Vocabulary Quiz #1

The author's purpose can be best described as...

• The use of metaphors and imagery in a novel.

• What the main character is thinking.

• the reappearance of words or phrases in a story.

• An author's primary reason for writing text, most often to inform, persuade, entertain, or describe.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The conclusion of a story is...

• The setting.

• An idea based on analysis and evidence that summarizes the entire work.

• The beginning of a tory that introduces the reader to the main character.

• One message a text conveys about a topic.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the correct definition of the word repetition?

• The reappearance of words, phrases, or figures of speech.

• An idea that is stated by using imagery.

• To impart values and wisdom.

• The attitude of a text toward the subject and theme.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the plot?

• How a piece of text is relayed.

• The events and motivations that structure a story

• The setting.

• The emotional conflict in a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the theme of a story?

• A conclusion based on detailed evidence.

• One message a text conveys about a topic.

• The main event of a story.

• The study of characters.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does analyzing entail?

• When the action dies down.

• To create conflict in a story.

• The timeline of events.

• Studying something to determine how its parts are related

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To cite means...

• to summarize the main idea

• to use text as evidence to support an idea

• the purpose of the author.

• the attitude of a text

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which best describes the meaning of tone when used in a story?

• The style in which the author writes the story.

• The attitude of a text toward the subject and theme.

• Something that provides proof.

• The point of greatest emotional stress in a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What does evidence in a story provide?

• It provides the background.

• It is the reason a character thinks, feels or acts a certain way.

• It provides proof in a story.

• It provides the setting of a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Inference is defined as...

• The tone of a story.

• The main character's feelings explained by the narrator.

• The events and motivations that structure a story.

• A conclusion made on the basis of implicit or explicit evidence.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B