Unit Assessment



1.	A __________ is a narrative that a person writes about his or her own life.
	A.	biography
	B.	refrain
	C.	autobiography
	D.	oratory

2.	Persuasive public speaking, or oratory, is often used to present which of the following topics?
	A.	storytelling
	B.	religion
	C.	autobiography
	D.	theater

3.	Click on the letter of the word or phrase that means about the same as the underlined word. She has the delusion that she will be queen some day.
	A.	a false impression or belief
	B.	great suffering, distress, or its cause
	C.	the absence of government
	D.	loud noise; clamor; din

4.	A(n) __________ is a statement that can be validated with proof, but a(n) __________ offers a personal point of view or feeling.
	A.	opinion, fact
	B.	fact, opinion

Read the following passage from Letter to His Son. Then answer question 5.

As far as I can judge by the papers, we are between a state of anarchy and civil war. May God avert both of these evils from us! I fear that mankind will not for years be sufficiently Christianized to bear the absence of restraint and force. I see that four states have declared themselves out of the Union; four more will apparently follow their example.
Then, if the border states are brought into the gulf of revolution, one half of the country will be arrayed against the other. I must try and be patient and await the end, for I can do nothing to hasten or retard it.



5.	What is the main idea of this passage?
	A.	"I see that four states have declared themselves out of the Union"
	B.	"I fear that mankind will not for years be sufficiently Christianized to bear the absence of restraint and force."
	C.	"Then, if the border states are brought into the gulf of revolution, one half of the country will be arrayed against the other."
	D.	"As far as I can judge by the papers, we are between a state of anarchy and civil war."

6.	Which of the following passages from The Gettysburg Address contains an example of parallelism?
	A.	"But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground."
	B.	"We are met on a great battle-field of that war."
	C.	"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."
	D.	"It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this."

7.	Which type of rhyme is used when words with sounds that are similar, but not identical, (such as between and sting) are rhymed?
	A.	alliteration
	B.	full rhyme
	C.	assonance
	D.	slant rhyme

Read the following passage from Walt Whitman's poem, "I Hear America Singing." Then answer question 8.

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat



8.	Use paraphrasing to put the poem into your own words.


9.	In personification, animals, objects, or ideas are given human characteristics.
	A.	TRUE
	B.	FALSE

10.	Click on the letter of the word or phrase that has the same or a similar meaning as the underlined word. The child is susceptible to the illness.
	A.	a person who is recovering from an illness, an injury, or a surgical operation
	B.	at a later time
	C.	easily influenced or affected
	D.	disbelief

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