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WorksheetsFSA Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When and where a story takes place is the ______ of a story.
a)
Characters
b)
Point of View
c)
Setting
d)
Climax
2.
The climax is the part of the story where ______________.
a)
The event that starts the story happens.
b)
The turning point, high point, or main event is in a story.
c)
The story ends.
d)
We meet our characters, and learn our setting.
3.
Within the falling action are the ___________.
a)
results of the climax and events leading to the conclustion
b)
details as to how the story ends
c)
characters, setting, and opening situations in a story
d)
turning points of the story
4.
The resolution is where the story ______________.
a)
has the final outcome
b)
introduces characters and setting
c)
has an event that starts the story
d)
shows when and where the story takes place
5.
A struggle between a character and 1 or more opposing force is called the _________.
a)
Point of View
b)
Conflict
c)
Plot
d)
Setting
6.
A perspective from which a story is told in 1st or 3rd person is called the __________.
a)
Conflict
b)
Plot
c)
Point of View
d)
Setting
7.
Theme is __________.
a)
The message or truth about life carried by the story.
b)
When something happens that is unexpected.
c)
When an image, object, or person is used to represent a deeper emotion or feeling.
d)
Hints/clues that the author gives about events to come.
8.
Foreshadowing is ___________
a)
When an image, object, or person is used to represent a deeper emotion
b)
The way you, the reader, feels at the end of a story.
c)
Hints/clues that the author gives about events to come
d)
The author's/character's attitude towards his/her subject, setting, or character(s)
9.
Different from suspense, _______ is the way you, the reader, feels at the end of a story.
a)
Mood
b)
Tone
c)
Conflict
d)
Symbolism
10.
When something such as an image, object, or person are used to represent a deeper emotion or feeling.
a)
Tone
b)
Mood
c)
Irony
d)
Symbolism
11.
_________ is another name for the problem .
a)
Point of View
b)
Conflict
c)
Plot
d)
Setting
12.
What is the definition of plot?
a)
The lesson in the story
b)
The sequence of events in the story
c)
The turning point of the story
d)
The conflict in the story
13.
The correct order of plot stages is...
a)
exposition, falling action, climax, resolution, rising action
b)
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
c)
resolution, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution
d)
rising action, exposition, climax, resolution, falling action
14.
Which part of the plot is
the most intense?
the most intense?
a)
falling action
b)
exposition
c)
exposition
d)
climax
15.
Comparing 2 things that are unlike using “like” or “as.”
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
16.
Main idea
a)
What the story is all about
b)
The lesson learned
c)
Read between the lines
17.
What is tone?
a)
the author's attitude toward the story
b)
the feeling the reader gets while reading
c)
how the main character speaks
d)
the color of the book cover
18.
Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.
Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?
Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?
a)
Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is
b)
Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way
c)
Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short
d)
They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area
19.
Seated on his throne, King Midas wore a golden crown. He had golden rings on each finger and held a golden scepter. His vest was embroidered with golden thread and even his shoes had golden ornaments. He had a golden box filled with gold coins. He named his daughter Marigold.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
a)
King Midas loved gold.
b)
King Midas sold lots of gold.
c)
King Midas had a heart of gold.
d)
King Midas hated gold.
20.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town.
21.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
22.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
23.
What is the definition of hyperbole?
a)
When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
b)
When words sound like what they mean.
c)
An extreme exaggeration
d)
A comparison
24.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.
25.
"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
26.
What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
27.
The word thin, as in "you are too thin" has a _______ connotation.
a)
positive
b)
negative
28.
Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.
a)
positive
b)
negative
29.
I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ____________ connotation.
a)
positive
b)
negative
30.
The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.
a)
fun
b)
horrible
c)
delicious
d)
exciting
31.
Since Amanda deferred her vacation, she was able to accomplish more at work first.
a)
advanced
b)
cancelled
c)
delayed
d)
expedited
32.
Each student was allotted two tickets to the game.
a)
allowed
b)
joyful
c)
taken
d)
fed
33.
Again they searched meticulously, but no keys. Where could they be? They've looked EVERYWHERE! If you did something meticulously, you would be-
a)
feeling silly.
b)
working very carefully.
c)
trying to finish quickly.
d)
trying to find something.
34.
Tanya loved her dad, but she wondered why she was so organized when he was so haphazard. A person who is haphazard is-
a)
lost
b)
lovable
c)
worried
d)
disorganized
35.
Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?
a)
can you help me
b)
her father walked in
c)
sounding annoyed, too
d)
relaxing with a magazine
36.
The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean?
What does garrulous mean?
a)
Quiet
b)
Secretive
c)
talkative
d)
Exhausted
37.
To analyze
a)
to conclude
b)
to study, look at closely
c)
to sum up
d)
to describe
38.
A selection
a)
a reading passage, or part
b)
a message
c)
a relationship between two words
d)
a conversation
39.
To infer
a)
To make up
b)
To think about and conclude
c)
To remember
d)
To sum up
40.
A claim
a)
A descriptive word
b)
A summary
c)
A message
d)
A belief or argument
41.
To conclude
a)
To sum up, form an opinion after reading.
b)
To end.
c)
To believe or argue that something is true.
d)
To study, look at closely.
42.
An analogy
a)
An example
b)
A relationship between two words.
c)
A summary.
d)
A description.
43.
Figurative language
a)
non fiction text structures
b)
summarizing
c)
descriptive words often used in poetry
d)
a moral or lesson
44.
Author's craft
a)
a skill an author uses.
b)
an author's purpose for writing a text
c)
an author's thoughts on a topic
d)
an author writing a character's conversation
45.
Dialogue
a)
the narrator telling the story
b)
an author's skill
c)
character conversations, found in " "
d)
character's thoughts not included in " "
46.
Cause
a)
What happens as a result of a cause
b)
The reason for doing something
c)
What makes something happen
d)
Someone's feelings on a topic
47.
Justify
a)
To tell the lesson or moral
b)
To prove that something is correct
c)
To tell important parts of the story
d)
An opinion
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