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Vocab 1st Quarter Final

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 12hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Science Fiction

a)

fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes

b)

a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting.

c)

prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.

d)

any book that contains unrealistic settings, or magic, often set in a medieval universe, or possibly involving mythical beings or supernatural forms as a primary element of the plot, theme, or setting.

2.

Internal Conflict

a)

struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character

b)

a serious disagreement or argument

c)

psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character

3.

External Conflict

a)

struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character

b)

a serious disagreement or argument

c)

psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character

4.

Foreshadowing

a)

a literary term for giving human attributes to objects or animals

b)

a question asked in a form which does not in reality seek an answer but rather emphasizes a certain point.

c)

writing which appeals to the senses

d)

a warning or indication of (a future event)

5.

Suspense

a)

a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

b)

the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.

c)

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

d)

a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work

6.

Tone

a)

a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

b)

the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.

c)

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

d)

a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work

7.
What is the "mood" of  a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
8.

What kind of conflict is reflected in the following example?


"The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once-once only" (Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart).

a)

External Conflict

b)

Internal Conflict

9.

What kind of conflict is reflected in the following example?


"What could I do? I foamed-I raved-I swore. I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder-louder-louder! (Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart).

a)

External Conflict

b)

Internal Conflict

10.
As you watch a movie and you become more excited, this feeling is called...
a)
theme
b)
plot
c)
suspense
d)
climax
11.

It's ___________ to say mean things behind someone's back, and then to act nice when you want something from them.

Select the word that best completes the sentence.

a)

stifling

b)

vehment

c)

vexing

d)

hypocritical

12.

The lion is exceedingly quick in its movements, but seizes its prey by waiting in ambush or ___________ approaching to within springing distance.

Select the word that best completes the sentence.

a)

vehemently

b)

vexing

c)

stiflingly

d)

stealthily

13.

"It was not a groan of pain or of grief—oh, no!—it was the low ________ sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe" (Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart).

Select the word that best completes the sentence.

a)

stifled

b)

hypocritical

c)

stealthy

14.

False or deceptive

Select the word that best matches the above definition.

a)

derision

b)

hypocritical

c)

stealthily

d)

vehemently

15.

ridicule or mockery

Select the word that best matches the above definition.

a)

derision

b)

hypocritical

c)

stealthily

d)

vehemently

16.

smothered

Select the word that best matches the above definition.

a)

derision

b)

hypocritical

c)

stifled

d)

vehemently

17.

in a cautious manner, so as not to be seen or heard.

Select the word that best matches the above definition.

a)

stealthily

b)

hypocritical

c)

stifled

d)

vex

18.

Intense emotion

Select the word that best matches the above definition.

a)

stealthily

b)

hypocritical

c)

stifled

d)

vehemently

19.

to disturb or annoy

Select the word that best matches the above definition.

a)

vex

b)

hypocritical

c)

stifled

d)

vehemently

20.

The Tell-Tale Heart is an example of _____________.

Select the words that best complete the sentence.

a)

Historical Fiction

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Horror Fiction

d)

Nonfiction

21.

The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic. __________________

a)

Symbol

b)

Dialogue

c)

Authors Purpose

d)

Theme

22.

A conversation between two or more people in a book, play, or movie.______________

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Audacity

c)

Dialogue

d)

Mood

23.

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.______________

a)

Dialogue

b)

Imagery

c)

Rythm

d)

Audacity

24.

A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.________________

a)

Symbol

b)

Simile

c)

Author's purpose

d)

Theme

25.

Rhythm

a)

A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

b)

A conversation between two or more people in a book, play, or movie

c)

A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

d)

Highly developed; heightened, sharpened, or extremely sensitive.

26.

I said to him — "My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking today. But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado,and I have my doubts."

"How?" said he. "Amontillado, A pipe? Impossible! And in the middle of the carnival!" (Poe, The Cask of Amontillado). What is the above quote an example of?______________

a)

Non-fiction

b)

Climax

c)

Dialogue

d)

Author's Purpose

27.

