Language Arts Vocabulary Test

1. What is a short or amusing story about a real incident or person called?

• stanza
  
• anecdote
• tone
  
• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What are the positive or negative associations with a word called?

• tones
• themes
• denotations
• connotations

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the word that is a paragraph in a poem?

• stanza
• foreshadowing
• alliteration
• denotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the word that means a dictionary meaning of a word?

• connotation
  
• mood
• denotation
• tone
  

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the author's attitude towards a subject  by looking at the word choices and phrases? 

• mood 
• tone
• alliteration
• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the word that means an underlying message or big idea in a story?

• theme
• anecdote
• mood
• tone
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is when the story gives you clues to what will happen next in a story?

• figurative language
• summary
• theme
• foreshadowing
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a brief statement of the main points?

• theme
  
• summary
  
• tone
  
• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. 

• alliteration
  
• theme
• foreshadowing
• mood
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What point of view uses words she, he and they?

• first person
• second person 
• third person
• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6