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NWEA Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tom pushed the car. What is this an example of?

a)

Syntax

b)

Paradox

c)

Oxymoron

d)

A sentence

2.

what does omniscient mean?

a)

Only knowing what is occurring during the story but not knowing the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

b)

A third person point of view where the narrator doesn’t seem to know the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.

c)

All knowing, a type of third person point of view where a narrator seems to be able to tell you the thoughts and feelings of all characters.

d)

Using elements in a sentence that are identical in sound and meaning.

3.

What is the picture an example of?

a)

A rainbow picture

b)

An Archetype

c)

A Cliche

d)

A symbol

4.

A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable. What word has this definition

a)

Poetry Lambic Pentameter

b)

Lambic Pentameter

c)

Grammer

d)

Poetry Metric Feet

5.

Which sentences below are an example of a cliche?

a)

It’s my way or the highway

b)

Read between the lines

c)

Cat got your tongue

d)

It is raining cats and dogs

6.

“Snow White and the Wicked Witch.” “Candy and a healthy diet.” Both of these sentences are an example of an?

a)

Thesis

b)

Antithesis

c)

Scansion

d)

Antiscansion

7.

What is the definition of the word below


Stereotype

a)

A distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified image applied to a category of people

b)

All-knowing

c)

An comparison between people’s thought and what something actually is

d)

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

8.

What is an oxymoron?

a)

Combination of words in a sentence

b)

A mixed combination of only two words that do seem to go together

c)

Combination of words that do seem to go together

d)

Combination of words that do not seem to go together.

9.

Define the word below


Poetry Metric Feet

a)

A group of 2 or three syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

b)

A group of 2 or three words forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

c)

A group of 2 or three sentences forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

d)

A group of 2 or three stanzas forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

10.

Which sentence below is an example of a synecdoche?

a)

check out my new wheels

b)

I am so hungry I feel like I am going to die

c)

It is as hot as a boiling pot

d)

All of the above

11.

A perfect example or idea that represent common patterns.


What word below has the meaning above?

a)

none of the words below are correct

b)

Archetype

c)

Structure

d)

Diagram

12.

True or False?


Pathetic Fallacy is similar to personification, but gives human emotions to non human objects.

a)

False

b)

True

13.

Which sentence below is an example of a paradox?

a)

I must be cruel to be kind

b)

This the beginning of the end

c)

You can save money by spending it

d)

All of the above

14.

What is parallelism?

a)

Using elements in sentences that are identical in sound and meaning

b)

A line of verse with five metric feet each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable

c)

Two opposite ideas put together

d)

Very common phrases or ideas that are used to much

15.

What does the word scansion mean?

a)

A figure of speech in a piece/part of something is used to represent the whole thing

b)

Scanning a picture and giving your personal opinion about it

c)

When you scan a verse in a poem to try to figure out it’s meter and rhythm

d)

Scanning a house for something missed placed and then putting them back in the correct spot