Vocabulary Test

Match the following

• ambiguous

• connected with what is happening or being discussed

• relevant

• tending to see the worst aspect in things or thinking the worst will happen

• pessimistic

• believable; convincing

• credible

• capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways

• optimistic

• Hopeful and confident about the future

Diction is

• looking at smaller pieces in order to understand the whole

• word choice

• repetition of the same sound in words close to each other

• figurative language that compares two unlike things

Abstract diction is words that express ideas that cannot be understood with our senses , such as ​ (a)   ​ .

• love
• apple
• Pittsburg
• suitcase
• rock

To judge the value or worth of something

• analyze

• evaluate

• infer

• revise

To look at smaller pieces in order to understand the whole

• analyze

• evaluate

• infer

• revise

Draw a conclusion based on facts (you analyze and then do this)

• analyze

• evaluate

• infer

• revise

The longest step in the writing process: you do this after drafting and before editing

• analyze

• evaluate

• infer

• revise

Match the following figurative language terms

• formation of a word from a sound associated with it: Boom!

• hyperbole

• comparing two unlike things: She is a lion.

• oxymoron

• comparing two unlike things using like or as: She is like a lion.

• simile

• an exaggerated statement: He has a ton of homework.

• metaphor

• combining contradictory words with opposing meanings, like “old news,”

• onomatopoeia

TAG stands for ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   , ​ (c)   .

• title
• author
• genre
• Tuesday
• terrible
• anonymous
• awkward
• green
• gravy

Strong dislike or hatred

• animosity

• boisterous

• rebuke

• ramification