wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

English 3 Vocab List 3 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Awfully nice" and "deafening silence" are examples of

a)

oxymoron

b)

apostrophe

c)

anecdote

2.

Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and The Wizard of Oz are examples of ______, as they contain lessons, even if indirectly stated.

a)

allegory

b)

euphemism

c)

apostrophe

3.

An anecdote is

a)

A short story or amusing event to support or demonstrate a point and make readers laugh, think, or draw comparisons

b)

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a moral or practical lesson

c)

Mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one that might be too harsh when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

4.

Kinda, gonna, ain't, and sorta are all examples of

a)

colloquialism

b)

tone

c)

pun

5.

An apostrophe is (mark 2)

a)

Punctuation

b)

Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person (or a thing)

c)

emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader

6.

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

a)

apostrophe

b)

paradox

c)

foil

7.

When you "give someone the cold shoulder", you are using a(n) _______ rather than simply telling them "I'm ignoring you."

a)

idiom

b)

pun

c)

foil

8.

A pun is

a)

a play on words

b)

author's choice of words

c)

A short story or amusing event to support or demonstrate a point and make readers laugh, think, or draw comparisons

9.

"We're going to have to let you go" and "Have you considered retiring" are __________ employers might use with their employees.

a)

euphemisms

b)

puns

c)

allegories

10.

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 ______.

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

paradox

11.

Many of Dr. Seuss' books maintain a positive and lighthearted _______ even when he writes about serious issues.

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

allegory

12.

One of Marguerite's (Maya Angelou's) _________ is that she is valuable as an individual.

a)

colloquialisms

b)

epiphanies

c)

paradoxes

13.

A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another; often used to highlight certain character traits is a(n)

a)

foil

b)

epiphany

c)

paradox

14.

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

a)

colloquialisms

b)

euphemisms

c)

paradox

15.

These guys are an example of which vocabulary word?

a)

foil

b)

apostrophe

c)

idiom