FALL 2014 EXAM REVIEW GRUDGEBALLWho will be the Grudgeball champions?

WHAT IS A NOUN?

A. A person, place, thing, or idea

C. A word that takes the place of a person, place,

thing, or idea

B. A descriptive word

D. An action

WHICH IS TRUE ABOUT A UTOPIA?

A. Utopias exist on Earth

C. A utopia is a perfect world

B. Communism is a utopian system of

government

D. The United States is a utopia

WHAT IS THE CORRECT WAY TO TYPE A BOOK TITLE?

A. “The Outsiders”

C. The Outsiders

B. The outsiders

D. The Outsiders

WHAT IS NOT TRUE ABOUT A THESIS STATEMENT?

A. The thesis statement is part of

the meaty paragraph

C. The thesis statement should be

introduced at the beginning of the essay

B. The thesis statement is the

controlling idea of the entire paper

D. Everything in the paper should connect

back to the thesis statement

ZEUS DECIDES TO DROWN MANKIND IN A FLOOD AS

PUNISHMENT. WHAT KIND OF VERB IS “DECIDES?”

A. Decides is a linking verb

C. Decides is an adverb

B. Decides is a helping verb

D. Decides is an action verb

THE PLAN TO GET MARRIED IS DELAYED IN ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE BECAUSE SHE IS BITTEN BY A SNAKE AND DIES. IF SNAKE IS THE OP, WHAT

IS ITS PREPOSITION?A. bitten

C. by

B. a

D. dies

STANDING NEXT TO HER DOOR, MS. CALLAHAN CRIED AS SHE SAID GOODBYE TO HER VERY FIRST CLASS. WHICH IS A PERSONAL

PRONOUN?A. her

C. Ms. Callahan

B. she

D. classroom

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF FORESHADOWING?

A. When Johnny is jumped by the Socs, he

is hurt really badly.

C. Mr. Incredible is bored with his regular life and wants to fight

crime again.

B. Lily points out that Jonas and Gabe share the same color eyes.

D. Jonas remembers the first time he fell off his

bike.

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF IRONY?

A. Sharing your feelings is a nightly ritual.

C. Mr. Incredible defeats the Omnidroid when he’s on Nomanisan

Island

B. Pony feels that Darry doesn’t love him.

D. Jonas is allowed to lie.

THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION FRIGHTENED THE ISLANDERS.

IN THE SENTENCE ABOVE, WHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THE WORD VOLCANIC?

A. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION

C. ADJECTIVE

B. NOUN

D. ADVERB

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SIMPLE SENTENCE AND AN

INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?A. A simple sentence has a subject and a

verb and an independent clause

does not.

C. An independent clause has a subject

and a verb and a simple sentence does not.

B. They are the same thing.

D. A simple sentence has to have a

prepositional phrase and an independent

clause does not.

ZEUS, GOD OF THE GODS, SITS ON TOP OF MOUNT OLYMPUS.

WHAT IS THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION “ON?”

A. top

C. Mount Olympus

B. gods

D. Zeus

WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING WE LOOK AT WHEN ANALYZING A

CHARACTER?

A. What the narrator says about the

character

C. What other characters say about

another character

B. Where the character does things

D. What the character says

WHICH IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF A MYTH?

A. To explain human behavior and emotions

C. To teach values, morals, and lessons

B. To explain natural phenomena

D. To entertain

WHAT QUESTION DOES AN ADVERB NOT ANSWER?

A. How many?

C. In what way?

B. To what extent?

D. Where?

WHICH IS NOT A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION?

A. for

C. after

B. nor

D. yet

WHICH CHARACTER ADJECTIVE DOES NOT DESCRIBE LILY IN

THE GIVER?

A. talkative

C. well-informed

B. Practical (can see the reasoning behind

things)

D. calm

WHAT IS CHARACTERIZATION?

A. A material object representing something abstract

C. A story that teaches some kind of moral or lesson

B. An adjective

D. A description of one’s understanding of a character

WHICH SENTENCE DOES NOT INCLUDE A PREPOSITION?

A. Timothy rode with his mother to the

movies.

C. Timothy’s mother turned the car on.

B. Timothy’s mother waited for him in the

car.

D. When Timothy was ready, they finally pulled out of the driveway.

THE GOAL OF MONOPOLY IS TO CONTROL ALL THE

PROPERTIES!

A. “Goal” is the subject

C. “Goal” is the indirect object

B. “Goal” is the direct object

D. “Goal” is the object of the preposition

WHICH CHARACTER ADJECTIVE DOES NOT DESCRIBE JONAS?

A. sensitive

C. Intelligent

B. impulsive

D. thoughtful

WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT MYTHS?

A. Greek mythology is the only kind of

mythology.

C. Many books and movies today are

inspired by or have references to mythology.

B. Theme is the underlying message in

a story.

D. The reader extracts the theme through the characters, action, and setting of the story

WHAT TYPE OF IMAGERY IS OLFACTORY IMAGERY?

A. The way something tastes

C. The way something looks

B. The way something smells

D. The way something feels

WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF FLASHBACK?

A. Dally gives Pony and Johnny a gun and some money and helps them

escape.

C. Johnny tells Pony about the “Nothing

Gold Can Stay” poem and what it means to

him.

B. Pony thinks about the time Johnny was jumped by the Socs.

D. Pony describes how Darry seems to dislike him and that he can’t ever do anything good

enough.

