Mrs. Herter's LA Quiz #1
- 1.What is a thesis statement?
- A.
An argument
- B.
A transition
- C.
The focus of an essay
- D.
The counter-argument
- 2.A heart doctor's daughter comes down with heart disease. This is an example of -
- A.
Simile
- B.
Irony
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Understatement
- 3.Two complete sentences can never be separated by only a _______________.
- 4.The conclusion of a persuasive essay should end with --
- A.
An argument
- B.
A hook
- C.
A call to action
- D.
A question mark
- 5.The persuasive strategy that play on people's emotions is called --
- A.
Pathos
- B.
Ethos
- C.
Kairos
- D.
Big question
- 6.All 5 paragraphs of an essay should begin with a transition.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.The boy lifted his shirt up. Which part of speech is "up?"
- A.
A noun
- B.
A preposition
- C.
An adverb
- D.
An adjective
- 8.I did all of my homework during study hall. "During" is what part of speech?
- A.
Verb
- B.
Noun
- C.
Adverb
- D.
Preposition
- 9.The Greek prefix "inter" means -
- A.
Far
- B.
Beside
- C.
Between
- D.
Against
- 10.This sentence is written correctly: "In Algebra, I asked many questions."
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The Greek prefix "dict" means _______________.
- 12.The word "its" is what part of speech?
- A.
2nd p. pronoun
- B.
1st p. pronoun
- C.
3rd p. pronoun
- D.
Interrogative pronoun
- 13.The rising action of a plot helps --
- A.
The characters find their setting
- B.
Build suspense
- C.
Resolve the story
- D.
The reader infer the ending
- 14.A river, blood or a sudden storm can all be examples of --
- A.
Climax
- B.
Point of view
- C.
Symbolism
- D.
Hyperbole
- 15.Which sentence is a "compound sentence?"
- A.
I ate all of my cereal.
- B.
Jimmy went to the story, and I followed him.
- C.
Drusilla and I are best friends.
- D.
Since last year, I have been growing my hair out.
- 16.All the world is a stage and the people are its actors. This quote is an example of --
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Simile
- C.
Euphemism
- D.
Idiom
- 17.Which sentence is an example of stereotype?
- A.
My mother told me to get to school!
- B.
I doubted that the dark-skinned man could speak English.
- C.
The boys preferred to wear pink shirts.
- D.
I'm sure the weather will be bad tomorrow.
- 18.An auto-biography is written from which vantage point?
- A.
2nd person POV
- B.
3rd person POV
- C.
Omniscient POV
- D.
1st person POV
- 19.In the Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator didn't know he was insane, but the reader learned this early on. This is an example of --
- A.
Situational Irony
- B.
Dramatic Irony
- C.
Verbal Irony
- D.
Satire
- 20.A semi-colon is used when the pause is less than a __________ but more than a comma.
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