9th Grade Q3 Unit Test Review

the prefix "cred" means

• to believe or trust

• love or affection
• destruction or ruin
• fear or dread

the prefix "inter" means

• inside
• within
• between or among
• outside

What does the prefix 'trans-' mean?

• To respond with an alternative idea

• Between or among

• Believe

• Across

What is the purpose of stage directions in a play?

• To provide a monologue to the audience

• To introduce new characters

• To tell the actors what to do and where to stand

• To critique the actors' performances

Which of the following words is an example of the word "counter" as used in the sentence below:

"Get behind the rocks! The enemy is about to _________

• counter space

• counterattack

• counterargument

• counterhome

Asides are spoken between ________

• to an entire stage full of people

• to the audience

• two characters on stage only to each other

• to the stage manager backstage

a play on words; usually a joke that uses words that sound almost the same 

—Ex. “You’re kitten me” (kidding) ,  A stuffed bunny with a heart that says “Somebunny to love” (instead of “somebody”) 

• a pun

• a joke

• a story

• irony

critiques a work of literature, usually making a claim or argument about it or against it are what type of writing?

• Informative Essays

• Argumentative Essays

• Literary Criticism

• Dramatic works

------- is the words characters speak. Although any kind of story can have -------, it is central to drama, because the audience follows the events by watching what characters say and do.

• plot

• conflict

• setting

• character

• dialogue

A brief remark, to the audience, that the other characters do not hear:

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside