First Semester Exam (2010) - Language Arts



First Semester Exam (2010)

Mrs. Courson’s Seventh-Grade Language Arts’ Classes

Directions: Bubble in the letter of the correct answer on your scantron sheet.

SENTENCES

Directions: Identify which type of sentence each of the following is.

(a) declarative (b) interrogative (c) exclamatory (d) imperative

1. Fix my computer, please

2. The house is on fire

3. In what do you place your trust

4. Edgar Allen Poe wrote suspenseful short stories

Directions: Identify each item as either a complete sentence (A) or as a sentence fragment (B).

5. Her poetry, filled with intense emotion

6. Drive the car

Subjects and Predicates

Directions: Select the letter of the term that best describes the role of the underlined word or words in each sentence.

A. simple subject B. complete subject C. compound subject

7. A helpful video can teach you how to train your puppy to obey commands.

8. My crazy dog always tries to dig out from under the fence.

9. Brittany’s mother and father were furious that she let the cat outside.

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Directions: Select the letter of the term that best describes the role of the underlined word or words in each sentence.

A. simple predicate (verb phrase) B. complete predicate C. compound predicate

10. Jacob’s pet monkey found Jacob’s PSP 2 games and threw them all over the room.

11. Janice has a pet tarantula.

12. Sam has already taught her pet bird to say three words.

Major Parts of a Sentence

Directions: Write the correct sentence pattern for each of the following sentences. Each type will only be used once.

(a) S-AV = subject - action verb

(b) S-AV-DO = subject - action verb - direct object

(c) S-AV-IO-DO = subject - action verb - indirect object - direct object

(d) S-LV-PN = subject - linking verb - predicate noun

(e) S-LV-PA = subject - linking verb - predicate adjective

13. Josh often looks tired on Monday mornings.

14. My uncle sent me a postcard.

15. Amanda painted her bedroom.

16. Kevin is an electrical engineer.

17. Sarah types quickly.

Directions: Identify which type of complement is underlined. Each will only be used once.

(a) direct object (b) indirect object (c) predicate noun (d) predicate adjective

18. The student council assigned our class the clean-up project.

19. The tin soldier looked serious and strong in his place on the shelf.

20. Jet engines generate more noise than propeller engines.

21. The first buds of spring soon became beautiful flowers.

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SENTEnce Structure

Directions: Identify each sentence as (a) simple (b) compound (c) complex.

22. These trees are nearly three hundred feet high and thirty-five feet in diameter.

23 Although no one has counted more than 3,200 rings on a tree, some trees may be even older.

24. Some kinds of trees produce rings every year, but other kinds of trees do not

Directions: Identify the underlined clause as either independent (A) or subordinate (B).

25. Weather seems unpredictable because we have not yet learned enough about the forces affecting it.

26. Because skyscrapers extend upward, they take up little land.

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Directions: Identify the underlined part as either (A) a clause or (B) a phrase

27. A nickelodeon was an early movie theater with a five-cent admission charge.

28. Although Trish works hard, she always welcomes extra projects.

Directions: Match the diagram to its corresponding sentence.

29. The bus stopped and avoided a collision.

30. Carla investigated the problem, and she told me the result.

31. Scientists who study dinosaurs are paleontologists.

32. At the beginning of the play, the ballet dancers were breathtakingly graceful.

PARTS OF SPEECH

A. Nouns

Directions: Select the letter of the term that best identifies the underlined word in each sentence.

A) proper noun (B) collective noun (C) compound noun (D) appositive

33. Mimes, entertainers who don’t talk, have to use body language and facial expression.

34. First she mimed an inept daredevil crashing into a brick wall.

35. The audience laughed at the look on her face.

36. Next, she climbed over an imaginary wall, skipped over to Charles, and hugged him.

Directions: Select the letter of the term that best identifies the underlined word in each sentence.

(A) singular possessive noun (B) plural possessive noun (C) abstract noun (D) common noun

37. She ended the show by pretending to be trapped in a box.

38. The mime’s routine was quite funny.

39. The mime pounded the wall in pretend frustration.

40. The spectators’ applause was genuine.

B. Verbs

Directions: Identify which of the underlined words is the verb in each of the following sentences.

41. Malcolm and his best friend wrote this wonderful children’s book.

a b c

42. The cotton is almost ready for harvesting.

a b c

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Directions: Identify the underlined verb as either action (a) or linking (b) or helping (c).

43. The fabric felt itchy.

44. The monkey can climb quickly up the tree.

45. I looked at the painting.

Poetry

Directions: Select the letter of the best answers to the following questions.

46. What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?

“O bury me not on the lone prairie,”

These words came low and mournfully

From the pallid lips of a youth who lay

On his dying bed at the close of the day.

a. a,b,c,b b. a,b,a,b, c. a,a,b,b

47. What is the rhythm (beat) of the following poem?

Sticks and stones may break my bones

But words can never hurt me.

a. strong, weak, strong, weak, strong, weak, strong

b. weak, strong, weak, strong, weak, strong, weak

c. strong, weak, weak, strong, weak, weak, strong

48. How many feet (the number of times the “strong, weak, weak, weak” rhythm repeats) are in the

following line of poetry?

