives the topic and the purpose for an entire essay?
Thesis
59. The body paragraph can end with what two types of sentences?
Clincher/Connective
Write the definitions for the following words and/or phrases.
60. Connotation: unspoken or un written meaning associated with a word
61. Denotation: dictionary or literal meaning
62. Syntax: grammatical sentence structure
63. Literal language : dictionary meaning
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64. Figurative language: descriptive language used to stimulate the senses
65. Imagery: use of your senses to create a mental picture
66. Prose: standard paragraph writing
Give the Rhyme Scheme for the following poem.
Dream Deferred - Langston Hughes
67. What happens to a dream deferred?
A
68. Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
B
69. Or fester like a sore - And then run?
B
70. Does it stink like rotten meet?
C
71. Or crust and sugar over-like a syrupy sweet?
C
72. Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
D
73. Or does it explode?
D
Give the term that describes the following underlined - italicized phrase.
74. Marria is a flower.
Metaphore
75. Slowly, silently, now the moon walks the night in her silver shoon Personification
76. Sling your knuckles on the bottoms of the happy tin pan, let your trombones ooze, and go
husha-husha-hush with the slippery sandpaper. Onomatopoeia
77. The wild and wooly woodchuck Alliteration
78. Smitten to whimpers Assonance
Match the terms listed below to the correct definitions.
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Personification
Diction
Metaphor
Rhyme
Simile
Rhyme Scheme
79. Diction: In literature, a writer’ choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness and
precision.
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80. Assonance: The repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually close together, in a group of
words.
81. Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning
to one of them.
82. Onomatopoeia: The use of a word which sound in some degree imitates or suggests its
meaning.
83. Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that usually appear close
to each other.
84. Alliteration: The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants or consonants clusters, in a
group of word.
85. Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of rhymes on a poem.
86. Personification: A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a natural force or an idea is
given personality, or described as if it were human.
87. Simile: A comparison using “like” or “as.”
88. The characteristics of poetry are: Figurative Language, Imagery, Voice, Emotional Effect,
Rhythm (FIVER)
89. A stanza is: a group or division of lines in a poem
90. The three types of poetry are: Dramatic, Lyric, Narrative
91. An epic poem is: long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero or god
92. A couplet is: two consecutive lines that rhyme.
93. Repetition is: the repeating of sounds or words in a poem
94. A refrain is: the repeating of line (s) in a poem
95. A sonnet is: 14 line poem
96. Blank verse is: poetry without rhyme
97. Iambic pentameter is: is a line that is 5 feet with stressed and unstressed rhythm
98. The characteristics of drama are: a play performed in front of an audience using actors on a
stage
99. Dialogue is: conversation between characters
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100.
A monologue is: a single character speaks
101.
A soliloquy is: a lone character on stage says his/her inner thoughts or feelings
102.
An act is: a division of a play
103.
A scene is: a division of an act
104.
An aside is: words spoken by a character to the audience, that other characters pretend
not to hear.
105.
A foil is: a character who creates conflict
106.
Comedy is: a play that is humorous
107.
Tragedy is: a play with a sad ending
108.
Point of view is: the vantage point from which the story is told
109.
The narrator is: tells the story
110.
Name the three types of points of view:
1st person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient
111.
Mood is: the feeling created by the writer
112.
Tone in literature is: the attitude the writer or speaker wants to created
113.
An allusion is: the use of one form of fine art in another form of fine art
114.
A fable is: a fictional story with a moral
115.
Fiction is: created by imagination
116.
Non-fiction is: based on fact
117.
Genre is: a category of fine art
118.
A pun is: play on words
119.
Irony is: what happens is the opposite of what should have happened
120.
A character is: a person, thing, force of nature in literature
121.
A static character: remains the same
122.
A dynamic character: has a major change
123.
A protagonist is: the central character
124.
An antagonist: opposes the protagonist
125.
Setting is: time and place the literature occurs
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126.
A symbol: something that stands for itself and more
127.
Theme is: the central idea of the literature
128.
Foreshadowing is: clues given to events that will occur
129.
Flashback is: a reference to an event from the past
130.
Conflict is: a problem
131.
Give the four types of conflict:
Man versus Man, Nature, Self, Society
Match the Speech term to the definition
132. E
Voice Quality
A. How fast or slowly you speak
133. F
Memory
B. Without words
134. K
Pitch
C. Communicating with yourself
135. G
Decode
D. Consist of the ways in which you say words
136. B
Nonverbal Communications
E. People can recognize you by your voice
137. I
Stress
F. Serves as the brain’s storage bin
138. A
Rate
G. Receive symbols hopefully correctly
139. J
Encode
H. How loudly or softly you speak
140. C
Intra-personal Communication
I. The amount of emphasis you place on a
141. D
Paralanguage
142. L
Verbal Communication
143. H
Volume
different word.
J. The sender transfers ideas into a symbol
system.
K. How high or low you speak
L. Spoken words
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Match the speech terms listed below to the correct definitions.
Impromptu
extemporaneous
Monotone
articulation
manuscript
pronunciation
memorized
feedback
diction
tone
144. Articulation: To pronounce distinctly; enunciate.
145. Diction: Choice and use of words in speech; clarity and distinctness in pronunciation.
146. Extemporaneous: Speech performed with little preparation.
147. Feedback: An evaluative response.
148. Impromptu: A speech prompted by the occasion rather than being planned.
149. Manuscript: A speech delivered from a written text.
150. Memorized: A speech delivered from memory.
151. Monotone: A succession of words in a single tone or pitch.
152. Pronunciation: To utter or say.
153. Tone: The quality of sound, pitch or phrase.
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