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Vocabulary Review 4

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9th Grade

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Vocabulary Review 4
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. An inscription, as on a statue or building.

2. A motto or quotation, as at the beginning of a literary composition, setting forth a theme.

conundrum

epigram

epigraph

epithet

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  1. 1 a. A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.

b. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.

2. A disparaging or abusive word or phrase.

conundrum

epigram

epigraph

epithet

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.

2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma

conundrum

epigram

epigraph

epithet

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation.

2. A concise, clever, often paradoxical statement.

3. Epigrammatic discourse or expression.

conundrum

epigram

epigraph

epithet

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. To cause to lose composure; embarrass or confuse: He was disconcerted by the teacher's angry tone.

2. To frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange.

impromptu

disconcerting

dishearten

disseminate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance

2. Spoken, performed, done, or composed with little or no preparation; extemporaneous

(adv.) With little or no preparation; extemporaneously.

(n.) 1. Something, such as a speech, that is made or done extemporaneously.

2. Music A short composition, especially for the piano, performed in an offhand or extemporized style.

impromptu

disconcerting

dishearten

disseminate

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed.

2. To spread abroad; promulgate

impromptu

disconcerting

dishearten

disseminate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

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