Sem Exam Questions

The plot of a story —

• lists the characters

• summarizes the theme

• is a series of related events

• consists of dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Another word for the basic situation of a story is —

• exposition

• climax

• resolution

• denouement

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The climax of a story —

• A occurs immediately before the first complication

• must be a physical event or occurrence

• always involves the antagonist, or “bad guy”

• decides the outcome of the conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The part of a story that reveals the outcome of the climax is called the —

• A resolution

• exposition

• external conflict

• internal conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

In a flashback a writer —

• comments directly on the events of the plot

• interrupts the story to show a past event

• gives a glimpse of what is about to happen

• states his or her opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

What makes foreshadowing different than a flashforward?

• a flashforward depicts past events and foreshadowing depicts future events

• foreshadowing is more intense than a flashforward

• flashforward is more common than foreshadowing

• foreshadowing does not interrupt the sequence of a story but a flashforward stops the plot and goes into the future

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

In Night, this character “stayed out of people’s way.”

• Elie Wiesel

• Shlomo Wiesel

• Moishe the Beadle

• Madame Schachter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

In the story Life of Pi, what part of the story is emphasized when the fish slaps Pi in the face?

• Inciting Incident

• Resolution

• Falling Action

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

A static character is usually —

• A side character

• The main character

• the protagonist

• the antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Point of view is —

• A language used in a specifically imaginative way

• comparisons between two unlike things

• the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject

• the vantage point from which a writer tells a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6