Vocabulary Quiz #24

The root that means: before

• inter

• sub

• pre

• post

The attitude or mood the author creates

• tele

• plot

• tone

• theme

An exaggeration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

A text structure that shows the order in which things happen or should happen

• narrative

• sequence

• description

• setting

The root that means: measure

• graph

• rhythm

• meter

• rhyme

The root that means: feel

• sent/sens

• bene

• path

• auto

Clues surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• word structure

• author's purpose

• context clues

• text features

Poetry that does not have regular meter or rhyme scheme

• free verse

• onomaotpoeia

• alliteration

• rhyme scheme

To give special attention to something, to stress

• enhance

• evaluate

• emphasize

• illustrate

The root that means: to pull

• ject

• port

• tract

• struct