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Ohio English II reading literature overview quiz quiz

13questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

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

  2. On an evidence-based two-part theme item, what must be true of your Part A and Part B answers?

  3. What is the climax of a plot?

  4. A character battles both her own self-doubt and a coach who keeps benching her. What kind of conflict is this?

  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 the 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 the English II test, naming a literary device earns little on its own. What earns the marks?

  10. A recurring locked gate, each time tied to a chance the narrator missed, most likely functions as:

  11. When reading a poem on the test, 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. On a two-part item over paired texts that asks for the line from Text 2 supporting a difference, where must the evidence come from?