6 Written Questions

1. The author’s method of organizing text (e.g., foreshadowing, flashbacks).
2. A document that focuses on civic issues or matters of public policy at the community level and beyond.
3. An expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally (e.g., Let’s get on the ball.).
4. The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used (e.g., That new kid in class is really a squirrel.).
5. A diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships.
6. The essential techniques used in literature (e.g., characterization, setting, plot, theme).

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in writing.
   1. Irony
   2. Paraphrase
   3. Phonics
   4. Narrative
2. One of two or more words pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning (e.g., hair/hare, scale (fish)/scale (musical)).
   1. Paraphrase
   2. Metaphor
   3. Hyperbole
   4. Homophone
3. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result.
   1. Phonics
   2. Meter
   3. Irony
   4. Hyperbole
4. An exaggeration or overstatement (e.g., I was so embarrassed I could have died.).
   1. Hyperbole
   2. Homophone
   3. Meter
   4. Irony
5. The relationship between letters and sounds fundamental in beginning reading.
   1. Phonics
   2. Metaphor
   3. Irony
   4. Meter
6. Tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the writing (e.g., dialogue, alliteration).
   1. Literary devices
   2. Literary elements
   3. Literary structures
   4. Literary conflict

6 True/False Question

1. Personification → An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form (e.g., Flowers danced about the lawn.).
   

   True        False

2. Literary conflict → Tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the writing (e.g., dialogue, alliteration).
   

   True        False

3. Point of view → One of two or more words pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning (e.g., hair/hare, scale (fish)/scale (musical)).
   

   True        False

4. Paraphrase → The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used (e.g., That new kid in class is really a squirrel.).
   

   True        False

5. Meter → The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
   

   True        False

6. Pattern book → An exaggeration or overstatement (e.g., I was so embarrassed I could have died.).
   

   True        False