Language Arts 600 - Unit 8 (Alternate Test)

Complete the sentence:

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence is called ____________.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

Complete the sentence:

A ___________ is a type of dictionary that puts words into meaning categories.

• thesaurus

• synonym

• heteronym

Complete the sentence:

Drowsily is a vocabulary word meaning in a ________ way.

• tired

• conscious

• sleepy

Complete the sentence:

A vocabulary word that means easy to bend is _______.

• pliant

• denial

• cliche

• stanza

Complete the sentence:

He listened to the children on the playground _______ the nursery rhyme.

• chant

• minstrel

• knack

• monotonous

• repetition

Match the definition to the CORRECT word:

"very bright"

• vivid

• sated

• topsy-turvy

• pliant

Match the definition to the CORRECT word:

"to be satisfied or full"

• sift

• sated

• topsy-turvy

• pliant

Match the definition to the CORRECT word:

"in confusion"

• sift

• sated

• topsy-turvy

• pliant

Match the definition to the CORRECT word:

"bending easily"

• sift

• sated

• topsy-turvy

• pliant

Match the definition to the CORRECT word:

"to let fall through; to sort"

• sift

• sated

• topsy-turvy

• pliant