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LEAP English I and II reading literary texts overview quiz quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What is the difference between a topic and a theme?

  2. On a two-part (EBSR) theme item, what must be true of your Part A and Part B answers?

  3. A character battles both her own self-doubt and her parents' expectations. What kind of conflict is this?

  4. What is the climax of a plot?

  5. A writer opens at the climax, then uses a flashback. What is the main effect?

  6. A character says little but returns a lost wallet and helps someone who mocked him. This is an example of:

  7. A story is told in first person. How does this point of view shape what the reader knows?

  8. 'The streets yawned and stretched as the buses groaned awake.' Which device is this?

  9. On LEAP, naming a literary device earns little on its own. What earns the points?

  10. A recurring locked gate in a passage most likely functions as:

  11. When reading a poem on the LEAP, what should you do first?

  12. A poem repeats the line 'I will not look back' at the end of each stanza. What is the effect?

  13. Why does tracking how a character changes help on a LEAP literary passage?

  14. A line break leaves the single word 'alone' on its own short line at the end of a stanza. What is the likely effect?