Language Arts Written Assessment Copyright © 2016 Academic Hallmarks Language Arts Round 1 Page 1 1. Fictional Characters 6. Mythical Journeys The seafaring story about Ned Land, Pierre Aronnax, Those who voyaged with Jason to obtain the Golden and Conseil also features Captain ... Fleece were ... A. Flint A. Bedouins B. Ahab B. Argonauts C. Bligh C. buccaneers D. Nemo D. cosmonauts E. Queeg E. conquistadors 2. Pronouns 7. Colonial Poems What kind of pronoun is missing at the end of this A central character in Longfellow's poem, "The Ogden Nash ditty? Courtship of Miles Standish," is ... Tell me, O Octopus, I begs / Is those things A. Pocahontas arms, or is they legs? / I marvel at thee, B. Virginia Dare Octopus. / If I were thou, I'd call me ... C. Abigail Adams A. personal D. Priscilla Mullins B. reflexive E. Anne Hutchinson C. intensive D. possessive E. demonstrative 3. Literary Techniques 8. Composition This illustrates what literary form? Which line from the same paragraph is the topic Listen electors and you shall hear sentence? Of why you should vote for Saul Lanier. A. Her desk drawers gaped open. A. essay B. Books were strewn on the bed. B. parody C. Melanie's room was in disarray. C. epitaph D. Cookie crumbs littered the floor. D. allegory E. Clothes hung from the curtain rod. E. anecdote 4. Singulars 9. Modifiers The singular form of a verb should not have been Which line contains no misplaced modifier? used in which example? A. At age five, her mom passed away. A. Mice is the plural of mouse. B. We listened to almost the entire concert. B. Two million dollars is plenty. C. He served gruel to children on paper plates. C. Physics is a challenging class. D. Mom got a dog for my sister she calls Fido. D. Cruise and Eastwood is actors. E. They just said it's going to rain on the radio. E. "Tender Mercies" is a new film. 5. Riddles 10. Clipped Words According to the riddle of the Sphinx, at what time of Which is not a "clipped word" or a shortened form of day do humans walk on four legs? a longer original word? A. night A. bus B. midday B. vet C. sunset C. gaff D. evening D. exam E. morning E. fraud Language Arts Round 1 Page 2 11. Prepositions 16. Myths How many prepositions are in this passage? This is about what Greek mythical character? Music played at weddings always reminds me Because the river water did not touch his of the music played for soldiers before they heel, it was the only part of his body that go into battle. could suffer harm. A. 1 A. Perseus B. 2 B. Theseus C. 3 C. Achilles D. 4 D. Hercules E. 5 E. Odysseus 12. Longfellow's Verse 17. Suffixes In the poem, Nokomis' wigwam is by the shores of Which suffix indicates a language or dialect? Gitchee Gumee, by the shining ---- Water. A. -ale A. Big Sea B. -ity B. Blue Lake C. -ful C. Sand Side D. -ary D. Four Winds E. -ese E. Great Wave 13. Popular Prose 18. Literary Lines Which story by Ray Bradbury is a nostalgic look at a What is this about? small American town in the 1920s? My humble friend, we know not how to live this A. The Veldt life which is so short yet seek one that never B. Dandelion Wine ends. C. Fahrenheit 451 A. honor D. The Illustrated Man B. jealousy E. The Martian Chronicles C. gratitude D. immortality E. forgetfulness 14. Adventure Tales 19. Forms of Literature In "Treasure Island," the name Flint is used for both a A condensation of a literary work is a(n) ... bloodthirsty buccaneer and a(n) ... A. thesis A. inn B. appendix B. bird C. synopsis C. island D. synthesis D. schooner E. anthology E. cache of booty 15. English Literature 20. Creepy Creatures What is the time frame for C.S. Lewis' story, "The In "A Wrinkle in Time," Madeleine L'Engle describes Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"? the fiendish creature, IT, as a ... A. Middle Ages A. slimy blob B. Renaissance B. scaly serpent C. Second World War C. disembodied brain D. American Revolution D. vaporous presence E. Queen Victoria's reign E. metallic mechanism Language Arts Round 1 Page 3 21. Paraphrased Proverbs 26. Poetic Syllabication It is inadvisable for Homo sapiens who dwell in In the traditional mnemonic rhyme that helps you shelters composed of vitreous materials to ... remember how many days are in each month, each of A. bound upward the first two lines is ... B. hurl concreted matter A. trisyllabic C. impair a thin, clear soup B. pentasyllabic D. ultimately express mirth C. hexasyllabic E. accumulate nonvascular plants D. heptasyllabic E. octosyllabic 22. Roots Words 27. Literary