English 10/11 Pre-assessment

Select all of the types of figurative language. (Figures of Speech)

• simile

• setting

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

What elements must be included in all stories?

• Plot, Theme, Characterization, Setting, Conflict (5 elements)

• simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, alliteration

• Irony, Symbolism, Foreshadowing, Flashback, Imagery

• Title, beginning, end

Which device means making a reference to something or someone famous or well-known?

• Alliteration

• Paradox

• Imagery

• Allusion

When the story is told by a character within the story, and says "I" or "Me", it is considered which point of view?

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 1st person

• 2nd person

When writing about a novel or long drama (like Romeo and Juliet) you should ...

• Circle the title

• Underline and capitalize the title

• Put "quotation marks" around the title

• Only capitalize the title

Identify the term:

making a comparison of two different things using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• comparison

The feelings or ideas associated with a word or phrase-

• denotation

• connotation

• figurative

• mood

Metaphors and Symbols

• when objects mentioned really represent something else

• are used in EVERY story

• are literal

• are only used in poetry

What happens in the rising action of a story?

• The reader discovers who the characters are and where and when the story is set

• tension and suspense decrease

• tension increases and suspense is built

• the character solves their conflict

When non-living objects are given person/human-like qualities

• characterization

• hyperbole

• humanification

• personification