"Scarlet Ibis" Vocab Quiz

What does "Infallibile" mean?

• to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop

• balanced, suspended; calm, controlled; ready for action

• An inability to make errors

• A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

What is the meaning of the word "prim?"

• overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

• damaged; destroyed; ruined

• balanced, suspended; calm, controlled; ready for action

• sickly or disabled person

What does the word "imminent" mean?

• to say again

• likely to happen; threatening

• An inability to make errors

• to disappear gradually

What is "Dialect?"

• A writer's or speaker's choice of words

• a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

• Conversation between two or more characters

• to say again

What is the meaning of "poised?"

• An inability to make errors

• having colors like the rainbow

• overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

• balanced, suspended; calm, controlled; ready for action

"Idiom" and "Figures of Speech" are both types of "Figurative Language"

• True

• False

What does "evanesce" mean?

• to disappear gradually

• to say again

• having colors like the rainbow

• to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop

What is the meaning of the word "loll?"

• to disappear gradually

• damaged; destroyed; ruined

• An inability to make errors

• to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop

What is an "Idiom?"

• A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

• A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things.

• writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

• A writer's or speaker's choice of words

What is "Diction?"

• A writer's or speaker's choice of words

• to say again

• Conversation between two or more characters

• writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally