AROUND THE 10TH GRADE WORLD OF

LITERATURE

Midterm Review

Rules

1) We will begin with two players.2) I will ask a question, and the first person to raise their hand will

get to answer the question. NO SHOUTING OUT! If you answer incorrectly and it’s not a t/f question, your competitor will be able to answer.

3) Each right answer will earn you 1 bonus point on your midterm.4) If you answer a true/false question incorrectly, your partner

continues in the competition.5) If you both answer a multiple choice question or free response

question incorrectly, neither will continue on and the next two students will compete.

Players:

Rules

1) When it is not your turn to play, you should be writing down the questions and answers. This will serve as your study guide. I will collect these before your midterm, and based off the number of questions and answers written down, give you bonus points!!! However, you must number your questions to get full credit!

2) Please be kind, and do not shout out, or I will take points off bonus points earned for the midterm.

Audience:

A fixed form of poetry with 14 lines is called __________________.

Question1 – Fill in the Blank

Sonnet

If a political activist says: “Poverty causes crime,” __________ logical fallacy is being used.

a. false cause c. bandwagon

b. red herring d. ad hominem

Question 2 – Multiple Choice

False Cause

Which kind of persuasive technique involves someone providing their opinion or experience to promote a product or person?

Question 3 – Free Response

Testimonial

What is a speaker’s word choice called?

Question 4 – Free Response

Diction

Every poem has ______________.a. a rhyme scheme c. a

narratorb. a speaker d.

paragraphs

Question 5 – Multiple Choice

a speaker

______________ is the feeling of curiosity, uncertainty or dread about what is going to happen next created by an author in a story.

Question 6 – Fill in the Blank

suspense

The following two lines of poetry has which element of poetry in it?

I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end

a. caesura c. end stoppedb. internal Rhyme d. simile

Question 7 – Multiple Choice

caesura

It is called _________ _____________ when a character’s traits contrast with those of another character.

Question 8 – Fill in the Blank

foil character; an example of this would be Slim and Curley because Slim was respected whereas

no one on the ranch respected Curley even though he was the boss’s son.

___________ is the persuasive technique when the audience will associate their admiration for the individual or individuals pictured to whatever is being advertised and buy into whatever they’re selling.

Question 9 – Fill in the Blank

Transfer

Which of the following are an example of narrative nonfiction? Chose carefully, because it can be all of the examples… a. memoir b. narrative essayc. persuasive essay d. biography

Question 10 – Multiple Choice

memoir, narrative essay, & biography

What literary term appears contradictory? For example, saying, I don’t like bananas, but I eat them.

Question 11 – Free Response

Paradox

True or False: Absolute words play on the audience’s emotions.

Question 12 – True or False

False; Absolutes create a sense of authority.

Which kind of irony is it when the reader knows something the character doesn’t?

Question 13 – Free Response

Dramatic Irony

Which kind of irony is it when the reader knows something the character doesn’t?

Question 14 – Free Response

Dramatic Irony

What is the definition for protagonist and antagonist?

Question 15 – Free Response

The protagonist is the main character in a story and the antagonist is the

thing that causes conflict.

True or false: silken, sad, uncertain, rustling is an example of consonance.

Question 16 – True or False

True

What is the function of Candy killing his dog in Of Mice and Men?

Question 17 – Free Response

The function is to foreshadow what will happen between George and

Lennie.

_________________ is when the author uses great description to create word pictures in a reader's mind.

Question 18 – Fill in the Blank

Imagery

Which type of poem has five lines and a rhyme scheme of AABBA?

Question 19 – Free Response

Limerick

Which two types of nonfiction are always told from 1st person point of view?

Question 20 - Free Response

Memoir & Autobiography

True or False: Pathos is when a speech plays on the audiences’ emotions.

Question 21- True or False

True

What types of words evoke an emotion?

Question 22 – Free Response

Persuasive words

Which persuasive appeal focuses on logic?

Question 23 – Free Response

Logos

What literary device is being used in the following example?

Silence crept through the room and consumed everyone.

Question 24 - Free Response

Personification

What is the purpose of a persuasive argument?

Question 25 – Free Response

To gain the support of the audience

True or False: In Realism, character is more important than action and plot.

Question 26 – True or False

True

The following is an example of which two literary devices?

The sandwich was as big as a skyscraper!

Question 27 – Free Response

Simile and Hyperbole

What type of irony is it when the outcome is different than what’s expected?

Question 28 – Free Response

Situational Irony

___________ is anything that means more than what it is.

Question 29 – Fill in the Blank

A symbol

Building a relationship with the audience is called building the ____________.

Question 30 – Fill in the Blank

rapport