“SUDDENLY, IN THE RED GLOW AND THE HAZE, I REMEMBERED WONDERING

WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN A BURNING EMBER” (HINTON 92). THIS IS AN

EXAMPLE OF WHAT KIND OF IMAGERY?A. olfactory

C. auditory

B. tactile

D. visual

THE FACT THAT JOHNNY CARRIES A KNIFE WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES MAKES THE READER THINK THAT HE IS GOING

TO HAVE TO USE IT IN THE FUTURE. WHAT IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF?

A. Foreshadowing

C. Imagery

B. Flashback

D. Irony

“HE WAS STANDING FROZEN LIKE A STATUE IN A PARK OR A CHURCH, UTTERLY UNABLE TO MOVE.”

WHAT IS THE VERB PHRASE?

A. Was standing

C. Like a statue

B. Unable to move

D. Was frozen

SHE TAPPED HER FOOT AND STOOD IMPATIENTLY WAITING FOR HER MOM TO

FINISH CHECKING OUT.

WHAT TYPE OF SENTENCE IS THIS?

A. Compound

C. Simple

B. Complex

D. Compound-complex

WHAT IS A VERB PHRASE?

A. A verb plus an infinitive

C. An action verb plus a gerund

B. A helping verb plus another verb

D. A linking verb plus another verb

WHICH IS THE CORRECT WAY TO CITE IN-TEXT CITATIONS?

A. “I can’t walk these hallways without remembering the days I spent as a prisoner here, barefoot, pain pulsing inside me every time I moved.” (Roth p. 4)C. “I can’t walk these hallways without remembering the days I spent as a prisoner here, barefoot, pain pulsing inside me every time I moved (Roth p. 4).”

B. “I can’t walk these hallways without remembering the days I spent as a prisoner here, barefoot, pain pulsing inside me every time I moved” (Roth 4).D. “I can’t walk these hallways without remembering the days I spent as a prisoner here, barefoot, pain pulsing inside me every time I moved,” (Roth 4).

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIRECT AND

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?A. Indirect

characterization is when the author directly tells

the reader about a character while direct

characterization is when the reader has to interpret

it.C. Indirect

characterization is information about the main character while

direct characterization is information about everybody else.

B. Direct characterization is information about the

main character while indirect characterization

is information about everybody else.

D. Direct characterization is when the author

directly tells the reader about a character while indirect characterization is when the reader has to

interpret it.

WE WATCHED THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS TWINKLING IN THE NIGHT

SKY.CHRISTMAS IS WHAT PART OF

SPEECH?A. adjective

C. adverb

B. noun

D. verb

HE SLAMMED THE DOOR BEHIND HIM AND TURNED OFF THE LIGHT.

WHAT IS THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE?

A. Slammed the door

C. Off the

B. Behind him

D. Turned off

HERA PUNISHES ECHO BY CURSING HER TO ONLY REPEAT

WHAT OTHERS SAY. WHAT IS THE ANTECEDENT FOR “HER?”

A. Echo

C. Others

B. Hera

D. Her

THE WARM CHOCOLATE SMELL FROM THE FRESHLY BAKED JD’S COOKIES PERMEATED THROUGH

MS. CALLAHAN’S ROOM.

A. Allusion

C. Irony

B. Imagery

D. Mood

I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT THE OUTSIDERS WAS SO

ENJOYABLE TO READ.

A. Surprised is a verb

C. To read is a verb

B. So is an adjective

D. Pleasantly is an adverb

“JOHNNY CADE WAS LAST AND LEAST. IF YOU CAN PICTURE A LITTLE DARK PUPPY THAT HAS BEEN

KICKED TOO MANY TIMES AND IS LOST IN A CROWD OF STRANGERS, YOU’LL HAVE JOHNNY.

WHAT TYPE OF CHARACTERIZATION IS THIS?

A. Character analysis

C. Direct characterization

B. Visual characterization

D. Indirect characterization

WHICH CHARACTER ADJECTIVE DESCRIBES DALLY?

A. Canny

C. Altruistic

B. Callous

D. Sage

WHICH IS NOT A SOCIAL ISSUE ATTEMPTED TO BE SOLVED IN

THE GIVER?

A. Age discrimination

C. Euthanization

B. Overpopulation

D. Starvation

WE STUDIED FOR HOURS, SO WE WERE SURE TO DO WELL ON MS.

CALLAHAN’S EXAM.WHAT KIND OF SENTENCE IS THIS?

A. Simple

C. Complex

B. Compound

D. This is not a complete sentence

WHICH CHARACTER ADJECTIVE DESCRIBES THE GIVER?

A. Malevolent

C. Droll

B. Immoral

D. Merciful

TIMMY TOLD HIS MOTHER THAT TOMMY STOLE HIS SHOES, BUT

SHE DIDN’T BELIEVE HIM.

A. But is a coordinating conjunction

C. But is a preposition

B. But is an adverb

D. But is an adjective

MS. CALLAHAN, THE BEST LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER, IS

GOING TO BE MISSED WHEN WE MOVE TO 8TH GRADE.

A. When we move to the 8th grade is a

prepositional phrase

C. The best language arts teacher is an appositive phrase

B. The best language arts teacher is a participial phrase

D. Is going to be missed is a verb phrase

HIS DEAD EYES WERE BLACK HOLES, DARKER THAN NEVER-

ENDING TUNNELS AND COLDER THAN ICE.

A. This is an example of a simile.

C. This is an example of an allusion.

B. This is an example of a metaphor.

D. This is an example of a symbol.