Techniques Which words contain a root meaning "ashes"? An author who calls a barber "a knight of the scissors," A. vintage, vintner and liquor "a poisonous decoction," is using ... B. vehemence, vehicle A. puns C. cinders, incinerator B. assonance D. flambeau, inflammable C. onomatopoeia E. incandescent, candelabra D. foreshadowing E. circumlocution 23. Shorted Sentences 28. Sentence Analysis Which is not a sentence fragment? In which line does the noun function as the object of A. Because he is an Asian mystic. the preposition? B. Into the pit he fell with aplomb. A. They gamboled around the pasture. C. Tripping over his own feet and mine. B. I always wanted to be a lumberjack. D. The rebus which filled his imagination. C. The cowboy's aroma was distinctive. E. Navigating his way through the archipelago. D. Give the package to whomever knocks. E. Man is a sun and the senses are his planets. 24. Descriptive Language 29. Modifiers Which term best describes an old codger slowly In which line is a modifier used inappropriately? moving from his chair to his bed? A. She generally ran real fast. A. loitering B. Willis is extraordinarily tall. B. frolicking C. He has a wonderfully calm demeanor. C. cavorting D. He literally fell out of the frying pan into D. doddering the fire. E. gamboling E. Max is certainly the dumbest dog on Earth. 25. Short Stories 30. Homophones Which story involves three wishes? A homophone for which word means "reproduced"? A. The Lorax A. guest B. The Red Balloon B. bread C. The Monkey's Paw C. aloud D. The Phantom Tollbooth D. soared E. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow E. weighed Language Arts Round 1 Page 4 31. Prefixes Which prefix is not paired with its meaning? A. pyro - fire B. helio - sun C. poly - many D. cardio - heart E. archaeo - new 32. Sentence Analysis Which is illustrated in this sentence? They are visiting politicians. A. ambiguity B. hyperbole C. redundancy D. indirect object E. prepositional phrase 33. Legendary Girl Friends Maid Marian was a close friend of ... A. Robin Hood B. King Arthur C. William Tell D. Davy Crockett E. Rip van Winkle 34. Writing Techniques What is illustrated in this sentence? The stream was full of noxious substances such as mercury compounds from factories and pesticides from farms. A. flashback B. anachronism C. paraphrasing D. context clues E. understatement 35. Animal Epithets The camel is the ---- of the desert. A. tug B. ship C. train D. truck E. barge Language Arts Round 1 - Answers 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. E 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. C 11. E 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. C 16. C 17. E 18. D 19. C 20. C 21. B 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. E 28. A 29. A 30. B 31. E 32. A 33. A 34. D 35. B Language Arts Round 2 Page 1 1. Frightening Phyla 6. Mythical Monsters In the rhyme about Miss Muffet, the creature with an Which creature had the most eyes? exoskeleton and jointed appendages was a(n) ... A. Argus A. mollusk B. Sphinx B. chordate C. Cyclops C. arthropod D. Minotaur D. protozoan E. Cerberus E. coelenterate 2. Animal Tales 7. Legends Which is the title of a song in Orwell's "Animal Farm"? The same fruit that has a significant role in stories of A. The Animal Fair Isaac Newton and John Chapman is also central to the B. Farmer in the Dell legend of ... C. Beasts of England A. William Tell D. What the Animals Say B. King Arthur E. Old MacDonald Had a Farm C. John Henry D. Casey Jones E. the Pied Piper 3. Novel Residences 8. Adjectives In which story does the protagonist live in a tree? Which phrase includes a descriptive rather than a A. Holes limiting adjective? B. Sounder A. red peril C. Caddie Woodlawn B. third snort D. My Side of the Mountain C. which module E. Where the Red Fern Grows D. that promontory E. her apprehension 4. Abbreviations 9. Forms of Communication Which word should not be abbreviated? Oscar Wilde's statement, "Experience is the name Ms. Gibbs of the F.B.I. discussed the history of everyone gives to his mistakes," is a(n) ... St. Francis and the short career of the young A. pun French dr. in Washington, D.C. B. riddle A. saint C. sonnet B. mister D. allegory C. doctor E. epigram D. District of Columbia E. Federal Bureau of Investigation 5. Nonfiction 10. Frank Fiction "The Upstairs Room" by Johanna Reiss is an Who earned a reputation for dealing candidly with autobiographical work about the ... problems of early adolescence? A.