Keystone Literature Assessment Practice
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- Q 1/26Score 0What do you do when you make an inference?29Strongly suggest the truth or existence of somethingFind the directly stated answer in the textUse what you already know and evidence from the text to figure out what the author is saying
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- Q1What do you do when you make an inference?Strongly suggest the truth or existence of somethingFind the directly stated answer in the textUse what you already know and evidence from the text to figure out what the author is saying120sEditDelete
- Q2Which traits apply to fiction?imaginative; purpose is to entertain; uses narrative features like plot, characters, and themepurpose is to inform or teach; factually based; typically uses text features like graphs, headings, and special text to support the literature120sEditDelete
- Q3Why do authors use symbolism in literature?It gives writers freedom to add double levels of meaning to literatureIt grants writers permission to make comparisons between two unlike itemsIt allows readers to understand only literal meanings of objects and ideas120sEditDelete
- Q4Read/Listen to the passage and answer this question: Based on the information in the passage, why did Ann and Roger Kristen leave their home?They decided to live on the sea shore during the night.They wanted to get away from the loud horn sounding at night.They desired to run away from the atomic war and their future deaths.120sEditDelete
- Q5Based on the passage, which characteristic best indicates to readers that it is fiction rather than informational nonfiction?the organization of sentencesthe description of conflictthe use of active verbs120sEditDelete
- Q6Considering the passage, what is the effect of using symbolism with the ship and horn in the passage?It suggests a peaceful mood by using the color black.It emphasizes fear and death by using the color black.It shows the possibility of escape by using the color black.120sEditDelete
- Q7Match each plot element to its description.Users link answersLinking120sEditDelete
- Q8What is the purpose of metaphor in literature?Making an implicit comparison of unlike things helps readers visualize and make connections among common items.Making a direct comparison of unlike things helps readers understand literal meanings to ordinary objects.Making an exaggeration helps readers relate to figurative expressions.120sEditDelete
- Q9What part of the plot is best exemplified in the passage?resolutionclimaxexposition120sEditDelete
- Q10How does the author's use of metaphor in the passage help to communicate an idea?It provides a deeper meaning about the characters and conflict.It provides a detailed description of the plot.It provides an objective perspective on the story.120sEditDelete
- Q11What does the word implied mean?Clearly and directly statedSuggested, but not directly expressed120sEditDelete
- Q12Based on the passage, what is implied in the resolution?Ettil fights the boys and girls who pointed and yelled at him.Ettil is killed by the car running him over.Ettil quickly runs away before the car runs him over.120sEditDelete
- Q13What is indirect charcterization?The author describes a character's personality by directly or explicitly stating or listing the traits. The reader does not have to read between the lines.The author describes what a character says, thinks, his effect on others, his actions, and his looks. It is up to the reader to determine the personality trait(s).120sEditDelete
- Q14Match the points of view to their appropriate descriptions.Users link answersLinking120sEditDelete
- Q15Define conflictdevelopment of a character's personalitya problem between opposing forcestime, place, and environment120sEditDelete
- Q16What is author's style?The feelings associated with an author's word choiceThe techniques, words choice, and sentence structures author's use to make it originalThe setting, plot, characters, and theme an author chooses for his story120sEditDelete
- Q17The feelings associated with the setting, plot, conflict, and word choice is known as what?moodcharacterizationfigurative language120sEditDelete
- Q18Thinking of the lieutenant from "The Long Rain," which word best characterizes him?hopelessangrypersistent120sEditDelete
- Q19How would "The Concrete Mixer" have changedif it were written in omniscient, not limited, point of view?It would have only provided insight into Ettil's mind.It would have provided further understanding of both protagonists' and antagonists' feelings and thoughts.It would have brought the audience into the story more by addressing them personally.120sEditDelete
- Q20Which quote best represents the conflict of "The Long Rain"?They walked down the jungle trail, now and then looking at their compasses. There was no direction anywhere, only what the compass said.He was looking at the sun. The door was shut and the rain only a memory to his tingling body.If only the rain wouldn't hit my head, just for a few minutes. If only I could remember what it's like not to be bothered.120sEditDelete
