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Mid Term - English 9 (100 Points)
Name:_______________________________________________ Block:________________ Date: _________
Literary Terms (1 point each)
1. What is the term for making a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"?
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. hyperbole
e. irony
2. What is the term for giving human qualities to non-human things?
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. hyperbole
e. irony
3. What is the term for a brief work of fiction?
a. tone
b. short story
c. moral
d. epic
e. novel
4. A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage…
a. prose
b. narrative
c. soliloquy
d. simile
e. metaphor
5. A speech by one character in a play, story, or poem.
a. monologue
b. symbol
c. tone
d. hyperbole
e. personification
6. The high point of interest or suspense...
a. simile
b. rising action
c. stanza
d. resolution
e. climax
7. Sequence of events in a literary work…
a. plot
b. dialect
c. speaker
d. hyperbole
e. metaphor
8. Writing that tells a story...
a. narrative
b. climax
c. alliteration
d. simile
e. metaphor
9. General term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearances and reality...
a. irony
b. genre
c. stanza
d. metaphor
e. personification
10. A category or type of literature…
a. motivation
b. plot
c. genre
d. simile
e. metaphor
11. The ordinary form of written language…
a. prose
b. anecdote
c. symbol
d. analogy
e. flashback
12. The descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader...
a. simile
b. hyperbole
c. imagery
d. metaphor
e. genre
13. The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem...
a. dialect
b. novel
c. speaker
d. personification
e. hyperbole
14. A person or an animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.
a. character
b. imagery
c. haiku
d. simile
e. novel
15. The use of words that imitate sounds.
a. novel
b. haiku
c. metaphor
d. simile
e. onomatopoeia
16. Lesson taught by a literary work.
a. moral
b. aside
c. narrator
d. simile
e. genre
17. A short speech delivered by an actor in a play, expressing the character's thoughts.
a. aside
b. genre
c. simile
d. narrator
e. metaphor
18. A poem that tells a story
a. personification
b. genre
c. simile
d. narrative poem
e. alliteration
19. Form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group.
a. alliteration
b. haiku
c. dialect
d. synonym
e. antonym
20. A feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work.
a. suspense
b. conflict
c. dialect
d. genre
e. hyperbole
21. A long work of fiction
a. novel
b. short story
c. personification
d. alliteration
e. simile
22. The time and place of the action
a. setting
b. character
c. tone
d. symbol
e. monologue
23. The writer's attitude toward his/her audience and subject.
a. tone
b. metaphor
c. narrator
d. character
e. setting
24. One of the three major types of literature, the others being prose and drama.
a. poetry
b. motivation
c. suspense
d. character
e. setting
25. Writing or speech that attempts to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or course of action.
a. irony
b. imagery
c. persuasion
d. motivation
e. suspense
26. Anything that stands for or represents something else...
a. symbol
b. genre
c. plot
d. imagery
e. irony
27. A conversation between two characters…
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. sensory language
d. narration
e. dialogue
28. Formal division of lines in a poem…
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. narration
d. stanza
e. dialogue
29. Reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves in a certain way.
a. speaker
b. motivation
c. persuasion
d. dialogue
e. stanza
30. Struggle between opposing forces
a. conflict
b. plot
c. suspense
d. persuasion
e. speaker
31. Use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
a. foreshadowing
b. symbol
c. personification
d. simile
e. speaker
32. Three line verse form…
a. persuasion
b. haiku
c. simile
d. speaker
e. personification
33. A central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work.
a. foreshadowing
b. theme
c. personification
d. simile
e. antonym
34. Prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people.
a. conflict
b. genre
c. non fiction
d. fiction
e. fantasy
35. A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event.
a. anecdote
b. moral
c. tone
d. conflict
e. genre
36. Poetry that utilizes the technique of drama...
a. conflict
b. moral
c. tone
d. dramatic poetry
e. genre
37. Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else.
a. conflict
b. moral
c. metaphor
d. genre
e. tone
38. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses.
a. sensory language
b. tone
c. genre
d. metaphor
e. simile
39. A speaker or character who tells a story.
a. short story
b. tone
c. narrator
d. simile
e. metaphor
40. The "good guy" in a story...
a. protagonist
b. antagonist
c. narrator
d. speaker
e. metaphor
41. The "bad guy" in a story...
a. antagonist
b. narrator
c. speaker
d. metaphor
e. tone
42. Characters that do not grow or develop during the story
a. dynamic characters
b. metaphor
c. static characters
d. tone
e. simile
43. Characters that grow or develop during the story
a. static characters
b. dynamic characters
c. tone
d. simile
e. metaphor
44. A genre of literature that pertains to, deals with, or represents death...
a. alliteration
b. macabre
c. simile
d. tone
e. allegory
45. An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text...
a. allusion
b. tone
c. alliteration
d. simile
e. macabre
46. A non-fiction account of somebody's life written by somebody other than who the work is about
a. biography
b. autobiography
47. A non-fiction account of somebody's life written by the person who the work is about
a. autobiography
b. biography
48. A literary work or play with a happy ending
a. comedy
b. tragedy
49. A literary work or play with a sad ending
a. tragedy
b. comedy
50. A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
a. flashback
b. narrator
c. simile
d. metaphor
e. genre
Literary Works (3 points each)
51. The story of a man being hunted by another man…
a. The Birds
b. The Most Dangerous Game
c. Night
d. The Cask of Amontillado
52. The story of a family being attacked by birds…
a. The Birds
b. The Most Dangerous Game
c. Night
d. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
53. The real life story of one man's Holocaust experience…
a. The Birds
b. Night
c. The Cask of Amontillado
d. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
54. The story of a burying another man alive…
a. The Birds
b. The Most Dangerous Game
c. The Cask of Amontillado
d. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
55. Autobiography of a young black female in the south…
a. The Birds
b. The Most Dangerous Game
c. Night
d. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Authors (3 points each)
56. The author of The Most Dangerous Game
a. Richard Connell
b. Daphne Du Maurie
c. Elie Wiesel
d. Edgar Allan Poe
57. The author of The Birds
a. Richard Connell
b. Daphne Du Maurie
c. Elie Wiesel
d. Edgar Allan Poe
58. The author of Night
a. Richard Connell
b. Daphne Du Maurie
c. Elie Wiesel
d. Maya Angelou
59. The author of The Cask of Amontillado
a. Richard Connell
b. Daphne Du Maurie
c. Elie Wiesel
d. Edgar Allan Poe
60. The author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
a. Richard Connell
b. Daphne Du Maurie
c. Elie Wiesel
d. Maya Angelou
People (3 points each)
61. Famous civil rights leader who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech…
a. Martin Luther King Jr.
b. Malcolm X
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Nelson Mandela
62. Famous civil rights leader who converted to the Nation of Islam while in prison…
a. Martin Luther King Jr.
b. Malcolm X
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Nelson Mandela
63. Former US President assassinated in Dallas, Texas…
a. Martin Luther King Jr.
b. Malcolm X
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Nelson Mandela
64. Former South African President…
a. Martin Luther King Jr.
b. Malcolm X
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Nelson Mandela
65. Former US President who signed the Emancipation Proclamation
a. Martin Luther King Jr.
b. Malcolm X
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Abraham Lincoln
Parts of Speech (1 point each)
66. A person, place, or thing
a. noun
b. verb
67. An action
a. noun
b. verb
68. Word that describes a noun
a. adjective
b. adverb
69. Word that describes a verb
a. adjective
b. adverb
70. Word used to connect sentences, phrases, or clauses
a. noun
b. verb
c. adjective
d. conjunction
Score:
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Percentage:
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