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Round 2 English 8 Semester Review 2021
Round 2 English 8 Semester Review 2021
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1
The main character is usually the...
protagonist
allusion
plot
dialect
2
Why does Irish bean soup have only 239 beans in it? Because...
if you add 10 more, it will have 249.
if you put in another bag, the pot will boil over.
if you add up the numbers, you have 14, which is a number luckier than 15.
if you add one more, it will be "too farty".
3
"I was so embarrassed, I almost died right there in front of everyone!" This is...
irony
oxymoron
hyperbole
dishwasher
4
A statement that seems self-contradicting but, in fact, is true
consonance
paradox
juxtaposition
satire
5
Many characteristics are determined by _____________, so nature has a lot to do with who we are.
values
DNA
personality
food
6
When the author takes the reader back in time to a memory, the writer is using...
figurative language
alliteration
foreshadowing
flashback
7
"I have told you a billion times to clean your room!" This is...
allusion
hyperbole
metaphor
pun
8
Comparing two unrelated objects for their shared qualities.
irony
analogy
simile
invective
9
Giving hints or predicting what will happen is...
alliteration
foreshadowing
personification
genre
10
The atmosphere or feeling in a literary work is called the...
conflict
couplet
mood
protagonist
11
Recently, one scientist's _____________ about the origins of stars had been disproven.
personality
book
theory
value
12
When characters speak to each other aloud...
dialect
figurative language
mood
dialogue
13
How did Darth Vader know what Luke Skywalker was getting for his birthday?
He felt his presence.
He bribed Yoda to tell him.
He paid for all his gifts.
He felt his presents.
14
The technique of persuading through choice of words is...
alliteration
allusion
rhetoric
metaphor
15
At the baseball game last week, the chicken started as pitcher but had to be taken out. Why?
He couldn't stop pecking.
He tested positive for steroids.
He could't stop clucking.
He couldn't stop balking.
16
Angie’s costume & makeup made her ___________ even to her parents.
impossible
theoretical
unrecognizable
analytical
17
"Your homework will rise up and bite you if you put it off!" This is...
personification
assonance
paradox
euphemism
18
When the climax or conflict is solved...
plot
setting
celebration
resolution
19
A struggle or problem for the main character is the...
conflict
protagonist
flashback
metaphor
20
The riddle on the previous slide uses what literary technique?
metaphor
euphemism
paradox
pun
