Vocabulary and Literary Terms Quiz

What is the term for a series of events that usually centers on a conflict or problem?

• Motivation

• Plot

• Climax

• Diagnostic

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which word describes a character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner?

• Motivation

• Climax

• Retract

• Vindictive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the most intense, exciting, or important point of a story called?

• Plot

• Motivation

• Climax

• Integrity

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What term refers to tools a computer uses to identify problems?

• Diagnostic

• Implant

• Enhancement

• Redistribute

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does it mean to pull in or withdraw something?

• Reintegrate

• Retract

• Chafe

• Abode

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the term for coming together, as when similar materials are collected for recycling?

• Vindictive

• Redistribute

• Reintegrate

• Robustly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What word describes a feeling of alarm or fear?

• Consternation

• Ample

• Expansive

• Relevant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does it mean to annoy or bother someone?

• Chafe

• Collaborate

• Implant

• Inert

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What word means to be plentiful or enough?

• Abode

• Ample

• Vindictive

• Expansive

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

What is a home referred to as?

• Abode

• Integrity

• Enhancement

• Robustly

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A