Passing The Nc EOG Workbook Ch 1-4
Based on work in our workbook as we review for the EOG, answer the following questions. You MAY use your notes we've worked on in class to help you (remember you must KNOW this info for the EOG though!), but not the workbook!
- 1.In a short sentence, tell me the difference between COMPLEX SENTENCES and a SIMPLE SENTENCE:
- 2.Give a strong EXAMPLE of an ALLUSION:
- 3.Explain Verbal Irony:
- 4.Explain Dramaticl Irony:
- 5.Explain Situational Irony
- 6.What does the term FLASHBACK mean?
- A.
To take a backwards picture with a flash
- B.
To remember something
- C.
To think deeply about something important and deal with it quickly
- D.
Event that happened before a story began remembered in the story
- 7.FORESHADOW means...
- A.
To remember something important
- B.
Hints given in a story at the first that provide hints as to what will happen
- C.
Shadows that are in the forefront of the story that help one know something
- D.
Keeping shadows at bay
- 8.DIALOGUE means...
- A.
Talking
- B.
Conversations between characters
- C.
Thoughts given about characters that lead reader to understand more
- D.
Discussions between students
- 9.What does TRAIT mean?
- A.
An emotion the character has
- B.
Brave/cowardly
- C.
Important physical and non-physical qualites
- D.
Hoping for the future
- 10.THEME
- A.
Main point of the story
- B.
Message or morale of the story
- C.
Hoping for the best in any story
- D.
The major part of what happens in the story
- 11.TONE
- A.
The attitude a writer takes toward his/her subject, audience, or character
- B.
The overall emotion created by a work of literature
- C.
The music one hears in the background of a movie
- D.
The way in which a author writes using words and connotation, etc.
- 12.What type of writing would one most likely need to write with a FORMAL STYLE?
- A.
A friendly letter to your best friend
- B.
A romantic letter to your girlfriend/boyfriend
- C.
A research paper
- D.
Jazz music
- 13.Which type of writing would one most probably use INFORMAL STYLE as opposed to FORMAL STYLE?
- A.
A friendly letter to your best friend
- B.
A letter to your State Senator
- C.
Informational text
- D.
Research paper
- 14.Which list below contains the 4 MAIN TYPES OF GENRE?
- A.
Science fiction,, soap operas, poetry and drama
- B.
Scienc fiction, realistic fiction, poetry and drama
- C.
Drama, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction
- D.
Realistic, Myths, Tall Tales, Science Fiction
- 15.Allusion
- A.
Something that is not really there, but you believe you saw it!
- B.
A piece of literature that is believeable
- C.
A piece of famous literature, character, event, etc. mentioned in another piece of literature
- D.
Believing in the future regardless of how hopeless things look
- 16.I'm going to kick you to the moon!!! This statement is an example of what type of literary term?
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Personificastion
- D.
Hyperbole
- 17.What are the 3 types of IRONY?
- A.
Verbal, Situation, and Derivative
- B.
Adventure, situation and drama
- C.
Verbal, Dramatic and Situational
- D.
Adventure, Situational, Congressional
- 18.Imagery
- A.
Language that makes you hear
- B.
Language that creates hope
- C.
Language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in your mind
- D.
Language that leaves the reader wondering about where he/she is headed in life
- 19.Paradox
- A.
A true statement
- B.
A true statement that means a bunch to someone special
- C.
A true statement that leaves the reader wondering
- D.
A true statement that seems to contradict itself
- 20.What does SYMBOL mean?
- A.
Makes a comparison between two objects using the word "Like" or "as"
- B.
A cross is a symbol of Christianity and/or a church
- C.
Hoping for the future is a fine example of it
- D.
Person, place, object, or ievent that has its own meaning and stands for something else
- 21.Which is an example of ALLITERATION?
- A.
Ellie the Elephant loves Easter eggs!!
- B.
Love loops listlessly around the mountain
- C.
Hope often rises out of despair
- D.
Peace is a wonderful thing
- 22.If written in a poem, the statement: There's nothing I can do, if you've only got two! Would be a very good example of:
- A.
Sound
- B.
Internal Rhyme
- C.
External Rhyme
- D.
Slant Rhyme
- 23.If written in a poem, the unerlined words in the following line would be a very good example of which literary term listed below? If you've only got two, there's nothing I can do!
- A.
Onomatopoeia
- B.
External Rhyme
- C.
Internal Rhyme
- D.
Slant Rhyme
- 24.Read the following poem, then answer the question underneath it: Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this close hand of Love, now soft and warm, And let us hear no sound of human strife After the click of the shutting, Life to life - I lean upon thee, Dear, without alarm, And feel as safe as guarded by a charm Against the stab of worldlings, who if rife Are weak to injure. Very whitely still The Lilies of our lives may reassure Their blossoms from their roots, accessible Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer; Growing straight, out of man's reach, on the hill. God only, who made us rich, can make us poor. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning QUESTION: What literary sound device occurs in lines 2 and 3 of the above poem?
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Onomatopoeia
- C.
Internal rhyme
- D.
End rhyme
- 25.Read the following poem, then answer the question underneath it: Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this close hand of Love, now soft and warm, And let us hear no sound of human strife After the click of the shutting, Life to life - I lean upon thee, Dear, without alarm, And feel as safe as guarded by a charm Against the stab of worldlings, who if rife Are weak to injure. Very whitely still The Lilies of our lives may reassure Their blossoms from their roots, accessible Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer; Growing straight, out of man's reach, on the hill. God only, who made us rich, can make us poor. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning What use of figurative language occurs in line 3 in the statement in line 3 in the statement: this close hand of Love?
- A.
Personification
- B.
Hyperbole
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Sarcasm
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