English 11-Honors Midyear Exam Review

A sonnet is a 14-line poem with

An allusion is a

With dialogue, start a new paragraph when a different person or character speaks.

Which is NOT one of the three major writing genres?

Authors provide indirect characterization through STEAL, which includes all of the following EXCEPT:

This third-person point of view is "all-knowing" and can provide multiple characters' thoughts and feelings.

Repetition of vowel sounds in consecutive or nearby words

A figurative expression that is characteristic of a language, region, community, or class of people

"Pull yourself together!" is an idiom.

All of these are types of irony EXCEPT:

To determine the meaning of words with multiple meanings, use...

A lesson about right and wrong revealed by a work of literature

A means by which authors present material that occurred earlier than the present tense of the narrative

Which sentence is correctly capitalized?

Paradox is a statement that seems to contradict itself but actually reveals a truth.

Mary likes hiking, swimming, and bicycling.

"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of

Special words or expressions used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand

Two lines of verse that rhyme

We walked across many deserts.

"Boom" and "pop" are examples of

A seemingly self-contradictory statement that when investigated or explained may prove to be well-founded or true

A combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another

A semicolon joins two ___________ clauses.

A particular form of a language that is specific to a specific region or social group

Which phrase is NOT correctly hyphenated?

Catalogue is

Free verse has no regular rhyme or meter (rhythm, pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables).

Frame stories, like "The Seventh Man," may switch points of view.

Contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

Contains two or more independent clauses (and no dependent clauses)

The Joker was thrown from the building by Batman.

An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables.

A chronological account of the birth and development of a particular word or element of a word

Four-line stanza, usually with a defined rhyme scheme

A reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work

Metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, litotes (understatement), and symbol are all examples of...

Colons: Which sentence is correctly punctuated and capitalized?

Slant rhyme is near rhyme--the words almost rhyme, but not quite.

Direct characterization requires the reader to make inferences about what characters are like.

Mary likes hiking, swimming, and to ride a bicycle.

Addressing a counterclaim weakens your argument.

Select the correctly formatted reported speech.

A universal message about society/humanity/human nature/life revealed by a work of literature

Latin prefix: di-/dis-

Repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds in consecutive or nearby words

Appeals to authority/credibility

First-person point of view means that the character tells their own story.

In dialogue, place periods, commas, question marks, and exclamation points__________ the closing quotation mark.

Persuasion; argumentation

The nuance of a word is its...

Monologue is speech between mutiple characters.

Members of the Western Jazz Quartet are Tom Knific, bassist; Trent Kynaston, saxophonist; and Tim Froncek, drummer.

An indirect quotation (reported speech) does not require quotation marks.

A theme should meet all these criteria except...

Story-within-a-story structure

Bart, the class clown, made everyone laugh during the test.

Denotation is the dictionary definition of a word, whereas connotation is the association /feeling of a word.

Appeals to emotions

Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river.

Appeals to logic/reason

Writer/speaker's attitude

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

Colons: Which sentence is correctly punctuated and capitalized?

Word choice is also called