Duplicate of Pearson Semester 1 Exam

Subjects and verbs must ______ with one another is number (singular or plural).

The parts of a story after the climax and before the very end.

What type of sentence: We are going to the movies.

A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as".

Shows things that reveal the personality of a character.

An all knowing narrator that is telling the story, but is not actually part of the story.

Conversation between two or more characters.

The main events of a play from the beginning to the end of the story.

Which of the following are examples of common nouns?

Which of the following shows an example of an appositive phrase?

The prefix: mal- means: _____.

A decisive moment that is the major turning point in a plot.

"on the desk" is an example of a ______.

Which of the following are examples of personal pronouns?

Though I prefer graphic novels, I checked out a mystery thriller, and I enjoyed it.

A series of incidents and events that lead to the climax of the story.

A figurative speech that compares two things by saying one thing is another.

A narrator that is actually telling the story from their own perspective.

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

Which of the following are examples of prepositions?

This house is too big, and that house is too small.

Because I didn't finish my work, I couldn't go to the birthday party.

Which of the following are examples of proper nouns?

A literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters

Language that is not meant to be taken literally.

Words that have the same spelling and usually sound alike, but have different meanings.

Instructions in the text of a play that indicate movement, position, lighting, tone, actions.

The prefix: Para- means _____.

Which of the following sentences uses a coordinating conjunction?

The literal definition or dictionary definition of a word.

The prefix: en- means ______.

A noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it is an _______.

The emotional meaning of a word versus the literal definition of a word.

FANBOYS stands for _______.

Identify the appositive: Jenny, my classmate, always does her homework for Math.

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

The author's message of a story.

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?