Literary Content Vocabulary List 6 Test

The lengthy _________________ about global warming that the two candidates exchanged got us nowhere.

• lyric

• discourse

• noun

• personification

Songs and poetry are both made of _______________ that portray emotion and feelings.

• texts

• literacy

• prefixes

• lyrics

This type of literary device is a humorous play on words.

• essay

• expository

• participle

• pun

This term refers to anything that involves written words.

• text

• discourse

• literacy

• prefix

Re-, intra-, inter-, and im- are all examples of a _________________.

• text

• prefix

• lyric

• independent clause

People, car, idea, and gerund are all terms classified as a _________.

• noun

• essay

• participle

• pronoun

A/an ________________ consists of a subject, a predicate, and stands alone.

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• prefix

• subordinate clause

Using a verb as an adjective is called a _________________. An example would be the following: "The running boy charged through the field."

• discourse

• expository

• participle

• perspective

A/an __________________ is also known as a dependent clause and is made of a subject, a predicate, but cannot stand alone as it begins with a SWABI (conjunction).

• independent clause

• subordinate clause

• perspective

• lyric

When writing an ___________________, students are expected to write a short nonfiction work about a topic.

• literacy

• noun

• participle

• essay