Q.1 Which of the following sentences should be revised to replace a boring "being" verb with an action verb?

A. I was so bored waiting for my brother to pick me up from drama club.
B. Her personality sparkled in her audition for the lead role in the play.
C. They sprinted to the cast list and ran their fingers down the trail of names.
D. The chorus stole the show with their comic relief and stellar singing voices.
Q.2 Which of the following is not an element in the rising action and climax of a narrative?

A. Tension is built.
B. The conflict(s) are introduced.
C. The protagonist decides to resolve the conflict.
D. The setting and characters are introduced.
Q.3 Read the following excerpt from What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge. Then, answer the question that follows.

Now that she knew there was no chance of getting well at once, the days dragged dreadfully. Each seemed duller and more dismal than the day before. She lost heart about herself and took no interest in anything. Aunt Izzie brought her books, but she didn't want to read, or to sew. Nothing amused her. Clover and Cecy would come and sit with her, but hearing them tell about their plays, and the things they had been doing, made her cry so miserably, that Aunt Izzie wouldn't let them come often.

Which type of conflict is most evident in the passage?

A. Character vs. nature
B. Character vs. self
C. Character vs. supernatural
D. Character vs. technology
Q.4 Read the following excerpt from "The Comet" by W.E.B. Dubois. Then, answer the question that follows.

Here at last was peace, and he groped moodily forward. A great rat leaped past him, and cobwebs crept across his face. He felt carefully around the room, shelf by shelf, on the muddied floor, and in crevice and corner. Nothing. Then he went back to the far end, where somehow the wall felt different. He pushed and pried.

Which type of imagery is present in this passage?

A. Smell
B. Sound
C. Taste
D. Touch
Q.5 Read the following excerpt from What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge. Then, answer the question that follows.

I was sitting in the meadows one day, not long ago, at a place where there was a small brook. It was a hot day. The sky was very blue, and white clouds, like great swans, went floating over it to and fro. Just opposite me was a clump of green rushes, with dark velvety spikes, and among them one single tall, red cardinal flower, which was bending over the brook as if to see its own beautiful face in the water. But the cardinal did not seem to be vain.

Which type of imagery is present in this passage?

A. Sight
B. Smell
C. Sound
D.Taste
Q.6 Read the following excerpt from "The Comet" by W.E.B. Dubois. Then, answer the question that follows.

A grimy newsboy sat in the gutter with the "last edition" in his uplifted hand: "Danger!" screamed its black headlines. "Warnings wired around the world. The Comet's tail sweeps past us at noon. Deadly gases expected. Close doors and windows. Seek the cellar." The messenger read and staggered on.

Which type of conflict is most evident in the passage?

A. Character vs. character
B. Character vs. nature
C. Character vs. self
D. Character vs. technology
Q.7 Which narrative sentence effectively uses strong verbs and adjectives?

A. Benji felt angry when his friend dropped his phone on the ground and didn't say sorry.
B. Feeling sad, Cara looked out the car window as her mom drove down the road.
C. Maya said she didn't feel good and went home from school early.
D. With scant motivation and energy, Jaden trudged onto the field for the final play of the team's colossal loss.

Q.8 Isabel wrote the following sentence for the rising action of her narrative:

Jackson had never been as scared as he was at the moment the door began creaking open.

Which strong adjective could Isabel use to replace scared to reflect the greatest amount of fear?

A. Afraid
B. Fearful
C. Nervous
D. Petrified

Which of the following lines from What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge does not contain a temporal transition?

A. And to him, as to all the other children, Katy was evidently the center and the sun. They all revolved about her, and trusted her for everything.

B. Beside the pleasure of knowing Katy to be almost well again, she had the additional enjoyment of seeing for herself how many changes for the better had taken place, during the four years, among the little cousins she loved so much.

C. She made a bolt for the yard as soon as the bell rang, and mounted up all alone to the wood-house roof, where she sat with her back to the school, fighting with her eyes, and trying to get her face in order before the rest should come.

D. This noon, after the dinners were eaten, it was proposed that they should play something in the school-room, and Katy's unlucky star put it into her head to invent a new game, which she called the Game of Rivers.

