Vocabulary and Literary Terms Quiz

What is the definition of inference?

• A type of literature

• An educated guess using background knowledge and text evidence

• The main events in a story written in sequence

• The problem or struggle in a story

Win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat (a)  

• defeat
• decelerate
• deform
• decrease

A pronoun has a number (singular or plural). It must agree with its antecedent. If the antecedent is singular the pronoun must be singular. If the antecedent is plural the pronoun must be plural. (a)  

• Pronoun number
• conflict
• metaphor
• simile

Distort the shape or form of misshapen.

• decelerate

• deform

• defeat

• decrease

A genre of literature including the setting that is usually real and drawn from history and may contain actual historical persons and events, but the main characters tend to be fictional (a)  

• Historical fiction
• genre
• inference
• metaphor

Emphasize or intensify the noun or pronoun they refer to. It ends in self or selves. (a)  

• Intensive pronoun
• antagonist
• protagonist
• plot

Comparing two unlike things but it does not use like or as. (a)  

• metaphor
• simile
• Inference
• conflict

Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or d​degree. (a)  

• decrease
• deform
• decelerate
• defeat

To move down "from" the current speed to a slower one.

• decelerate

• decrease

• deform

• defeat

The problem or struggle in the story (a)  

• conflict
• genre
• plot
• antagonist