NEW Week 10 Tier 2 Words Quiz

Match the following words to their definitions.

• Structure

• To give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure.

• Subsequent

• The way something is done; in literature, it's the way in which an author writes and/or tells a story.

• Style

• A complex entity made of many parts; in literature, this refers to the way authors organize information in a text.

• Succumb

• Be enough or adequate, either in quality or quantity.

• Suffice

• Following in time or order.

For Patrick Henry, the Founding Father who made the famous declaration, "Give me liberty or give me death," living a peaceful life under British rule would not __________.

Answer explanation

Suffice: Be enough or adequate, either in quality or quantity.

As I was walking to school, I told myself, "I will not ​ (a)   to the temptations offered by Lucero Bakery."

• succumb
• suffice
• subsequent

Answer explanation

Succumb: To give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure.

Because I completed my Frayer Models, I will do well on the __________ quiz. ;)

Answer explanation

Subsequent: Following in time or order.

The definition of author's style is...

• a writer's unique way of writing or telling a story using word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and tone.

• a writer's attitude toward his or her subject such as serious, humorous, sarcastic, or respectful.

• giving human qualities to an animal, object, phenomenon, idea, or anything that is not specifically human.

• a form of language that is spoken in a particular region by people who live there.

The __________ of a Jane Schaffer paragraph consists of a topic sentence, concrete detail, two commentaries, and a concluding sentence.

Answer explanation

Structure: In literature, text structure refers to the way authors organize information in a text.