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WorksheetsVocab 1st Quarter Final
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 12hrs 20mins
Science Fiction
fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes
a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting.
prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
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.
Internal Conflict
struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character
a serious disagreement or argument
psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character
External Conflict
struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character
a serious disagreement or argument
psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character
Foreshadowing
a literary term for giving human attributes to objects or animals
a question asked in a form which does not in reality seek an answer but rather emphasizes a certain point.
writing which appeals to the senses
a warning or indication of (a future event)
Suspense
a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.
an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work
Tone
a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.
an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work
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).
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
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).
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
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.
stifling
vehment
vexing
hypocritical
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.
vehemently
vexing
stiflingly
stealthily
"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.
stifled
hypocritical
stealthy
False or deceptive
Select the word that best matches the above definition.
derision
hypocritical
stealthily
vehemently
ridicule or mockery
Select the word that best matches the above definition.
derision
hypocritical
stealthily
vehemently
smothered
Select the word that best matches the above definition.
derision
hypocritical
stifled
vehemently
in a cautious manner, so as not to be seen or heard.
Select the word that best matches the above definition.
stealthily
hypocritical
stifled
vex
Intense emotion
Select the word that best matches the above definition.
stealthily
hypocritical
stifled
vehemently
to disturb or annoy
Select the word that best matches the above definition.
vex
hypocritical
stifled
vehemently
The Tell-Tale Heart is an example of _____________.
Select the words that best complete the sentence.
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Horror Fiction
Nonfiction
The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic. __________________
Symbol
Dialogue
Authors Purpose
Theme
A conversation between two or more people in a book, play, or movie.______________
Figurative Language
Audacity
Dialogue
Mood
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.______________
Dialogue
Imagery
Rythm
Audacity
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.________________
Symbol
Simile
Author's purpose
Theme
Rhythm
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
A conversation between two or more people in a book, play, or movie
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
Highly developed; heightened, sharpened, or extremely sensitive.
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?______________
Non-fiction
Climax
Dialogue
Author's Purpose
“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?
Author's Purpose
Imagery
Audacity
Genre
The willingness to take bold risks.______________
Acute
Audacity
Assimilate
Hypocritical
Highly developed; heightened, sharpened, or extremely sensitive._____________________
Acute
Audacity
Assimilate
Hypocritical
adept
to take in an idea, information, or a culture in order to understand it fully
very skilled or proficient at something.
not harmful, not malignant
unconventional and slightly strange
Assimilate
to take in an idea, information, or a culture in order to understand it fully
very skilled or proficient at something.
not harmful, not malignant
unconventional and slightly strange
not harmful, not malignant
benign
eccentric
incensed
Plausible
Eccentric
to take in an idea, information, or a culture in order to understand it fully
very skilled or proficient at something.
not harmful, not malignant
unconventional and slightly strange
very angry
Match the definition with the word
Incensed
Plausible
ultimate
eccentric
Plausible
seeming reasonable or probable
best or strongest
very angry
unconventional and slightly strange
best or strongest
ultimate
eccentric
Plausible
adept
literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people..
Nonfiction
Fiction
Plot
Biography
Short story
Brief work of fiction to be read in one sitting
A more complex story and longer than a short story, plot may take twists and turns
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Problem protagonist is facing in the story
A more complex story and longer than a short story, plot may take twists and turns
Short story
Novel
setting
resolution
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Plot
conflict
exposition
Rising action
conflict
Problem protagonist is facing in the story
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Description of the plot with characters, conflict, setting
The most exciting, intense, or important part of a story, normally the conflict is resolved
exposition
Problem protagonist is facing in the story
Description of the plot with characters, conflict, setting
A series of events leading up to the climax of the story
The most exciting, intense, or important part of a story, normally the conflict is resolved
Rising Action
Problem protagonist is facing in the story
Description of the plot with characters, conflict, setting
A series of events leading up to the climax of the story
The most exciting, intense, or important part of a story, normally the conflict is resolved
The most exciting, intense, or important part of a story, normally the conflict is resolved
climax
exposition
Rising action
conflict
When the problem has been solved and the story concludes. Sometimes called falling action
resolution
Protagonist
Antagonist
setting
Protagonist
The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text
Major character that opposes the main or leading character
The message or subject of a piece of writing.
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story
Antagonist
The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text
Major character that opposes the main or leading character
The message or subject of a piece of writing.
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story
Where and when the story takes place
Theme
setting
narrative
resolution
The message or subject of a piece of writing.
narrative
Theme
Expository
resolution
Narrative
The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text
Major character that opposes the main or leading character
The message or subject of a piece of writing.
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story
Expository
Writing intended to explain or describe something.
Description of the plot with characters, conflict, setting
A series of events leading up to the climax of the story
The most exciting, intense, or important part of a story, normally the conflict is resolved
Real, true, based on facts such as a biography, autobiography,
Non-fiction
Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Horror Fiction
