Unit 3 English Test study guide (Summative)

Question 1

What is a simile?

Answer 1

A comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”

Example: “She is as beautiful as a rose”

Question 2

What is a metaphor?

Answer 2

A comparison between two unlike things that doesn’t use “like” or “as”. It states that one thing is something else.

Example: She is a rose

Question 3

What is personification?

Answer 3

Giving something that is not human, human-like qualities.

Example: The leaves were dancing in the wind.

Question 4

What is a hyperbole?

Answer 4

It is an extreme exaggeration

Example: My bag weighed a ton

Question 5

What is an onomatopoeia?

Answer 5

It is a word that imitates the sound associated with it.

Example: “Pow”, “Pop”, “Smash”

Question 6

What is alliteration?

Answer 6

It is the repetition of the beginning sound in two or more words that are close together.

Example: The same sun set slowly on the horizon. (s sound)

Example: She sold sea shells by the sea shore

Question 7

What is Imagery?

Answer 7

A figure of speech that appeals to the senses, creating a picture in your mind.

Example: It was dark and dim in the forest.

Example: A salty tear ran across her lips.

Question 8

Haiku

Answer 8

• About nature
• 3 lines
• 5, 7, 5 syllables

Question 9

Limerick

Answer 9

• Humorous
• AABBA rhyme scheme
• 5 lines

Question 10

Free Verse

Answer 10

• No set beat or rhyme scheme

- Freedom to express oneself

Question 11

Ballad

Answer 11

• Song-like
• Often has lines that repeat
• Tells a story

Question 12

Almanac

Answer 12

A book of facts.

-Published yearly

Question 13

Atlas

Answer 13

A book of maps

Question 14

Dictionary

Answer 14

A book that gives definitions, pronunciations, parts of speech, and word origins of a word.

Question 15

Thesaurus

Answer 15

A book that gives synonyms and antonyms.

Question 16

Encyclopedia

Answer 16

Books are arranged in alphabetical order. They give general information on many different topics.

Question 17

Primary Source

Answer 17

• First-Hand Account
• Created by someone who experience the event
• Created On/Near the date of the event

Examples:
Newspapers, Diaries, Songs, Paintings, Photographs, Speeches

Question 18

Secondary Source

Answer 18

• Secondary Account
• Created by someone who did NOT experience the event
• Created well after the event

Examples:
Newspapers, Textbooks, Encyclopedias, Biographies, Research Websites, Documentaries

Question 19

Verb Tense

Answer 19

You need to maintain verb tenses in your writing. (If your story takes place in the past, your verbs need to stay in the past tense.)
Present - I am studying for my test.
Past - I studied for my test.
Future - I will study for my test.

Question 20

Examples of subordinating conjunctions

Answer 20

Since
When
After
Because
If

Question 21

Text Features

Answer 21

Text Features help the reader locate important information, comprehend information, and skim through the text in order to find information quickly. Examples: Table of contents, index, diagram, etc.

Question 22

What is the verb tense in the following sentence?

“I am studying for my test.”

Answer 22

Present

Question 23

What is the verb tense in the following sentence?

“I studied for my test.”

Answer 23

Past

Question 24

What is the verb tense in the following sentence?

“I will study for the test”

Answer 24

Future

Question 25

What is an, “Inference”?

Answer 25

When the author does not clear state what is happening. You must use context clues to figure it out.

Question 26

What is, “Theme”?

Answer 26

The “life lesson” of a story.

Question 27

Theme is NOT…

Answer 27

❌one word
❌a summary
❌a “you” statement

Question 28

Theme does NOT contain…

Answer 28

❌character names

❌events from the story

Question 29

A theme IS…

Answer 29

✔️a sentence

✔️a lesson that can be seen in the story and applied to life

Question 30

Name the parts of a plot diagram IN ORDER:

Answer 30

1. Exposition
2. Rising action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution

Question 31

What is Exposition?

Answer 31

Beginning of the story where characters/setting is introduced.

Question 32

What is a summary?

Answer 32

It is the shortened version of a text that contains the key events or information. You can use various strategies to write a summary, such as SWBST and the 5 Ws.

Question 33

What are the 5 W’s?

Answer 33

Who
What
When
Where
Why
(Sometimes "how")

Question 34

What is, “SWBST”?

Answer 34

Somebody
Wanted
But
So
Then

Question 35

What are text structures?

Answer 35

They are how the authors format their writings. They are as follows: compare/contrast, problem/solution, cause/effect, description, and sequence/chronological order.

Question 36

What is cause and effect?

Answer 36

The author describes an event, or several events (cause), and the events that follow (effect).

Question 37

What is problem and solution?

Answer 37

The author gives information about a problem, and explains one or more solution(s).

Question 38

What are Ad-Verbs?

Answer 38

They are words that describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They often end in -ly.

Question 39

Is “very” an adverb?

Answer 39

Yes

Question 40

What are compound sentances?

Answer 40

Compound sentences contains two or more independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

Question 41

What are all of the coordinating conjunctions?

Answer 41

For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So

Question 42

What is Direct Characterization?

Answer 42

It’s when the author DIRECTLY TELLS you about the character.

Question 43

What is Indirect Characterization?

Answer 43

When the author reveals information about a character.

Question 44

What is

“S.T.E.A.L”?

Answer 44

Say
Think
Effects
Actions
Looks

Question 45

Context Clues are…

Answer 45

Clues that surround a word in the text help the reader understand the meaning of that word.