Frage 1
Frage
Ex-Basketball Player: Which of the following literary devices correctly labels the selected excerpt from the poem?
Antworten
-
Metaphor - Most days, you'll find Flick Webb, who helps Beth out.
-
Simile - Their rubber elbows hanging loose and low.
-
Alliteration - Beyond her face toward bright applauding tiers of Necco Wafers, Nibs, and Juju Beads.
-
Simile - His hands were like wild birds.
Frage 2
Frage
Ex-Basketball Player - Who is the main character in this poem?
Frage 3
Frage
Angela's Ashes - The book "Angela's Ashes" is considered to be of what genre?
Antworten
-
Biography
-
Autobiography
-
Memoir
-
Fiction
Frage 4
Frage
Angela's Ashes - Seamus is unhappy about the book Patricia gives Frank because
Frage 5
Frage
Angela's Ashes - What is the name of the poem Patricia shares with Frank?
Antworten
-
The Highwayman
-
The Night Robber
-
Midnight Murder
-
The Raven
Frage 6
Frage
The following sentence is written in present tense: I wanted to buy a water gun for my friend's birthday so I went to the store but I didn't have enough money.
Frage 7
Frage
On Being Seventeen, Bright - and Unable to Read: What disability did David face?
Antworten
-
Dyslexia
-
Dysgraphia
-
ADD
-
Dyslearnia
Frage 8
Frage
The Cask of Amontillado: Who is the author of "The Cask of Amontillado"?
Antworten
-
Richard Wright
-
Edgar Allen Poe
-
William Blake
-
Maya Angelou
Frage 9
Frage
The Cask of Amontillado: Montressor carefully plans his revenge. He does all of the following to prepare EXCEPT ONE. Which of the following is NOT one of the things he does to prepare for his revenge?
Antworten
-
Making sure his servants are not home.
-
Attaching a padlock and chains to the wall of the catacombs
-
Obtaining a cask of Amontillado
-
Hiding a trowel beneath his cape
Frage 10
Frage
The Sniper - What alerts the enemy sniper to the sniper on the rooftop?
Antworten
-
Shuffling his feet
-
Humming a tune
-
Lighting a cigarette
-
Raising his gun
Frage 11
Frage
The Sniper - The Sniper is set during which war?
Antworten
-
American Civil War
-
Irish Civil War
-
American Revolution
-
WWII
Frage 12
Frage
The Necklace - Why is Madame Loisel upset at receiving the invitation to a fancy party?
Antworten
-
She doesn't know how to behave at a fancy party
-
She doesn't have the appropriate clothes to wear
-
She knows very few of the people who will be there
-
She thinks her husband will embarrass her at the party
Frage 13
Frage
The Necklace - The events in the story suggest that what Madame Loisel fears most is:
Antworten
-
Poverty
-
Boredom
-
Humiliation
-
The loss of her beauty
Frage 14
Frage
The Scarlet Ibis - What is a scarlet ibis?
Antworten
-
A bird
-
An injury
-
A Game
-
A kid
Frage 15
Frage
The Scarlet Ibis - In general, how does Doodle respond to the narrator's efforts to push him beyond what Doodle thinks he can do?
Antworten
-
Angrily
-
Willingly
-
Fearfully
-
Fearlessly
Frage 16
Frage
The Most Dangerous Game - Which of the following statements would Ransford and Zaroff fail to agree about?
Antworten
-
The greatest sport is hunting
-
The world is made up of hunters and the hunted
-
Animals do not have the capacity to reason and understand
-
Animals do not offer sufficient challenge to be interesting prey
Frage 17
Frage
The Most Dangerous Game - At the end of the story, the fact that Rainsford is sleeping in Zaroff's bed indicates that:
Antworten
-
Zaroff has admitted defeat
-
Rainsford has killed Zaroff
-
Rainsford has scared Zaroff off
-
Rainsford has decided to join Zaroff's activities
Frage 18
Frage
Research Writing - Which of the following best describes paraphrasing?
Antworten
-
Rearranging words in a passage
-
Rewriting ideas presented in a passage after you have read and clearly understood the original
-
Piecing together sentences from more than one source
-
Switching every word in a sentence with a synonym
Frage 19
Frage
What is the preferred font and size for a MLA research paper?
Antworten
-
Callibri, 11
-
Verdana, 10
-
Times New Roman, 12
-
Times New Roman, 10
Frage 20
Frage
Research Writing - Does a period go before or after a closing quotation mark of a title?