End of year English Quiz

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an example of figurative language?

Accepted Answer

Theme

Question 2

What is the purpose of a fishbowl discussion?

Accepted Answer

to speak with classmates, offer feedback about the elements of a discussion

Question 3

In The Fun They Had, school was...

Accepted Answer

very similar to life during the pandemic.

Question 4

In One Half from the East, the theme of patriarchy means...

Accepted Answer

a society where men dominate and possess all the power.

Question 5

Inherit the Wind was based on...

Accepted Answer

a real life court case that took place down South.

Question 6

Patina grappled with the following themes...

Accepted Answer

social class, race, school and family.

Question 7

Imagery is defined as using the 5 sense to express a thought or image.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Commas are used to separate items in a list, to separate dates and before FANBOYS

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

MLA citation format is a way to properly format your quotes in an essay.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Ray Bradbenny wrote two of the short stories we read this year.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Ghost Boys integrated the following historical person to the novel...

Accepted Answer

Tamir Rice and Emmett Till

Question 12

Semicolons are used to...

Accepted Answer

separate two independent clauses

Question 13

What is the purpose of an outline?

Accepted Answer

to organize your ideas before the essay is written.

Question 14

English is your favorite class...

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Langston Hughes wrote many poems. Which two did we study this year?

Accepted Answer

Dreams and Mother to Son

Question 16

The following are the elements of the story arc

Accepted Answer

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

Question 17

A thesis is to an essay as a topic sentence is to a sandwich.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

When fully annotating a text, you should be looking for themes.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

An analytical paragraph does not require a thesis statement.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

FANBOYS stands for...

Accepted Answer

for, and, not, but, or, yet, so

Question 21

In the short story All Summer in a Day, Margot experiences trauma when...

Accepted Answer

the kids in the class lock her in the closet and she misses the sun.

Question 22

An important aspect of analyzing a poem is asking questions like...

Accepted Answer

What is the poet saying here? What figurative language is being used?

Question 23

Topic sentences offer an overview of the paragraph without a clear argument

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

Ghost by Jason Reynolds contained the following characters...

Accepted Answer

Ghost, Castle, Sunny, Lu and Ms. Crenshaw

Question 25

Understanding the perspectives of others is crucial because...

Accepted Answer

you learn more effectively with multiple perspectives

Question 26

Obayd and Rahim really love being boys because...

Accepted Answer

they want to keep the power and access they have as a result.

Question 27

Select the metaphor below...

Accepted Answer

Time is the evolution of day and night.

Question 28

In One Half from the East, Obayda goes back to school and...

Accepted Answer

teaches other girls about the benefits of being a boy.

Question 29

The story arc has 5 elements to it.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

The poem God's Wheel was a metaphor for driving

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

The story The Scholarship Jacket included the following themes:

Accepted Answer

social class, access to resources and growing up

End of year English Quiz

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End of year English Quiz

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