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Q.1 Which of the following sentences should be revised to replace a boring "being" verb with an action verb?

A. I was so bored waiting for my brother to pick me up from drama club.
B. Her personality sparkled in her audition for the lead role in the play.
C. They sprinted to the cast list and ran their fingers down the trail of names.
D. The chorus stole the show with their comic relief and stellar singing voices.
Q.2 Which of the following is not an element in the rising action and climax of a narrative?

A. Tension is built.
B. The conflict(s) are introduced.
C. The protagonist decides to resolve the conflict.
D. The setting and characters are introduced.
Q.3 Read the following excerpt from What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge. Then, answer the question that follows.

Now that she knew there was no chance of getting well at once, the days dragged dreadfully. Each seemed duller and more dismal than the day before. She lost heart about herself and took no interest in anything. Aunt Izzie brought her books, but she didn't want to read, or to sew. Nothing amused her. Clover and Cecy would come and sit with her, but hearing them tell about their plays, and the things they had been doing, made her cry so miserably, that Aunt Izzie wouldn't let them come often.

Which type of conflict is most evident in the passage?

A. Character vs. nature
B. Character vs. self
C. Character vs. supernatural
D. Character vs. technology
Q.4 Read the following excerpt from "The Comet" by W.E.B. Dubois. Then, answer the question that follows.

Here at last was peace, and he groped moodily forward. A great rat leaped past him, and cobwebs crept across his face. He felt carefully around the room, shelf by shelf, on the muddied floor, and in crevice and corner. Nothing. Then he went back to the far end, where somehow the wall felt different. He pushed and pried.

Which type of imagery is present in this passage?

A. Smell
B. Sound
C. Taste
D. Touch
Q.5 Read the following excerpt from What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge. Then, answer the question that follows.

I was sitting in the meadows one day, not long ago, at a place where there was a small brook. It was a hot day. The sky was very blue, and white clouds, like great swans, went floating over it to and fro. Just opposite me was a clump of green rushes, with dark velvety spikes, and among them one single tall, red cardinal flower, which was bending over the brook as if to see its own beautiful face in the water. But the cardinal did not seem to be vain.

Which type of imagery is present in this passage?

A. Sight
B. Smell
C. Sound
D.Taste
Q.6 Read the following excerpt from "The Comet" by W.E.B. Dubois. Then, answer the question that follows.

A grimy newsboy sat in the gutter with the "last edition" in his uplifted hand: "Danger!" screamed its black headlines. "Warnings wired around the world. The Comet's tail sweeps past us at noon. Deadly gases expected. Close doors and windows. Seek the cellar." The messenger read and staggered on.

Which type of conflict is most evident in the passage?

A. Character vs. character
B. Character vs. nature
C. Character vs. self
D. Character vs. technology
Q.7 Which narrative sentence effectively uses strong verbs and adjectives?

A. Benji felt angry when his friend dropped his phone on the ground and didn't say sorry.
B. Feeling sad, Cara looked out the car window as her mom drove down the road.
C. Maya said she didn't feel good and went home from school early.
D. With scant motivation and energy, Jaden trudged onto the field for the final play of the team's colossal loss.

Q.8 Isabel wrote the following sentence for the rising action of her narrative:

Jackson had never been as scared as he was at the moment the door began creaking open.

Which strong adjective could Isabel use to replace scared to reflect the greatest amount of fear?

A. Afraid
B. Fearful
C. Nervous
D. Petrified

Which of the following lines from What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge does not contain a temporal transition?

A. And to him, as to all the other children, Katy was evidently the center and the sun. They all revolved about her, and trusted her for everything.

B. Beside the pleasure of knowing Katy to be almost well again, she had the additional enjoyment of seeing for herself how many changes for the better had taken place, during the four years, among the little cousins she loved so much.

C. She made a bolt for the yard as soon as the bell rang, and mounted up all alone to the wood-house roof, where she sat with her back to the school, fighting with her eyes, and trying to get her face in order before the rest should come.

D. This noon, after the dinners were eaten, it was proposed that they should play something in the school-room, and Katy's unlucky star put it into her head to invent a new game, which she called the Game of Rivers.

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