Final Exam - Language Arts 8 (Semester 2)
Questions regarding the core concepts taught during semester two.
- 1.Which of these is a characteristic of a lyric poem?
- A.
13 lines
- B.
Short
- C.
Lengthy prose
- D.
Focus on many ideas
- 2.When reading a food product label, what should you look for?
- A.
How much the product costs
- B.
How the product is made
- C.
What brand the product is
- D.
Nutritional information
- 3.When reading a table what should you do to find specific figures?
- A.
Track down the columns and rows
- B.
Create a new data format
- C.
Circle the rows
- D.
Circle the columns
- 4.The __________ introduces the setting, main conflict and the characters.
- A.
Rising action
- B.
Falling action
- C.
Exposition
- D.
Setting
- 5.The _____ gets a colon and is aligned with the left-hand margin when writing a business letter.
- A.
Date
- B.
Closing
- C.
Salutation
- D.
Signature
- 6._____ is measurement of the syllables in a line of poetry.
- A.
Assonance
- B.
End rhyme
- C.
Rhyme scheme
- D.
Meter
- 7.An author might use _____ to create suspense and preview a bit about what is to come in the story.
- A.
Setting
- B.
Symbolism
- C.
Irony
- D.
Foreshadowing
- 8.The director will work with a __________ to decide how the lights on the stage can best be manipulated for dramatic effect.
- A.
Curtain specialist
- B.
Lighting specialist
- C.
Makeup artist
- D.
Props coordinator
- 9.Which is NOT a form of drama?
- A.
Comedy
- B.
Tragedy
- C.
Farce
- D.
All of these are forms of drama
- 10.Often you will need to _____ the theme of a work. That means that you need to use details from the text, and your knowledge of life to understand the message in the literature.
- A.
Depend
- B.
Infer
- C.
Illustrate
- D.
Create
- 11.The _____ gets a comma and is aligned with the left-hand margin when writing a friendly letter.
- A.
Greeting
- B.
Closing
- C.
Date
- D.
Heading
- 12.Which is NOT included in functional text?
- A.
Memos
- B.
Brochures
- C.
Guidebooks
- D.
Novels
- 13.The setting mostly affects __________.
- A.
The plot, which affects the conflict, characters, and mood
- B.
The conflict because based on the setting the characters may have different arguments
- C.
The characters because they have to act a certain way for different times
- D.
The theme because there is so much to learn about a specific place
- 14.What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
- A.
An autobiography is written by the person who is telling about his or her life
- B.
A biography is written by an author who is telling about the life of another person
- C.
Both of these
- D.
None of these
- 15.Some stage sets include_____ which allow actors to stand on different levels.
- A.
Levels
- B.
Flys
- C.
Platforms
- D.
Wings
- 16.Which is not part of a work's historical or cultural context?
- A.
World events such as social movements
- B.
World events, such as wars
- C.
A writer's personal experiences
- D.
The popularity of the work to modern audiences
- 17.In order understand a story, a good strategy is to first examine __________.
- A.
Who is telling it
- B.
The theme
- C.
The symbolism
- 18.A work that is performed is called a _____.
- A.
Scene
- B.
Drama
- C.
Game
- D.
Plot
- 19.Plays are often divided into sections called __________.
- A.
Lines and dialogue
- B.
Acts and scenes
- C.
Nouns and verbs
- D.
Sentences and paragraphs
- 20.A monologue, aside, and soliloquy are dramatic elements that pertain to __________.
- A.
Author's purpose
- B.
Script writing
- C.
Costuming
- D.
Talking to the audience
- 21.When a narrator is a character in the story and relates the action as it happens to him or her, this is called __________.
- A.
Third-person point of view
- B.
First-person point of view
- C.
Second-person
- 22.Which is NOT an example of a kind of character?
- A.
Minor character
- B.
Statement character
- C.
Dynamic character
- 23.What is a conversation conducted by a writer or a reporter in which facts or statements are elicited from another person?
- A.
Journal
- B.
Essay
- C.
Memoir
- D.
Interview
- 24.The __________ is the moment of greatest suspense, and what the reader is waiting the whole story to find out.
- A.
Exposition
- B.
Resolution
- C.
Climax
- D.
Falling action
- 25.A drama is different than a story because it contains __________.
- A.
Protagonists and antagonists
- B.
A front and back cover
- C.
Characters, setting, and plot
- D.
Props, scenery, and stage directions
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