Sophomore Midyear Review

"Rules of the Game" What is the narrative perspective of this story?

Each body paragraph should include

use of words that imitate sounds

5 Paragraph Essay: The introduction in an expository essay requires

The longest section of a story is usually called

Why are the children drawn to Miss Lottie?

In the story, the game of chess becomes a metaphor for the interpersonal conflict between the protagonist and her mother

a long, narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes

The theme of a story is

The central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work is called

A conclusion is made of the following parts

A thesis statement should be

The purpose of the citation after the quote is

Which of the following BEST describes the narrator’s mother in the story?

a person, place, or object that has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well

Why does Waverly’s mother instruct the children to throw away the chess set?

The purpose of analysis requires you to

Language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or subject.

Time and place of the action in a story is

figure of speech in which words “like” or “as” are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items

The exposition is

A dynamic character

An integrated quote consists of

An indirect reference to a well-known literary work that is external to the story

What is Lizabeth’s reaction to her father crying?

The author directly stating a character’s traits is called

third person point of view which shows the reader the events of the story through the perspective of 1 character

The purpose of the conclusion is to

There are six components of plot

"Marigolds" - When Lizabeth says that “memory is an abstract painting,” what does she mean?

What does “the task” refer to when the Narrator says, “So I set about the task”?

When the police first arrive, how does the Narrator feel?

"Rules of the Game" What reason does Waverly give for her mother dispensing her wisdom?

The section of the story immediately following the climax

"Marigolds" - What is the narrative perspective of this story?

This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line

When a voice outside the story narrates, the story has a

When the author uses hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

When the main character struggles against an outside force it is called

a type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics

A flat character is

A single line of poetry is called a

The turning point of the story is called the

In the story, what does the recurring image of the wind symbolize?

The purpose of a hook is to

repetition of initial consonant sounds

The purpose of a thesis statement is

Each body paragraph needs a

Why don’t the children like the marigolds?

When a character in the story tells the story, that character is a

What reason does Waverly give for not fully understanding her family’s socio-economic situation as a child?

A topic sentence

The main conflict in the story can be

A static character

a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

the climate of feeling of the work; how the reader feels

measured arrangement of beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line

“I could see the yellow lights shining from our flat like two tiger’s eyes in the night.” This is an example of a

Which of the following characterizes how Waverly approaches learning chess?

Which of the following does the Narrator do LAST?

“the perfect ugliness of the place...” This contains a

"Rule of the Game" What is the main lesson which the narrator believes she was taught by her mother?

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text

How did the police know to come to the Old Man’s house?

Which of the following best describes the story’s setting?

“God was chary with miracles in those days, and so we waited-and waited.” What are they waiting for?

When the Lizabeth reminisces about the Miss Lottie’s marigolds, how does it make her feel?

The character who stands in opposition to the protagonist is known as

When a character has a conflict with himself or herself it is called

The tone of the following line: “I no longer played in the alley of Waverly Place. I never visited the playground

Which of the following is the best example of indirect characterization?

The purpose of the introduction is to

the author’s attitude towards a subject is

How does Lizabeth view poverty?

repetition of sounds at the ends of words

a repeated grouping of two or more lines in a poem that often share a pattern of rhythm and rhyme

A thesis statement should NOT be

"The Tell-Tale Heart" What does the Villainous Narrator strongly want readers to believe?

imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem

he point of view that doesn’t see into any character’s thoughts

poetry not written in a regular pattern of meter or rhyme

use of any element of language - a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence more than once

A transition should

Which of the following describes the conflict in the story?

The main character in a literary work is called a