Which answer best defines the concept of setting?

Time and place in which a work occurs

Which answer choice provides the best example of situtational irony?

A runner, set to win, gets to the arena too late to compete.

Which answer choice provides the clearest example of an internal conflict?

The struggle of guilt for a mistake as a child

Which answer choice provides the best definition of dramatic irony?

The reader knows a truth that a character does not.

Why do author's use regional dialect?

To add to the authenticity of the narrative

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between plot and conflict?

All plots are driven by conflict

Which sentence contains an introductory clause?

If you see smoke, you know there is fire.

Which is an example of direct characterization?

Before them towered a man sad, preoccupied, and unaware.

Which is not an example of regional dialect?

Of course, she was faster than that!

Which answer choice best defines the literary concept of theme?

The insight or meaning through details

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Created for 10th Grade English Language Arts, Alabama Standards, Benchmark 4 Preparation.

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1
Which answer best defines the concept of setting?
Physical environment
A real life place
A location that generates conflict
Time and place in which a work occurs
2
Which answer choice provides the best example of situtational irony?
A character in a play tells the audience a secret.
A runner, set to win, gets to the arena too late to compete.
A candidate who is leading in the polls wins the election.
An A+ student claims she "hates it" when she makes A's.
3
Which answer choice provides the clearest example of an internal conflict?
The struggle to distinguish one's self against siblings
The struggle to survive after being lost in a blizzard
The struggle of guilt for a mistake as a child
The struggle against restriction of traditional gender roles
4
Which answer choice provides the best definition of dramatic irony?
A character understands a secret.
A character realizes the truth.
The story ending contradicts what "should have" happened.
The reader knows a truth that a character does not.
5
Why do author's use regional dialect?
To show that the character has special knowledge
To add to the authenticity of the narrative
To make the reader research the origin of unknown phrases
To teach the reader to speak in dialect
6
If the root genus, or gen-, means birth, then what word is similar to generation?
World
Plant
Beginning
Spirit
7
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between plot and conflict?
In most plots, external conflicts are more important
In most plots, internal conflicts are more important
All plots are driven by conflict
Conflict is useful but not essential to plot
8
What is a rhyme scheme?
The pattern the poem follows.
The title of a poem.
The long words in a poem.
The sounds used in a poem.
9
Which is an example of indirect characterization?
He was a careful student.
He was a finished gentleman.
The President gazed at him.
He was an heir of traditions of learning and breeding.
10
Which sentence contains an introductory clause?
You have given me no choice, but I would rather eat now.
You will find the missing shoe in the corner of the room.
Yes, she is going to the party.
If you see smoke, you know there is fire.
11
The word orchestrated means?
To avoid decision
To take suggestions
To organize and direct
To arrange music
12
Which answer choice best defines the concept of plot?
All actions in a story
Sequence of events in a story
Portrayal of characters in a story
Changes in setting or characters in a story
13
The root -pend-, as in pendulum and pendant, means?
To hang
To write
To look
To happen
14
If the prefix mono- means "one" or "single", then the word monosyllabic means?
Word
Pronouns
Dictionary
Synonym
15
The use of extreme or exaggerated statements is called _____________.
Puns and word play
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Understatement
16
In general, how is narrative poetry similar to narrative prose?
Both use first person.
Both contain irony.
Both tell a story.
Both have strong rhyme patterns.
17
Which is an example of direct characterization?
Abraham Lincoln journeyed with his party.
Before them towered a man sad, preoccupied, and unaware.
He leaned slouchingly against the wall.
His gaze glittered with a grim smile.
18
Which is not an example of regional dialect?
Thish-yer Smiley had a mare.
Of course, she was faster than that!
As near as you could cipher it down.
He use to win money on that horse, for all she was so slow.
19
Which answer choice best defines the literary concept of theme?
The use of images that express meaning
The insight or meaning through details
The moral of a story
The series of conflicts characters face

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