Unit Test

Zlata Filipovic lived in __________ during the __________.

Bosnia . . . Siege on Sarajevo

Which piece of textual evidence from the short story "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe can be used to defend the claim that violence has not ended despite the end of war?

"'Awrighto. Now make we talk business. We no be bad tief. We no like for make trouble. Trouble done finish. War done finish and all the katakata wey de for inside. No Civil War again. This time na Civil Peace. No be so?'"

Sensory language is also known as __________.

imagery

When examining primary sources, it is important to evaluate the creator's __________.

purpose

Anne Frank lived in __________ during the __________.

the Netherlands . . . Holocaust

What is figurative language?

writing not meant to be interpreted literally

Read the excerpt below from the short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King and answer the question that follows. In all my years at Shawshank, there have been less than ten men whom I believed when they told me they were innocent. Andy Dufresne was one of them, although I only became convinced of his innocence over a period of years. If I had been on the jury that heard his case in Portland Superior Court over six stormy weeks in 1947-48, I would have voted to convinct, too. Source: King, Stephen. "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption." Different Seasons. New York: Penguin Group, 1982. Google Books. Web. 16 May 2011. How does the point of view in the excerpt affect the characterization in the text?

Characterization occurs through the potentially biased point of view of one character.

Which excerpt taken from the poem "Birmingham Sunday" by Richard Fariña is an example of sensory language?

"clouds they were grey"

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. "Horses on the Grass" by Grace Schulman From the tower window the moon draws a silver maple's shadow across a spangled lawn; horses rear, manes lashing the air, front legs floating. Half monarch, half shadow, the tree aspires to the sky; one branch, cracked by lightning, scrapes the earth. Reflected on the grass, bent twigs are curved hooves, galloping as the moon rises. Divided it stands in wholeness, mourning its victories, praising the god of trees, the king of horses. The tree holds souls in a bark prison poised like a runner at the starting line— and bolts free, wildly pawing the ground those roots lie under. Source: Schulman, Grace. "Horses on the Grass." Days of Wonder: New and Selected Poems. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Poetry Foundation. Web. 25 July 2011. Which statement about the poem is true?

The poem uses free-verse structure.

How does voice affect the credibility of a text?

The voice affects consistency of tone and the amount of bias revealed.

Two-thirds of those interned in the US between 1942 and 1945 were __________.

United States citizens

What is theme?

a statement about an abstract idea expressed in a work of art

What is diction?

careful and deliberate word choice in speaking or writing

In order to infer a theme from a story, one must identify the central __________ and its __________.

conflict . . . resolution

"Tattoo" by Gregg Shapiro is a __________ take on __________.

fictional . . . the effects of the Holocaust on children of survivors

Read the excerpt below from the short story "The Body" by Stephen King and answer the question that follows. The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you are ashamed of, because words diminish them—words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear. Source: King, Stephen. "The Body." Different Seasons. New York: Penguin Group, 1982. Google Books. Web. 16 May 2011. What is the point of view of the passage?

first-person

The theme of a story refers to its __________.

main message

An interview is a(n) __________ in which one-on-one or small group question-and-answer sessions are conducted.

primary source

Which element of plot is important for understanding the theme of a story?

resolution

What is the historical context of Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic?

the Bosnian War

In the short story "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan, what motivates Lindo Jong to be a model of "invisible strength"?

the desire to help her children succeed

What is the author's purpose in a work of nonfiction?

the reason the author is writing

What is setting?

the time, place, and social/historical context in which a story takes place

In the short story "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan, how does Lindo Jong teach her children lessons?

through words and actions

Read the selections below from "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe and answer the question that follows. He had come out of the war with five inestimable blessings—his head, his wife Maria's head and the heads of three out of their four children. As a bonus he also had his old bicycle—a miracle too but naturally not to be compared to the safety of five human heads. . . . It was unbelievable. He rubbed his eyes and looked again and it was still standing there before him. But, needless to say, even that monumental blessing must be accounted also totally inferior to the five heads in the family. This newest miracle was his little house in Ogui Overside. Which claim could use the excerpts given above as textual support?

Jonathan understands that he can live without things, but he cannot live without his family.