Unit 4 Literature Test Part 1

What genre (type) of writing is this selection?

• Autobiographical narrative

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• Horror

The selection includes a clock that can talk. What type of literary device is being used?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

The author uses the literary device in the previous question —

• to compare two things

• to foreshadow what will occur next in the story

• to create a rhythm in speech

• to give human qualities to nonliving things

The character of the Whether Man is a play-on-words for the title of —

• Meteor man

• Weather man

• Letter man

• None of the above

The words weather and whether are which of the following?

• Synonyms

• Homophones

• Antonyms

• Both a & c

Which of the following words is the base word for Lethargarian?

• Legality, meaning “legal status”

• Lethality, meaning “the capacity to cause death”

• Lethargy, meaning “lack of energy”

• None of the above

What is the purpose of the Watchdog?

• To make sure no one steals another's property

• To guard the junkyard in Doldrums

• To make sure no one parks in a fire zone

• To make sure no one wastes time

Which of the following parts and meanings are combined to make the word Dictionopolis?

• a. Diction, meaning “word”, and -lis, meaning “big”

• b. Diction, meaning “books”, and -polis, meaning “collection”

• c. Diction, meaning “speech” or “language”, and -polis, meaning “city”

• d. None of the above

Who is the king of Dictionopolis?

• Azaz

• The Mathemagician

• Reason

• Rhyme

Who is the king of Digitopolis?

• Azaz

• The Mathemagician

• Reason

• Rhyme