the test

If you weren't in class on Friday, please give yourself 35 minutes (you're on the honor system) and complete the following test on a piece of paper.  Please do not use notes (you're on the honor system).  Due by this Wednesday, October 4.

SECTION 1
Write the letter of the correct choice next to the number on your paper.

1. Theme                              a. the words an author chooses
2. Syntax                              b. information such as setting/time/place
3. Diction                             c. the author's attitude toward the topic, character, or audience
4. Mood                               d. the reader's emotional state
5. Tone                                 e. the central message of a text
6. Allusion                           f. clues as to what happens later in the story
7. Dynamic Character         g. a reference to something the author thinks we should know
8. Foreshadowing                h. using something to stand for something else
9. Flashback                        i. the way an author arranges words
10. Exposition                     j. a character who changes from the beginning of the story to the end
11. Symbolism                    k. moving backward in time suddenly during a story

SECTION II
Choose at least FIVE of the literary elements above, and give an example from something we've read in class so far this year.  If you choose to do more than five, you will receive extra credit for each additional item.

SECTION III
Describe how the tone of "Conscience of a Hacker" is different from the tone of "Richard Cory."