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1. | Which of the following is NOT usually a function of author's purpose? |
| A.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | to persuade |
| B.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | to inform or explain |
| C.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | to frighten |
| D.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | to entertain |
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2. | Which of the following is an example of a metaphor? |
| A.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "The intellect is a cleaver: it discerns and rifts its way into the secret of things." |
| B.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "They fought with more pertinacity than bulldogs." |
| C.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "I had not lived there a week before my feet wore a path from my door to the pond-side;" |
| D.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "He grows to be four feet long, as big as a small boy," |
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3. | An implied theme is expressed directly in a work of literature. |
| A.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | TRUE |
| B.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | FALSE |
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4. | Click on the letter of the word or phrase that means about the same as the underlined word.
There were myriad birds flying in the sky that day. |
| A.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | depressing; dismal; gloomy |
| B.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | lasting forever |
| C.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | lighthearted and carefree |
| D.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | countless, innumerable |
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5. | Through __________, a reader makes an educated guess about what will happen in a story by combining his or her own knowledge and understanding with clues that the author provides. |
| A.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | drawing conclusions |
| B.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | summarizing |
| C.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | characterization |
| D.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | predicting |
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6. | Which of the following is an example of direct characterization? |
| A.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "Tom consoled himself for the loss of his property with the loss of his wife, for he was a man of fortitude. He even felt something like gratitude towards the black woodman, who, he considered, had done him a kindness." |
| B.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "Tom's wife was a tall termagant, fierce of temper, loud of tongue, and strong of arm." |
| C.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "He was exceedingly surprised, having neither heard nor seen any one approach. . . ." |
| D.![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "The house and its inmates had altogether a bad name." |