Writing & Academic Vocabulary Quiz List 3

What word means words that sound the same but have different spelling and meanings?

• homographs

• hyperbole

• homophones

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What word means a figure of speech which gives human characteristics to something nonhuman?

• theme

• meter

• prose

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

What word means the rhythm of syllables in a line of poetry?

• point of view

• homographs

• meter

• revise

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

What word means when a writer appeals to a reader's senses by using descriptive and figurative language?

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole

• homographs

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What word means the central message or lesson that an author wants you to understand?

• point of view

• revise

• theme

• homophones

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

What word means verbal or written language that follows the natural flow of speech?

• point of view

• meter

• hyperbole

• prose

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

What word means an exaggerated statement that is not intended to be taken literally?

• imagery

• hyperbole

• meter

• revise

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

What word means words that have the same spelling but have different meanings?

• homophones

• hyperbole

• prose

• homographs

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What word means how the author thinks or feels about something?

• point of view

• personification

• imagery

• revise

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

What word means change, take out, or add words to make the meaning in your writing more clear?

• theme

• point of view

• revise

• prose

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4