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