Sweet Sixteen Vocabulary Practice

Connotation is...

• an idea that is implied or suggested when you hear a word; can be positive, negative or neutral

• when the middle of the words rhyme with one another

• when a word sounds like what it i; like buzz

• an idea, person, place or thing

If I am trying to show you a concept or make known an idea, I am trying to do what?

• emphasize

• be literal

• be explicit

• convey

To represent or identify by using a symbol is called

• personification

• alliteration

• symbolism

• allusion

If something is implicit that means that it is

• implied or supposed to be able to be understood but not clearly expressed or specifically stated

• very specifically stated

• a lie

• illegal

A retelling of the most important parts of the story or text without giving personal opinions is called giving a

• synopsis

• conclusion

• summary

• excerpt

If you are asked to state the main idea of a text, you should tell me...

• What the ending of the story or article was

• What the introduction of the article was

• What the text was mainly about

• Who the source is

When words are exactly true rather then being used figuratively or metaphorically they are

• Literal

• Liberal

• Liberia

• Literary

Irony is used when you want the words to convey the ________________ of their literal meaning

• opposite

• symbol

• synonym

• optimism

If something has made an impact on you, then it has had an ___________ on you or part of your life.

• estimate

• effort

• effect

• apple

Dialogue in a text is...

• the direct quotations of a real person

• the conversations between the writer and the reader

• the conversations between characters

• the inner thoughts of the main character