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Fiction Unit Review (using "Flowers for Algernon")
Fiction Unit Review (using "Flowers for Algernon")
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A review of #fiction terms and devices with some references to "Flowers for Algernon."
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1
Name the tone.
As Joan ran, she didn't know whose smile was brighter- hers or the sun's.
gloomy
wistful
mundane
cheerful
2
Which of the following could be a theme for "Flowers for Algernon?"
Mice are people, too.
Without failure, there would be nothing to learn.
Without failure, Charlie would have learned nothing.
Intelligence is important.
3
Which detail supports this theme?
Great intelligence does not guarantee great happiness.
"Its easy to make frends if you let pepul laff at you"(225).
"All my frends are smart people but there good" (211).
"No one I've ever known is what he appears to be" (217).
"Now, they hate me for my knowledge and understanding"(216).
4
What technique is not used?
As I walked home, the road was a ribbon of moonlight.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
5
Complete this analogy: Literal is to external conflict as ___________ is to _____________
figurative; internal conflict
self; figurative
internal conflict; figurative
figurative; self
6
Name the poetic devices.
I begged the little leaves to lean/ Low and together for a safe screen
Alliteration
Rhyme
Personification
Theme
7
What literary device is used in this analogy? Red is to anger as Green is to jealousy
Foreshadowing
Irony
Symbolism
Flashback
8
What literary device is being used?
"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here. This is the war room."
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Hyperbole
9
In "Flowers for Algernon," the mazes could symbolize
Games
Science
Life
The experiment
10
In the fairy tale
Cinderella
, when does the climax occur?
When Cinderella's foot fits the slipper
When Cinderella loses the slipper at the palace ball
When Cinderella's Fairy Godmother helps her get to the ball
Just before the Prince puts the slipper on Cinderella's foot
11
Point of view in FFA helps the reader understand Charlie as these kinds of characters except
Static character
Dynamic character
Round character
Protagonist
12
Which does not describe theme?
Stated at the end of a story
Message about life
Complete statement
Main idea of a fiction text
13
In "Flowers for Algernon," who are static characters?
Charlie Gordon
Drs. Strauss and Nemur
Algernon
Frank and Joe
14
What can be found in poetry but not prose?
Symbolism
Stanzas
Metaphors
Paragraphs
15
Casey broke his mom's phone. Does he tell the truth or blame the dog? What is the conflict?
Individual vs. Self
Individual vs. Society
Individual vs. Individual
Individual vs. Nature
16
Complete this analogy: ___________ is to beginning as Winter is to end
Life
Summer
Start
Spring
17
Which is not an example of an external conflict?
Individual vs. Nature
Individual vs. Animals
Individual vs. Supernatural
Individual vs. Technology
18
How could you write the following sentence figuratively?
She cried a lot.
She cried a river of tears.
Her tears could fill an ocean.
She was incredibly sad.
She just kept crying.
19
Name the device.
Close your eyes/ dream of places/ dream of kings/ dream of amazing things.
Idiom
Pun
Repetition
Metaphor
20
What is not found in this sentence?
Like a soldier standing at attention, the tree was proud.
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
alliteration