The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day

a. three feet b. four feet c. five feet

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Directions: Identify what type of poem each of the following are. Pay attention to the numbering.

a. haiku b. limerick c. cinquain d. acrostic

49. Summer

Playtime, Friendship 51. E-excrusiating

Swimming, Camping, Sleeping X-xray my brain

My favorite season A-accurate

It’s Here! M-memory

50. Fallen to earth 52. There once was a lady named Sue

after dancing journeyings… Who had nothing whatever to do

kite that lost its soul And who did it so badly

I thought she would gladly

Have stopped before she was through.

DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

Directions: Choose the verb or phrase that is most vivid.

53. Tina (bounded, got) out of bed.

a b

54. Abraham (hit, smacked) the baseball over the fence.

a b

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55. Which sentence most effectively uses sensory details?

a. Concerned that the popping, sizzling grease bubbles on top of the crunchy, curled up pepperoni would burn my lips, I gently blew on the triangular slice of gooey pizza before taking my first, cautious bite.

b. The gooey pepperoni pizza is extremely hot.

c. The burnt-smelling, tongue-stinging, and slimy cheese pizza was horrible.

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Directions: Match each descriptive device to its definition.

56. Onomatopoeia (a) a comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use like or as

57. Simile (b) the use of words to imitate sounds

58. Metaphor (c) words and phrases that describe how something smells, tastes, feels, sounds, or looks

59. Hyperbole (d) a comparison using like or as

60. Sensory details (e) an exaggeration used for emphasis or humor

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Directions: Choose the word from the word bank that identifies the type of figurative language used in each sentence.

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Onomatopoeia d. Hyperbole

61. The strip of bacon was as hot as a piece of coal.

62. The tippety-tap of the rain on my window made me sleepy.

63. Summer vacation is a long, relaxing walk on the beach.

64. Her laugh is so loud that it can be heard around the world.

INFORMATIONAL MEDIA

Directions: Match the correct term to its corresponding definition.

65. head A. the first paragraph in an article or advertisement

66. deck B. the small titles that divide the article into sections

67. lead C. the title of the article

68. subhead D. the small words under the title, but that are separate from the text of the article.

LITERARY ELEMENTS

Directions: Match the literary term to its corresponding definition.

69. exposition A. the result of / aftermath of / or reaction to the climax

70. rising action B. the end of the story / the culmination of events

71. climax C. the introduction of the characters and the setting

72. falling action D. the turning point of the story / the main conflict that we’ve been anticipating since the

beginning of the book

73. resolution E. all the conflicts that occur before the climax

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74. theme A. a plot twist / a surprise ending

75. local color B. when the author “shows,” or reveals, something about a character’s personality rather

than “telling” the reader the information

76. irony C. the lesson the author wants his readers to learn from the story

77. direct presentation D. when the author clearly states some information about a character (for example: He

has brown hair and is 6 feet tall.)

78. indirect presentation E. anything in the story that locks the story into a specific time or place (for example:

vocabulary, transportation, clothing, food)

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79. internal conflict A. the sequence of events in a story

80. external conflict B. “man v. man” is an example

81. plot C. the person telling the story

82. narrator D. “man v. himself” is an example

83. foreshadow E. hints or clues that are given throughout the story concerning the story’s ending

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84. flashback A. the main character of the story

85. a round, dynamic character B. when the majority of a story is told in the past tense

86. protagonist C. A point-of-view where the narrator is NOT one of the characters in the story.

He can make commentary about only one of the characters. He knows that

character’s thoughts and motives

87. suspense D. A character who we know a lot about, who is both good and bad, and who

changes as the result of the events in the story

88. third person omniscient E. The anticipation of what will happen next in the story

Persuasive Writing – Unit Four

Directions: Match the vocabulary words to their corresponding definitions.

89. The feelings or emotions or images that are associated with a word. For example: “cheap” v. “frugal”

a. connotation b. denotation

90. An author’s attitude toward the subject, theme, and characters in a story. His word choice might be positive or

negative, humorous or serious, sad or hopeful.

a. author’s perspective b. tone

91. Information in an article that can be proven.

a. opinion b. fact

92. The reason the author wrote his article: to entertain, to persuade, to describe, to inform.

a. author’s purpose b. style

93. When the author deliberately uses strong words to create a particular emotional response from his readers. The

words he chooses add life, energy, and power to his writing.

a. denotation b. semantic slanting

94. The author’s point of view. Is the author going to gain something personally as a result of convincing his readers to

believe what he’s written about? Is the author employed by the company he’s written about? Is the author just a

concerned citizen? His point of view affects how valid his writing is.

a. author’s purpose b. author’s perspective

95. When the author shows how two things are different

a. compare b. contrast

96. The opposing opinion, the opposite view from the one that is being expressed in an advertisement or article.

a. counter argument b. argument

Directions: Match the persuasive technique (propaganda type) to its corresponding definition.

a. bandwagon b. glittering generalities c. testimonial d. transfer

97. A famous or admired person praises a product. He is not an expert, but the advertiser hopes the people watching the

ad will follow the advice of the famous person and buy/use the product.

98. People are urged to follow the crowd by buying a product, voting for a candidate, or doing whatever else the

advertiser wants. This technique works because people generally don’t want to be left behind.

99. The advertiser creates a certain feeling and hopes that it will be associated to the product being sold. For example,

an ad picturing happy teens on a sunny beach expresses a positive feeling. The advertiser hopes that viewers will

associate that feeling to the product being advertised.

100. The advertiser uses positive, good-sounding words to impress people. The words are usually vague and are

chosen to make the reader feel good about the product and what the product can do for him. For example:

all-American, and medically proven.

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