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WorksheetsEnglish 3 Vocab List 3 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
"Awfully nice" and "deafening silence" are examples of
oxymoron
apostrophe
anecdote
Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and The Wizard of Oz are examples of ______, as they contain lessons, even if indirectly stated.
allegory
euphemism
apostrophe
An anecdote is
A short story or amusing event to support or demonstrate a point and make readers laugh, think, or draw comparisons
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a moral or practical lesson
Mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one that might be too harsh when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
Kinda, gonna, ain't, and sorta are all examples of
colloquialism
tone
pun
An apostrophe is (mark 2)
Punctuation
Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person (or a thing)
emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader
Act 5, scene 3 from Romeo and Juliet (in more modern English)
PARIS (the guys who was supposed to marry Juliet)
(he scatters flowers at JULIET’s closed tomb) "Sweet flower, I’m spreading flowers over your bridal bed. Oh, pain! Your canopy is dust and stones. I’ll water these flowers every night with sweet water. Or, if I don’t do that, my nightly rituals to remember you will be to put flowers on your grave and weep." This is an example of
apostrophe
paradox
foil
When you "give someone the cold shoulder", you are using a(n) _______ rather than simply telling them "I'm ignoring you."
idiom
pun
foil
A pun is
a play on words
author's choice of words
A short story or amusing event to support or demonstrate a point and make readers laugh, think, or draw comparisons
"We're going to have to let you go" and "Have you considered retiring" are __________ employers might use with their employees.
euphemisms
puns
allegories
After reading the final chapter of All Quiet on the Western Front, in which Paul dies on the battlefield shortly before the end of the war, I was in a pensive and sad ______.
mood
tone
paradox
Many of Dr. Seuss' books maintain a positive and lighthearted _______ even when he writes about serious issues.
tone
mood
allegory
One of Marguerite's (Maya Angelou's) _________ is that she is valuable as an individual.
colloquialisms
epiphanies
paradoxes
A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another; often used to highlight certain character traits is a(n)
foil
epiphany
paradox
Socrates said, "I know that I know nothing."
David Fincher said, "The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club." These are examples of
colloquialisms
euphemisms
paradox
These guys are an example of which vocabulary word?
foil
apostrophe
idiom
