Unit Skills Assessment



1.	Which of the following is NOT a type of genre fiction?
	A.	science fiction
	B.	fantasy
	C.	mystery
	D.	short stories

2.	A fable is a brief, usually simple story intended to teach a lesson about human behavior.
	A.	True
	B.	False

3.	When you identify genre, you
	A.	critically examine the sequence of events in a narrative work.
	B.	determine the category or type of literature of a work.
	C.	determine a literary work’s message about life.
	D.	make judgments or form opinions about characters.

4.	Click on the letter of the word that means about the same as the underlined word. She is a dutiful daughter.
	A.	obedient
	B.	resourceful
	C.	fearful
	D.	diligent

5.	Stream of consciousness is
	A.	the dominant emotional feeling of a work of literature.
	B.	an idea that recurs throughout literature across cultures.
	C.	the literary representation of a character’s free-flowing thoughts.
	D.	literature that is passed down from one generation to the next.

6.	An analogy is a comparison that shows similarities between two things that are otherwise dissimilar.
	A.	True
	B.	False

7.	Which of the following is an example of second-person point of view?
	A.	He likes to jog in the morning.
	B.	I like to jog in the morning.
	C.	They like to jog in the morning.
	D.	You like to jog in the morning.

8.	When you interpret imagery, you
	A.	use your prior knowledge to help you understand the text.
	B.	determine an author’s purpose for writing.
	C.	look carefully at sensory details to determine their importance.
	D.	ask questions about individual sections of text to clarify meaning.

9.	Motivation is a literary work’s message about life.
	A.	True
	B.	False

10.	Tone is
	A.	a character’s attitude toward another character.
	B.	a writer’s attitude toward his or her subject.
	C.	a writer’s choice of words.
	D.	the distinctive way a writer uses language.

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