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Suspense Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Renounced means...

a)

gave up

b)

disrespectful

c)

to speak loudly

d)

to offer a statement

2.

Insolently means...

a)

with kindness

b)

with bold disrespect

c)

thoughtfully and carefully

d)

nonjudgemental

3.

What is a synonym for "warily"?

a)

boldly

b)

fearlessly

c)

recklessly

d)

cautiously

4.

Which word means unbelievingly (adverb)?

a)

incredulously

b)

warily

c)

stoutfastly

d)

rightly

5.

If someone looks haggard (adjective), they look...

a)

beautiful

b)

worn-out and tired

c)

well-rested and fresh

d)

fearful

6.

Balmy means

a)

bitingly cold

b)

unpleasantly hot

c)

pleasantly warm

d)

drippingly humid

7.

What does foresaken mean: I was late, so chose to take a shortcut down a foresaken dirt road that had no lights and aweful pot holes.

a)

new

b)

abandoned

c)

pleasant

8.

Occupant (noun) means...

a)

a person who is present in a place (house, car, seat, etc) at the time

b)

a person who evacuates a place (house,car, seat, etc.) quickly

c)

a therapis

9.

Furtive means...

a)

openly

b)

with aggrivation

c)

secretive; suggesting guilt or nervousness

d)

fearlessness

10.

If I had an abundance of puppies, I would have...

a)

0 puppies

b)

armfuls of puppies

c)

only 1 puppy

d)

no puppies

11.

What is situational irony?

a)

the audience knows something the characters in the story don't

b)

what actually happens, compared to what the reader thinks will happen

c)

an exaggeration in the text

d)

word choice

12.

When an author hints to a future event, they are using...

a)

connotation

b)

situational irony

c)

foreshadowing

d)

perspective

13.

The thoughts, feelings, and images associated with a word...

a)

connotation

b)

diction

c)

pacing

d)

foreshadowing

14.

The literary term for word choice is...

a)

pacing

b)

suspense

c)

words

d)

diction

15.

the feeling of tension or anxiety in a story is called...

a)

sensational

b)

suspense

c)

foreshadowing

d)

connotation