Graphical and Structural Elements in Poetry

Question 1

Which line is an example of direct characterization?

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Bilbo was very rich and very peculiar, and had been the wonder of the Shire for sixty years . . .

Question 2

Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.As for Bilbo Baggins, even while he was making his speech, he had been fingering the golden ring in his pocket: his magic ring that he had kept secret for so many years. As he stepped down he slipped it on his finger, and he was never seen by any hobbit in Hobbiton again.

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Bilbo has a magical ring.

Question 3

Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.On this occasion the presents were unusually good. The hobbit-children were so excited that for a while they almost forgot about eating. There were toys the like of which they had never seen before, all beautiful and some obviously magical. Many of them had indeed been ordered a year before, and all the way from the Mountain and from Dale, and were of real dwarf-make.

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Some of the toys are magical.

Question 4

Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.One morning the hobbits woke to find the large field, south of Bilbo’s front door, covered with ropes and poles for tents and pavilions. A special entrance was cut into the bank leading to the road, and wide steps and a large white gate were built there. The three hobbit-families of Bagshot Row, adjoining the field, were intensely interested and generally envied. Old Gaffer Gamgee stopped even pretending to work in his garden.

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The hobbits live together near a great field.

Question 5

Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.Bilbo Baggins called it a party, but it was really a variety of entertainments rolled into one. Practically everybody living near was invited. A very few were overlooked by accident, but as they turned up all the same, that did not matter. Many people from other parts of the Shire were also asked; and there were even a few from outside the borders. Bilbo met the guests (and additions) at the new white gate in person. He gave away presents to all and sundry—the latter were those who went out again by a back way and came in again by the gate.

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as welcoming

Question 6

Which line best highlights Bilbo Baggins’ unusual youthfulness?

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At ninety-nine they began to call him well-preserved; but unchanged would have been nearer the mark.

Question 7

Which are common elements of fantasy? Select 3 options.true-to-life settingsimagined worlds everyday events mythical creatures the supernatural

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imagined worlds; mythical creatures; the supernatural

Question 8

Which line best helps readers identify the community spirit of Hobbiton?

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People became enthusiastic; and they began to tick off the days on the calendar; and they watched eagerly for the postman, hoping for invitations.

Question 9

Which is an example of indirect characterization?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The small girl smiled shyly after completing her piano solo.

Question 10

Which line best helps readers identify a countryside setting?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Inside Bag End, Bilbo and Gandalf were sitting at the open window of a small room looking out west on to the garden.

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