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The Schwa Was Here Final Test

Last updated about 6 years ago
25 questions
Note from the author:
Lit Vocab, Examples from Text & Writing Prompt
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A comparison using "like" or "as"

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[The Schwa's] head kept bobbling. "My mother ran away with the BUTCHER?"

What part of the story is this?

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Place the parts of a story in the proper order (top to bottom = beginning to end of a story):

  1. Exposition
  2. Falling Action
  3. Climax
  4. Resolution
  5. Rising Action
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When an object represents an idea

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Part of the story where the conflicts are introduced and build:

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A lesson about life

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A side issue that the characters face

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The moment we discover how the conflict is resolved. Usually the most intense scene of a story.

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"Clipped to the letter was a photo of the Schwa and his mom on a tropical beach."

This is an example of what part of the story?

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The author's use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a story.

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Events immediately following the climax.

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The part of the story where we are introduced to the setting and characters:

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Result of the events of the falling action.

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"I started to feel this weird vertigo, like I had suddenly sprouted far beyond Howie and Ira."

This is where Antsy is starting to realize that he has become more mature than his old friends and separating from them.

This an example of:

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"I was moved from dog walking to babysitting for some Veruca Salt-ish little girl."

Antsy is referencing a character from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory when describing Lexi. This is called a/an:

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"As [the Schwa's] manager...I was suddenly being treated with respect."

Antsy was starting to realize that he liked the attention he was getting by selling the Schwa's abilities.
This is from which part of the story:

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"Life is LIKE a bad haircut. At first, it looks awful, but then you kind of get used to it..."

This is an example of a/an

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"That day I must have put up maybe a hundred Schwas all over Brooklyn..."

This is from which part of the story:

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A direct comparison of two things that have a common trait is a/an...

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Antsy introduces his friends with these details: "Ira Goldfarb, a cinematic genius and Howie Bogerton, whose one goal in life was to not have any."

What part of the story are we introduced to the characters?

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A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

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"You see this amazing girl, but she's not as perfect as you think. This girl is truth."

Antsy compares how the Schwa had to face the truth to seeing a pretty girl. This is an example of:

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Paperclips are an example of a/an...

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"For a few seconds...I wished the Schwa would really disappear. Later I'd feel real guilty about that."

This is an example of:

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