End-of-Year Review

Which of the following is an example of cultural conflict?

• A young girl wants to take on responsibilities she cannot yet handle.

• A family-run business struggles to turn a profit in their first year of business.

• A child wants to break from the traditional customs passed down by his parents.

• A high school senior struggles to decide what to do upon graduation.

Which of the answers states a universal theme?

• The strength of community

• A visit to a sick friend

• Spending time with your parents

• Getting a part-time job

Which of the following is a poem written to the dead?

• Lyric Poem

• Epic

• Elegy

• Free Verse

What is the basic unit of meter?

• the iamb

• the foot

• the trimeter

• the stanza

Which of these literary devices interrupts the chronological order of a narrative?

• Ambiguity

• Diction

• Epiphany

• Flashback

Which of the following statements is true of a villanelle?

• It is not a formal poetic form.

• Its rhyme scheme changes from stanza to stanza.

• Its repeating lines help to build meaning.

• All of its stanzas have three lines.

What type of essay reveals details of the writer's personality?

• Informative

• Personal

• Argumentative

• Research

Characters in a narrative that change and evolve are:

• Flat

• Round

• Protagonists

• Dynamic

The existing problem in the story that pushes the plot along is the:

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Foreshadowing

• Setting

A literary device that reveals details about a character without explicitly stating it them:

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct Characterization

• Simple Characterization

• Complex Characterization