“So I opened it—you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily—until, at length, a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and full upon the vulture eye” (Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart). What is the above quote (particularly the underlined section) an example of?

a)

Author's Purpose

b)

Imagery

c)

Audacity

d)

Genre

28.

The willingness to take bold risks.______________

a)

Acute

b)

Audacity

c)

Assimilate

d)

Hypocritical

29.

Highly developed; heightened, sharpened, or extremely sensitive._____________________

a)

Acute

b)

Audacity

c)

Assimilate

d)

Hypocritical

30.

adept

a)

to take in an idea, information, or a culture in order to understand it fully

b)

very skilled or proficient at something.

c)

not harmful, not malignant

d)

unconventional and slightly strange

31.

Assimilate

a)

to take in an idea, information, or a culture in order to understand it fully

b)

very skilled or proficient at something.

c)

not harmful, not malignant

d)

unconventional and slightly strange

32.

not harmful, not malignant

a)

benign

b)

eccentric

c)

incensed

d)

Plausible

33.

Eccentric

a)

to take in an idea, information, or a culture in order to understand it fully

b)

very skilled or proficient at something.

c)

not harmful, not malignant

d)

unconventional and slightly strange

34.

very angry

Match the definition with the word

a)

Incensed

b)

Plausible

c)

ultimate

d)

eccentric

35.

Plausible

a)

seeming reasonable or probable

b)

best or strongest

c)

very angry

d)

unconventional and slightly strange

36.

best or strongest

a)

ultimate

b)

eccentric

c)

Plausible

d)

adept

37.

literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people..

a)

Nonfiction

b)

Fiction

c)

Plot

d)

Biography

38.

Short story

a)

Brief work of fiction to be read in one sitting

b)

A more complex story and longer than a short story, plot may take twists and turns

c)

The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

d)

Problem protagonist is facing in the story

39.

A more complex story and longer than a short story, plot may take twists and turns

a)

Short story

b)

Novel

c)

setting

d)

resolution

40.

The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

a)

Plot

b)

conflict

c)

exposition

d)

Rising action

41.

conflict

a)

Problem protagonist is facing in the story

b)

The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

c)

Description of the plot with characters, conflict, setting

d)

The most exciting, intense, or important part of a story, normally the conflict is resolved

42.

exposition

a)

Problem protagonist is facing in the story

b)

Description of the plot with characters, conflict, setting

c)

A series of events leading up to the climax of the story

d)

The most exciting, intense, or important part of a story, normally the conflict is resolved

43.

Rising Action

a)

Problem protagonist is facing in the story

b)

Description of the plot with characters, conflict, setting

c)

A series of events leading up to the climax of the story

d)

The most exciting, intense, or important part of a story, normally the conflict is resolved

44.

The most exciting, intense, or important part of a story, normally the conflict is resolved

a)

climax

b)

exposition

c)

Rising action

d)

conflict

45.

When the problem has been solved and the story concludes. Sometimes called falling action

a)

resolution

b)

Protagonist

c)

Antagonist

d)

setting

46.

Protagonist

a)

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

b)

Major character that opposes the main or leading character

c)

The message or subject of a piece of writing.

d)

a spoken or written account of connected events; a story

47.

Antagonist

a)

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

b)

Major character that opposes the main or leading character

c)

The message or subject of a piece of writing.

d)

a spoken or written account of connected events; a story

48.

Where and when the story takes place

a)

Theme

b)

setting

c)

narrative

d)

resolution

49.

The message or subject of a piece of writing.

a)

narrative

b)

Theme

c)

Expository

d)

resolution

50.

Narrative

a)

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

b)

Major character that opposes the main or leading character

c)

The message or subject of a piece of writing.

d)

a spoken or written account of connected events; a story

51.

Expository

a)

Writing intended to explain or describe something.

b)

Description of the plot with characters, conflict, setting

c)

A series of events leading up to the climax of the story

d)

The most exciting, intense, or important part of a story, normally the conflict is resolved

52.

Real, true, based on facts such as a biography, autobiography,

a)

Non-fiction

b)

Fiction

c)

Realistic Fiction

d)

Horror Fiction