Unit 1 – Quiz 1: Writing Process, Hooks, & Vocabulary

Part I. Vocabulary TermsMatch the terms with their definitions. Bubble in the corresponding letters.

A. Alliteration / B. Connotation / C. Denotation
D. Figurative language / AB. Imagery / AC. Metaphor
AD. Narrative / BC. Onomatopoeia / BD. Personification
CD. Simile / ABC. Stanza / BCD. Symbolism
  1. The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word.B
  2. When one thing stands for or represents something else.BCD
  3. A comparison that states one thing is something else, but does not use like or as to makethe comparison.AC
  4. The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words.A
  5. The exact, literal meaning of a word.C
  6. A type of writing that involves telling a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident.AD
  7. A tool an author uses to help the reader visualize, or see, what is happening in a story or poem. D
  8. A group of lines with similar length and pattern which forms a unit within a poem.ABC
  9. The representation of sounds in word form.BC
  10. A comparison using like or as to compare two unlike objects. CD
  11. Writing that involves one or more of your five senses (hearing, tasting, touching, smelling, and seeing).AB
  12. Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to nonhuman things.BD

Part II. Writing ProcessFill in the corresponding letters for steps 1-7 of the writing process. Some answers require you bubble in multiple letters.

(A) Share & Respond / (AB) Edit
(B) Revise / (BC) Publish
(C) Brainstorm/Generate Ideas / (CD) Draft
(D) Prewrite
  1. Step 1C
  2. Step 2D
  3. Step 3CD
  4. Step 4A
  1. Step 5B
  2. Step 6AB
  3. Step 7BC

Part III. Hook Read each hook. Then select the BEST possible answer.

  1. “The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.” – President Barack Obama (He Said She Said by Kwame Alexander)
  2. Interesting Description
  3. Scary, Exciting, or Intense Moment
  4. Famous Quote
  5. Details about the character or setting
  1. “Have you ever done something extremely stupid like, oh, I don’t know, try to make a room filled with total strangers laugh until their sides hurt?”
  1. Fast action
  2. Rhetorical question
  3. Famous Quote
  4. Details about the Character or Setting
  1. “The mountain was calling me.” (The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart)
  1. Details about the character or setting
  2. Flashback
  3. Figurative language
  4. Fast Action
  1. “Ms. McMartin was definitely dead.” (The Book of Elsewhere by Jacqueline West)
  1. Scary, Exciting, or Intense Moment
  2. Famous Quote
  3. Imagery
  4. Fast Action
  1. “I hate First Friday. It makes the village crowded, and now, in the heat of high summer, that’s the last thing anyone wants. From my place in the shade it isn’t so bad, but the stink of bodies, all sweating with the morning work, is enough to make milk curdle. The air shimmers with heat and humidity, and even the puddles from yesterday’s storm are hot, swirling with rainbow streaks of oil and grease.” (Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard)
  1. Famous Quote
  2. Statistic/fact
  3. Conversation/dialogue
  4. Imagery
  1. “I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside. But I know ordinary kids odn’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds.” (Wonder by R.J. Palacio)
  1. A thought
  2. Flashback
  3. Imagery
  4. Fast Action
  1. “Every living thing on Earth needs energy to survive. This energy can come from only one place – the Sun.” (Who Wants Pizza? By Jan Thornhill)
  1. Details about the Character or Setting
  2. Fact/Statistic
  3. Imagery
  4. Fast Action