Around the 10 th grade world of literature

Around the 10th grade world of literature Midterm Review

Rules Players: We will begin with two players. I will ask a question, and the first person to raise their hand will get to answer the question. NO SHOUTING OUT! If you answer incorrectly and it’s not a t/f question, your competitor will be able to answer. Each right answer will earn you 1 bonus point on your midterm. If you answer a true/false question incorrectly, your partner continues in the competition. If you both answer a multiple choice question or free response question incorrectly, neither will continue on and the next two students will compete.

Rules Audience: When it is not your turn to play, you should be writing down the questions and answers. This will serve as your study guide. I will collect these before your midterm, and based off the number of questions and answers written down, give you bonus points!!! However, you must number your questions to get full credit! Please be kind, and do not shout out, or I will take points off bonus points earned for the midterm.

Question1 – Fill in the Blank A fixed form of poetry with 14 lines is called __________________. Sonnet

Question 2 – Multiple Choice If a political activist says: “Poverty causes crime,” __________ logical fallacy is being used. a. false cause c. bandwagon b. red herringd. ad hominem False Cause

Question 3 – Free Response Which kind of persuasive technique involves someone providing their opinion or experience to promote a product or person? Testimonial

Question 4 – Free Response What is a speaker’s word choice called? Diction

Question 5 – Multiple Choice Every poem has ______________. a rhyme scheme c. a narrator a speaker d. paragraphs a speaker

Question 6 – Fill in the Blank ______________ is the feeling of curiosity, uncertainty or dread about what is going to happen next created by an author in a story. suspense

Question 7 – Multiple Choice The following two lines of poetry has which element of poetry in it? I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end a. caesura c. end stopped b. internal Rhyme d. simile caesura

Question 8 – Fill in the Blank It is called _________ _____________ when a character’s traits contrast with those of another character. foil character; an example of this would be Slim and Curley because Slim was respected whereas no one on the ranch respected Curley even though he was the boss’s son.

Question 9 – Fill in the Blank ___________ is the persuasive technique when the audience will associate their admiration for the individual or individuals pictured to whatever is being advertised and buy into whatever they’re selling. Transfer

Question 10 – Multiple Choice Which of the following are an example of narrative nonfiction? Chose carefully, because it can be all of the examples… a. memoir b. narrative essay c. persuasive essay d. biography memoir, narrative essay, & biography

Question 11 – Free Response What literary term appears contradictory? For example, saying, I don’t like bananas, but I eat them. Paradox

Question 12 – True or False True or False: Absolute words play on the audience’s emotions. False; Absolutes create a sense of authority.

Question 13 – Free Response Which kind of irony is it when the reader knows something the character doesn’t? Dramatic Irony

Question 14 – Free Response Which kind of irony is it when the reader knows something the character doesn’t? Dramatic Irony

Question 15 – Free Response What is the definition for protagonist and antagonist? The protagonist is the main character in a story and the antagonist is the thing that causes conflict.

Question 16 – True or False True or false: silken, sad, uncertain, rustling is an example of consonance. True

Question 17 – Free Response What is the function of Candy killing his dog in Of Mice and Men? The function is to foreshadow what will happen between George and Lennie.

Question 18 – Fill in the Blank _________________ is when the author uses great description to create word pictures in a reader's mind. Imagery

Question 19 – Free Response Which type of poem has five lines and a rhyme scheme of AABBA? Limerick

Question 20 - Free Response Which two types of nonfiction are always told from 1st person point of view? Memoir & Autobiography

Question 21- True or False True or False: Pathos is when a speech plays on the audiences’ emotions. True

Question 22 – Free Response What types of words evoke an emotion? Persuasive words

Question 23 – Free Response Which persuasive appeal focuses on logic? Logos

Question 24- Free Response What literary device is being used in the following example? Silence crept through the room and consumed everyone. Personification

Question 25 – Free Response What is the purpose of a persuasive argument? To gain the support of the audience

Question 26 – True or False True or False: In Realism, character is more important than action and plot. True

Question 27 – Free Response The following is an example of which two literary devices? The sandwich was as big as a skyscraper! Simile and Hyperbole

Question 28 – Free Response What type of irony is it when the outcome is different than what’s expected? Situational Irony

Question 29 – Fill in the Blank ___________ is anything that means more than what it is. A symbol

Question 30 – Fill in the Blank Building a relationship with the audience is called building the ____________. rapport

Around the 10 th grade world of literature