Creating a Museum Exhibit — Unit test

Question 1

Which details should you look for in determining the setting of a story? Check all that apply.the story’s time periodwhere the author livesthe characters’ environmenthow long the story iswhere the story takes place

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the story’s time period; the characters’ environment; where the story takes place

Question 2

Which of these words has a negative connotation?

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jealousy

Question 3

Which lines from the poem "Digging” use assonance? Check all that apply.The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:Bends low, comes up twenty years awayBy God, the old man could handle a spade.Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods

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The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.; Bends low, comes up twenty years away; By God, the old man could handle a spade.; Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods

Question 4

Read the excerpt from "Digging."Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.Under my window, a clean rasping soundWhen the spade sinks into gravelly ground:My father, digging. I look downTill his straining rump among the flowerbedsBends low, comes up twenty years awayStooping in rhythm through potato drillsWhere he was digging.Read the haiku by Bashō. A crowhas settled on a bare branch— autumn evening.How does the structure of these poems differ?

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“Digging” has multiple stanzas of varying length, while Bashō's haiku has only one stanza of three lines.

Question 5

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 6

Which statement best defines ethos as a rhetorical device?

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Ethos promotes the credibility or character of the speaker.

Question 7

Read the claim.A student tutoring program should be established so that peers can help one another.

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With careful student pairings, academics would improve and new friendships would form.

Question 8

Which is an example of indirect characterization?

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The small girl smiled shyly after completing her piano solo.

Question 9

Which statement best exemplifies a strong persuasive claim?

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School communications should be sent electronically to conserve paper.

Question 10

Which sentence from "Civil Peace” contains dialect?

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“Lookia my frien, no be play we come play for your house.”

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