Vocabulary Unit One Assessment

Literary terms from unit one

  1.  
    What does it mean to ANALYZE?
    A. to study something carefully B. develop gradually C. add together
  2.  
    When you RETELL something, what are you doing?
    A. paraphrasing B. plotting C. chunking D. analyzing
  3.  
    The result of something that happens AFTER an event occurs is called the...
    A. theme B. effect C. contrast
  4.  
    What is characterization?
    A. the central message in the story B. the process by which a writer reveals a characters personality and qualities C. the sensory language used by the author
  5.  
    A struggle against another person or some outside force is called...
    A. main conflict B. struggling conflict C. external conflict
  6.  
    What is foreshadowing?
    A. when an author compares two unlike things using human characteristics B. when an author uses transition words to write a flowing essay C. when an author hints at events or ideas that will take place later in the story
  7.  
    What is personification?
    A. giving inanimate objects human characteristics B. comparing two unlike things C. the central idea or message of a story
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Vocabulary Unit One Assessment (Answer Key)

Literary terms from unit one

  1.  
    What does it mean to ANALYZE?
    A. to study something carefully B. develop gradually C. add together
  2.  
    When you RETELL something, what are you doing?
    A. paraphrasing B. plotting C. chunking D. analyzing
  3.  
    The result of something that happens AFTER an event occurs is called the...
    A. theme B. effect C. contrast
  4.  
    What is characterization?
    A. the central message in the story B. the process by which a writer reveals a characters personality and qualities C. the sensory language used by the author
  5.  
    A struggle against another person or some outside force is called...
    A. main conflict B. struggling conflict C. external conflict
  6.  
    What is foreshadowing?
    A. when an author compares two unlike things using human characteristics B. when an author uses transition words to write a flowing essay C. when an author hints at events or ideas that will take place later in the story
  7.  
    What is personification?
    A. giving inanimate objects human characteristics B. comparing two unlike things C. the central idea or message of a story

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