Semester 1 Review 9th Grade

In "The Duel," Ivan's primary conflict is against Vlad's mother.

Which of these stories uses dialect in its writing?

___________ hints at events that will occur later in a story.

Jesse Dark disguised herself as...

Which word is spelled correctly?

Even when the house looks clean [?] there is usually dirt under the rug.

Which of these is NOT an example of a primary conflict?

The Stage Manager in Our Town is symbolically and allegorically similar to...

Good literature must always provide a resolution for the conflict it raises.

The artist preferred to paint in oils [?] he did not like watercolors.

Commas do not separate series of equal elements.

The primary conflict of "Top Man" sets...

The time is 2[?]15.

I have transited through the following overseas airports [?] Heathrow, Toulouse-Blagnac, and Narita.

Who is the villain in "Miss Hinch?"

Conflict in literature is defined as the clash of two rivals or enemies.

_________ is anxiety resulting from the withholding of plot details.

You need a comma after a lengthy prepositional phrase.

Choose the correctly spelled word:

John 3[?]16

Select the colon

Jerry faces his fear, while Ivan does not resolve his conflict.

Which of the following stories had a *primary* man vs man conflict?

In Act 3, which character asks, "Do any human being ever realize life while they live it?"

Which word is spelled correctly?

___________ is literature written to persuade the reader to agree with the author on a significant issue.

Who killed Beau Boutan?

In "Through the Tunnel" Jerry struggles mainly against his...

___________ is dialogue written to reflect qualities of a character's speech.

All sentences need a verb.

Which of the following characters is the antagonist of his or her story?

Which of the following things is NOT an example of local color in Gaines's story?

Who is dead at the end of "Miss Hinch"?

Semicolons are used the same way as periods.

Mother [?] what do you need?

What hymn does the choir sing in Our Town?

Choose the correctly spelled word.

Which Our Town character says that life is "ignorance and blindness"?

What worldview does Simon Stimson represent in Our Town?

Why was Dr. Gibbs scared of getting married?

Pick the correlative adjectives

We need the following things [?] butter, sugar, oil, and eggs.

"Under the Lion's Paw" is a type of propaganda.

I need apples, oranges [?] and pears.

Which of the following is *not* a conflict in "Under the Lion's Paw?"

The other dead encourage Emily to return to the living world.

Setting and atmosphere can greatly enhance a story's conflict?

Katrina [?] as you probably know [?] the Brooklyn Bridge is in New York

Butler is the hero of his story.

Select the independent clause.

In Our Town, the people of Grover's Corners symbolically represent...