ELA Vocabulary Quiz

Affix added to the

beginning of a root

word to change the

meaning

• Prefix

• Suffix

• No Fix

language used that

will appeal to one or

more of the five

senses

• Bad language

• Sensory Language

• Successful language

the time and location

in which a story

takes place

• Day time

• No time

• The Setting

very descriptive

writing that helps you

form a mental

picture

• Description

• Pictured

• Imagery

the repetition of the

beginning sound of a

word

• repeating

• alliteration

• assonance

compares two unlike

things using the

words like or as

• Simile

• Antonym

• metaphor

a word that means

the opposite or near

opposite meaning?

• simile

• antonym

• Metaphor

turning point in

the story, usually the

most exciting part

• rising action

• falling action

• climax

the sequence of

events in fiction or

drama

• plot

• protagonist

• analogy

an affix added to the

end of a root word to

change the

meaning

• prefix

• suffix

• no fix