Midterm Review Language Arts 1A

Question 1

What part of speech is the bold word? She smiled at the baby.

Accepted Answer

Verb

Question 2

Which is a dependent clause?

Accepted Answer

Even though the dogs are cool

Question 3

Read below to identify Point of View

Accepted Answer

3rd Person Limited

Question 4

Choose the sentence fragment.

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Which is why I cried.

Question 5

The man looked wonderfully evil

Accepted Answer

Oxymoron

Question 6

What is plot?

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The sequence of events in a story.

Question 7

Read below to identify Point of View

Accepted Answer

3rd Person Objective

Question 8

This is an example of a comma splice: Let’s go out to eat, we are all hungry.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

What is the climax of a story?

Accepted Answer

The turning point of a story.

Question 10

Walking to the principal's office, he felt like David facing Goliath.

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Allusion

Question 11

The birds were as white as snow.

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Simile

Question 12

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So are all examples of conjunctions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

When should a colon be used?

Accepted Answer

D. Both B and C

Question 14

A Flat Character

Accepted Answer

one-dimensional, has only a few, easily defined traits

Question 15

What is a comma splice?

Accepted Answer

a comma joining 2 independent statements

Question 16

What part of speech is the bold word? It stopped moving all of the sudden.

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Pronoun

Question 17

Dynamic Character

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Changes, comes to a major realization

Question 18

A independent clause ________________.

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Can stand on it's own as a complete sentence

Question 19

What part of speech is the bold word? Ugh, I am not looking forward to my midterm tomorrow.

Accepted Answer

Interjection

Question 20

Where does the semicolon go? Dad is going bald his hair is getting thinner and thinner.

Accepted Answer

bald;

Question 21

Which part of speech shows excitement or strong feeling?

Accepted Answer

Interjection

Question 22

Alexa caught Joe stealing. Now Alexa must choose between her friendship with Jo and doing the right thing.

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Character v. Self

Question 23

_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

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Mood

Question 24

Jamie hit the back of Justin’s head with a paper airplane. Justin turned around and threatened Jamie.

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Character v. Character

Question 25

What is a protagonist?

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the character who experiences the main conflict and has to solve it

Question 26

Define a round character.

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A character that is emotionally built in a story

Question 27

Read below to identify Point of View

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2nd Person

Question 28

A run on sentence depends on length

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

This is an example of a comma splice: Did you hear that?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing is the ________.

Accepted Answer

Tone

Question 31

An idiom is...

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A phrase which has a different meaning from what is said

Question 32

An adverb is...

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a word or phrase that modifes or describes a verb

Question 33

Read below to identify Point of View

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3rd Person Omniscient

Question 34

A static character...

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doesn't change past how they were initially presented

Question 35

Identify the INDEPENDENT clause. I will be there after this commercial.

Accepted Answer

I will be there

Question 36

Choose the paradox:

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The rules: There are no rules.

Question 37

What is Euphemism

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when a author uses nicer word to make something less harsh

Question 38

Read below to identify conflict

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Character v. Nature

Question 39

What is rising action?

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events that lead to a climax

Question 40

What part of speech is the bold word? I have never witnessed such an unusual perfomance.

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Adjective

Question 41

Which is NOT a rule for dialogue?

Accepted Answer

The ending punctuation marks are placed outside of the quotation marks.

Question 42

What is the mood of the passage?

Accepted Answer

Suspenseful

Question 43

"Goodness," said Sally, "there must be a billion oysters down there!"

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 44

Identify the DEPENDENT clause. Mrs. Crawford, who is my English teacher, made us this study the test.

Accepted Answer

who is my English teacher

Question 45

Read below to identify conflict

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Character v. Society

Question 46

Where does the semicolon go? She didn’t see the other car coming now her car has a huge dent.

Accepted Answer

coming;

Question 47

Read below to identify Point of View

Accepted Answer

3rd Person Omniscient

Question 48

What is a Cliche?

Accepted Answer

an expression used so often that it has become and boring

Midterm Review Language Arts 1A

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Midterm Review Language Arts 1A

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