End of year review for 10th
Identify the answer choice that contains only common nouns.
Identify the adjectives in the sentence.
“In the latter part of the nineteenth century, bicycling became a popular sport in the United States.”
Noun or adjective? Identify the italicized word. chicken bowl
Identify the adverb in the sentence.
“The bluebird was chirping today.”
Noun or adverb? Identify the italicized word in the sentence:
“Be home by nine o’clock,” Dad yelled.
Which sentence is punctuated and capitalized correctly?
Read the excerpts (paraphrased) from Lamb to the Slaughter and answer the questions.
Excerpt A Mary Maloney listens as her husband, Patrick, tells her something that changes their marriage. After he speaks, Mary continues acting like a calm, attentive spouse and goes into the kitchen to start dinner as if nothing is wrong. She takes a frozen leg of lamb and, in a sudden moment, strikes Patrick with it.
Excerpt B Later, the police arrive and search the house for the murder weapon. Mary offers the detectives food and behaves like a helpful hostess. While the detectives talk about how the weapon could be “right under their noses,” they eat the cooked leg of lamb—without realizing what it is.
What is the BEST explanation of the irony in Excerpt B?
Which details from the excerpt best establish the setting (time and place)?
Which phrase from the excerpt most strongly creates an uneasy or tense mood?
Read the excerpt, then answer the question.
“At the little living-room desk Tom Benecke rolled two sheets of flimsy and a heavier top sheet, carbon paper sandwiched between them, into his portable. … ‘Hot in here,’ he muttered to himself. … he stood breathing on the glass … staring down through the autumn night at Lexington Avenue, eleven stories below. …
Which details from the excerpt best establish the setting (time and place)?
Read the excerpt, then answer the question.
“‘Hot in here,’ he muttered to himself. … he heard the muffled clang of wire coat hangers … and … he thought: hot guilty conscience. … he stood … staring down through the autumn night … eleven stories below.”
Which phrase from the excerpt most strongly creates an uneasy or tense mood?
The poem opens, “Tengo mucho respeto ’pa / los viejos de mi barrio.” What is the MOST likely effect of this diction (mixing Spanish with English) on the poem’s tone and meaning?
Consider the phrase “They’ve survived kill-dem-meskin days.” What does this word choice MOST strongly suggest about the hardships the viejos faced?
The poet describes La Muerte with phrases like “red lava face glowing” and “jeweled in turquoise and obsidian.” What is the MOST likely effect of this diction on the reader?
In Macbeth, Macbeth speaks aloud while alone onstage to reveal his private thoughts and fears (for example, when he questions what he is about to do). Which drama term best describes this type of speech?
In Julius Caesar, a character briefly turns to the audience and comments on the situation while other characters onstage do NOT hear it. Which drama term names this technique?
In The Taming of the Shrew, characters sometimes pretend to be someone they are not, and the audience understands the deception before another character does. Which drama term best describes this situation?
Invictus
William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
(Public domain.)
How does the speaker’s tone in the final stanza contribute to the theme?
In the passage, the narrator says, “I tried to think of my knowledge, but it was a squirrel's heap of winter nuts.” Which figure of speech is used in this comparison, and what does it suggest about the narrator’s knowledge at that moment?
Which sentence BEST represents third-person limited narration?
Which example BEST represents third-person omniscient narration?
Which sentence is written in first-person point of view and best reflects Jack’s perspective in Lord of the Flies?
In Lord of the Flies, what is the primary point of view used in most of the novel?
Rewrite a short scene from Lord of the Flies from Jack’s first-person point of view. Choose one key moment (for example: the first assembly, the hunters’ first pig chase, or the split between Jack and Ralph). Use details from the novel to show Jack’s thoughts, motivations, and emotions.
In Act 1, Marullus asks the crowd, “Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?” What is the primary rhetorical purpose of these questions?
In Act 1, Cassius asks Brutus a series of questions about Caesar (for example, whether Caesar is “as well” as they are). What is Cassius’s main rhetorical goal in asking these questions?
In Act 1, after Casca describes Caesar refusing the crown, he reports that Caesar fainted and then asked the crowd, “Was I with you there?” Why is this question rhetorical in context?
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Which answer best explains how the ad’s opening rhetorical question and the “Run for…” repetition work together to persuade the audience?
Which statement best identifies the dominant rhetorical appeal in the line quoting Dr. Lena Ortiz, and explains why it is effective for a high-school athlete audience?
The ad says: “ApexStride is made to keep you going.” Which revision would strengthen the ad’s logos (logic) while keeping a persuasive tone?
Which statement best identifies the dominant rhetorical appeal in the line quoting Dr. Lena Ortiz, and explains why it is effective for a high-school athlete audience?
Which claim from the ad is MOST likely to raise an ethical concern because it could be misleading without additional evidence or limits?
In Elie Wiesel’s speech The Perils of Indifference, what is Wiesel’s central claim about indifference?
Which line of reasoning best explains why Wiesel calls indifference a “sin” and a “punishment”?
Wiesel uses rhetorical questions throughout The Perils of Indifference. What is the MOST likely purpose of this technique?
Which type of irony is MOST strongly shown in Excerpt A, when Mary shifts from preparing dinner to using the frozen lamb as a weapon?
Which piece of evidence best supports the theme of resilience in the poem?
Which statement best expresses a central theme of “Invictus”?