Unit Assessment



1.	In poetry, the speaker may or may not be the poet.
	A.	True
	B.	False

2.	The casual, ordinary speech of a particular country or region is its __________.
	A.	tone
	B.	language
	C.	vernacular
	D.	diction

3.	Hearing the stones cry out under the horizons is an example of which literary device?
	A.	alliteration
	B.	allegory
	C.	comparison
	D.	personification

4.	Explain how a reader can clarify meaning while reading a text.


5.	When a central idea about life is expressed in a work of literature, the idea is known as the __________.
	A.	framework
	B.	theme
	C.	title
	D.	moral

6.	When you __________, you form mental pictures of what is happening in a story based on the details provided by the narrator.
	A.	visualize
	B.	foreshadow
	C.	predict
	D.	summarize

7.	Click the correct definition of the underlined word. The athlete's superb performance in a pivotal game gave her the opportunity to play on a professional sports team.
	A.	out of date
	B.	having an offensive or foul odor or taste
	C.	following as a result of
	D.	of central or vital importance

8.	Through anthropomorphism, an author gives human form or characteristics to __________.
	A.	children
	B.	animals
	C.	the elderly
	D.	minor characters

9.	Which of the following is NOT a sound device used by writers to appeal to their readers?
	A.	caesura
	B.	rhyme
	C.	irony
	D.	assonance

10.	Explain the difference between first-person point of view and third-person point of view.

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