StudySync Excerpt Hatchet Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "amphibious" mean?

• Able to live or operate on both land and water

• A valuable person, thing, or quality

• Covering or extending over a large area

• Easily perceived by the senses

Which of the following is the definition of "asset"?

• Having a strong reason to do something

• A valuable person, thing, or quality; advantage or resource

• Easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

• Writing based on facts, real events, and real people

What does "extensive" mean?

• Able to live or operate on both land and water

• Covering or extending over a large area; great in extent

• Having a strong reason to do something

• An idea or feeling that a word invokes

The word "motivated" is best defined as:

• Easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

• Having a strong reason to do something

• Writing that describes imaginary events and people

• The literal definition of a word

What is the meaning of "obvious"?

• Easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

• A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge

• Writing based on facts, real events, and real people

• An idea or feeling that a word invokes

What does "connotation" refer to?

• The literal definition of a word

• An idea or feeling that a word invokes

• Writing that describes imaginary events and people

• A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge

Match each term with its correct description.

• Connotation

• An idea or feeling that a word invokes

• Nonfiction

• The literal definition of a word

• Denotation

• Writing based on facts, real events, and real people

• Amphibious

• Able to live or operate on both land and water

What is "fiction"?

• Writing based on facts, real events, and real people

• Writing that describes imaginary events and people

• A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge

• The literal definition of a word

How is "nonfiction" best defined?

• Writing that describes imaginary events and people

• Writing based on facts, real events, and real people

• An idea or feeling that a word invokes

• Easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

Match each term with its correct definition.

• Fiction

• Able to live or operate on both land and water

• Memoir

• The literal definition of a word

• Amphibious

• Writing that describes imaginary events and people

• Denotation

• A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge