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WorksheetsEnglish II State Test Practice Text Features Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
These are the words spoken by characters in a literary work.
Dialect
Dialogue
Diction
Connotation
This is the writer’s choice of words, including the vocabulary used, the appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language.
Diction
Connotation
Dialogue
Dialect
This is the emotional feelings and associations that go beyond the dictionary definition of the word.
Dialect
Fluency
Connotation
Syntax
This is the ability to speak, read, or write a language; automatic word recognition, decoding, and checking for meaning.
Syntax
Dialogue
Formal Language
Fluency
This is the form of language that is characteristic of a particular place or by a particular group of people.
Dialect
Quote
Diction
Lexicon
This is the version of the English Language that is regarded as the model in America for writers and speakers who are considered educated.
Standard American English
Oxford English Dictionary
Standard North American English
Webster
This is to speak or to write a passage from another source. It can also be the exact words that someone else has written or said.
Fluency
Claim
Quote
Syntax
This is used by writers of scholarly books. It usually has longer sentences and a greater variety of words than everyday speech.
Objective Language
Subjective Language
Informal Language
Formal Language
This is what people use in everyday speech. It usually consists of fairly short sentences and simple vocabulary.
Formal Language
Informal Language
Objective
Subjective
This is the way a word or language sounds when spoken.
Fluency
Syntax
Pronunciation
Diction
This is the vocabulary or words used by a particular profession or with a specific subject.
Syntax
Dialect
Diction
Lexicon
This refers to the ordering of elements in a sentence.
Connotation
Syntax
Dialect
Dialogue
This is the explanation that goes with a picture or image.
Italics
Caption
Heading
Map
This is a title or subtitle at the beginning of a chapter, section, or unit of a text.
Subheading
Caption
Map
Heading
This is done to part of a text to make it stand out as a darker, sharper image. It is an organizational feature to locate specific information.
Italics
Bold print
Title
Caption
This is a short title within an article that identifies the beginning of each new topic.
Subheading
Caption
Heading
Title
This is a symbol or image that represents another object.
Map
Icon
Heading
Italics
This is a group of words which give the reader’s first impression and set the tone for the writing.
Heading
Subheading
Title
Bold print
This is a drawing or picture that shows features of an area or particular part of the earth’s surface.
Map
Caption
Drawing
Cartoon
These should be used in place of underlining. Do this to most titled of printed material and names of airplanes, trains, and automobiles.
Bold print
Heading
Italics
Subheading
