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WorksheetsELA vocab.
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
What is the definition of Onomatopoetia
a)
An event that makes something happen.
b)
A contrast between what is expected and what really happens.
c)
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
d)
The car was as red as an apple.
2.
What is the definition of Foreshadowing
a)
This literary device builds suspense in a story by giving the reader hints as to what will happen next.
b)
doing or desiring to do evil to others
c)
to give comfort in a time of distress
d)
to pretend to be ill in order to escape work or duty
3.
What is the definition of Cantankerous
a)
A special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human. Ex. The leaves danced along the sidewalk.
b)
fragments from an exploding shell or bomb
c)
Phrases with a different meaning than each word's literal, or usual, meaning.
d)
bad tempered and quarrelsome
4.
What is the definition of Metaphor
a)
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
b)
Phrases with a different meaning than each word's literal, or usual, meaning.
c)
The car was as red as an apple.
d)
to pretend to be ill in order to escape work or duty
5.
What is the definition of Personification
a)
to wave about wildly, especially one's arms and legs
b)
Phrases with a different meaning than each word's literal, or usual, meaning.
c)
A metaphor equates two different things. Metaphors do NOT use the words 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison.
d)
A special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human. Ex. The leaves danced along the sidewalk.
6.
What is the definition of Idiom
a)
The result of the event that happens.
b)
Phrases with a different meaning than each word's literal, or usual, meaning.
c)
fragments from an exploding shell or bomb
d)
He was a lion in battle.
7.
What is the definition of Effect
a)
The result of the event that happens.
b)
Phrases with a different meaning than each word's literal, or usual, meaning.
c)
she was sitting on pins and needles as she waited.
d)
A contrast between what is expected and what really happens.
8.
What is the definition of Irony
a)
fragments from an exploding shell or bomb
b)
A contrast between what is expected and what really happens.
c)
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
d)
An event that makes something happen.
9.
What is the definition of Shrapnel
a)
She was sitting on pins and needles as she waited.
b)
doing or desiring to do evil to others
c)
Phrases with a different meaning than each word's literal, or usual, meaning.
d)
fragments from an exploding shell or bomb
10.
What is the example of Onomatopeotia
a)
The car was as red as an apple.
b)
boom, hush, snort, buzz
c)
He was a lion in battle.
d)
She was sitting on pins and needles as she waited.
11.
What is the definition of Malinger
a)
to pretend to be ill in order to escape work or duty.
b)
bad tempered and quarrelsome
c)
Phrases with a different meaning than each word's literal, or usual, meaning.
d)
to give comfort in a time of distress.
12.
What is the definition of Flail
a)
to pretend to be ill in order to escape work or duty
b)
Phrases with a different meaning than each word's literal, or usual, meaning.
c)
to wave about wildly, especially one's arms and legs.
d)
fragments from an exploding shell or bomb
13.
what is the definition of Fiction
a)
The result of the event that happens.
b)
A simile compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as.'
c)
A prose account that is made up rather than true.
d)
Phrases with a different meaning than each word's literal, or usual, meaning.
14.
What is the example of Simile
a)
The car was as red as an apple.
b)
boom, hush, snort, buzz
c)
He was a lion in battle.
d)
She was sitting on pins and needles as she waited.
15.
What is the definition of Console
a)
fragments from an exploding shell or bomb
b)
bad tempered and quarrelsome
c)
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
d)
to give comfort in a time of distress
16.
What is the example of Metaphor
a)
boom, hush, snort, buzz
b)
The car was as red as an apple.
c)
He was a lion in battle.
d)
She was sitting on pins and needles as she waited.
17.
What is the example for Idiom
a)
She was sitting on pins and needles as she waited.
b)
The car was as red as an apple.
c)
boom, hush, snort, buzz
d)
He was a lion in battle.
18.
What is the definition for Cause
a)
A simile compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as.'
b)
An event that makes something happen.
c)
to give comfort in a time of distress
d)
to pretend to be ill in order to escape work or duty
19.
What is homework for almost every day
a)
Reading Log
b)
Play XBOX
c)
Play Quizziz or Quizlet
d)
Spelling sheet
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