ELA Vocabulary Test

An _______ is a group of words that modifies an independent clause as a whole.

• prefix

• central idea

• theme

• absolute phrase

The _______ is the central, unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story.

• plot

• setting

• central idea

• character

An __________is a multi-word adjective that includes a subject and a verb.

• adjective clause

• noun

• verb

• preposition

A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix.

• Appendix

• Glossary

• Introduction

• Bibliography

_______or emotion the author wants to emphasize by manipulating the point of view of the story.

• Author's Craft

• Bias

• Conclusion

• Plot

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• controlling

• bias

• assessment

• argumentative

An additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning.

• affix

• prefix

• suffix

• theme

What is given to expressing divergent or opposite views

• Argumentative

• social

• research

• limited

What is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one?

• allegory

• noun

• short story

• preface

________ is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Conservation

• Republican

• Alliteration

• Political