Unit Assessment



1.	In stories, novels, and narrative poems, the __________ is the person who tells the story.
	A.	reader
	B.	character
	C.	narrator
	D.	first-person

2.	Explain how analyzing evidence helps a reader to evaluate the validity of a writer's opinion.


3.	When you __________ two things, you focus on their similarities. When you __________ these things, you focus on their differences.
	A.	compare; contrast
	B.	contrast; compare

Read the following stanza from William Butler Yeats's poem "When You Are Old." Then answer question 4.
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face



4.	What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
	A.	aabb
	B.	abab
	C.	abba
	D.	bbaa

5.	Like prose paragraphs, the purpose of verse paragraphs is to
	A.	provide insight into the people of a specific region.
	B.	entertain the reader with their musical tone and rhyme.
	C.	express a writer's strong emotions or opinions.
	D.	convey a main idea that is supported by details.

6.	Discuss the difference between mood and atmosphere


7.	When an author uses hints or clues to prepare readers for events that will happen later in a story, he or she is using __________.
	A.	structure
	B.	metaphors
	C.	foreshadowing
	D.	flashback

8.	An epiphany is a moment of sudden realization of the true meaning of a situation, person, or object.
	A.	True
	B.	False

9.	When the reader knows something that the story's narrator or characters do not know, this is referred to as __________ irony.
	A.	dramatic
	B.	verbal
	C.	situational
	D.	resolution

10.	Minor characters in a literary work usually display few personality traits.
	A.	True
	B.	False

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