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1. Read the passage below from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and answer the question.
Whether or not I should tell the captain what I’d just heard was a more delicate question. To confess that I’d even been spoken to in such an offending fashion would have made me feel acutely uncomfortable. But not to speak of it would smack of complicity.
Excerpts from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, copyright © 1990 by Avi. Used by permission of Brandt and Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. All rights reserved.
Which of the following is the best meaning for complicity?
positively contributing
resentment
involvement in wrongdoing
generosity
2. Which of the following is a major theme in the Biblical story of "Jonah and the Whale"?
revenge
transformation
love
disobedience
3. When you provide details about your subject that your audience might not be familiar with, you are using which rhetorical strategy?
definition
cause and effect
classification
compare and contrast
4. Read the passage below from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and answer the question.
Bending down to investigate, I realized I’d stepped on the dirk. When I recalled the circumstances as to why I’d thrown it, I resolved to return the dagger immediately.
Excerpts from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, copyright © 1990 by Avi. Used by permission of Brandt and Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. All rights reserved.
The word dagger provides which kind of context clue as to the meaning of the word dirk?
restatement
definition
contrast
inference
5. Which of the following statements is true of an essay’s conclusion?
It provides new evidence to support your argument.
It hooks your reader.
It includes the first statement of your thesis.
It creates a sense of completeness.
6. Which of the following is part of the plot of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle?
the dirt and grime of the ship
Zachariah’s dirty appearance
Charlotte travelling alone on the Seahawk
the symbolism of the "white gloves"
7. The best thesis statements _____.
restate the obvious
presnt only three main points to be discussed within the body of the paper
present some sort of debatable assertion
are just statements of fact
8. Read the passage below from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and answer the question.
I remember being struck by the notion that I was—Jonah-like---in the belly of a whale.
Excerpts from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, copyright © 1990 by Avi. Used by permission of Brandt and Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. All rights reserved.
This reference to the Biblical story of "Jonah and the Whale" is called a(n) _____>
epilogue
epigraph
prologue
allusion
9. Read the passage below from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and answer the question.
Once alone I climbed atop my bed and flung myself down, then gave myself over entirely to the question of what I should do.
Excerpts from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, copyright © 1990 by Avi. Used by permission of Brandt and Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. All rights reserved.
This passage is an example of which kind of conflict?
person vs. self
person vs. society
person vs. environment
person vs. person
10. A _____ is any physical clue that emphasizes information.
verbal cue
narrative cue
story feature
textual feature
11. The sailors of the Seahawk battling the sea is an example of which kind of conflict?
person vs. society
person vs. self
person vs. environment
person vs. person
12. A motif is a good example of a _____.
verbal cue
verbal feature
textual cue
textual feature
13. Which kind of context clue is it when a sentence repeats or uses words with similar meanings?
inference
definition
restatement
contrast
14. By the end of Chapter 6, Charlotte’s white gloves have turned a "sodden gray." What does this imply?
that Charlotte isn’t good at washing her clothes
that the ship is a dangerous place
that Captain Jaggery is ashamed of Charlotte
that life on the ship is changing Charlotte
15. Mark all that apply. Which of the following are examples of a textual feature?
bolded titles
colored sidebars
word choices
highlighted words
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