WorksheetsMonkey's Paw Vocabulary
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is magical realism?
A story that is magic.
A type of story that is real.
A type of story that combines realistic and magical elements.
A type of story that combines fantasy and magical elements.
A definition of magical realism would include:
Real world settings that include lots of fantasy.
Real world settings that include some details that do not follow natural law or logic.
Magical settings that include lots of fantasy.
Magical settings that include magicians.
Which one of the following would be an example of "magical"?
A super fast bicycle
A tall pecan tree
An elderly grandmother
A crying bicycle
A round character:
Exhibits a single personality trait
Is just a little overweight
Is richly complex; shows many different traits and no capacity for change and growth
Is richly complex; shows many different traits and the capacity for change and growth
A flat character:
Is a static and one dimensional character who mainly exhibits a single personality trait
A richly complex character who shows many traits and the capacity for change and growth
Can fit under doors easily
Is a one dimensional character who exhibits many personality traits
A "dynamic" character can be referred to as:
inflated
round
flat
square
A static character can be referred to as:
inflated
round
flat
square
Direct characterization is:
Showing
Telling
Showing and telling
Indirect characterization is:
Showing
Telling
Showing and telling
Direct characterization is when:
The writer lets other characters tell us what the main character is like.
The writer lets the reader figure out what the character is about.
The writer draws a picture of what the character is like.
The writer simply tells us what the character is like.
Indirect characterization is when:
The writer tells the other characters to explain the main character.
The writer tells you what the character is like.
Readers don't have to guess about a character because the writer gives you all the information.
Readers make inferences about a character based on clues from the writer.
Peril means:
a mistake
danger or serious risk
a living room
something you make into a necklace
Provoke means:
to be hungry
to be angry
to throw up
to stir up or bring about
Apathy means:
Lack of interest; absence of emotion
On the right path
Sympathetic
Sad
Hospitable means:
happy
kind and generous to guests and strangers
lives in a hospital
as clean as a hospital
Compensation means:
to lease or to rent
courageous
something given to make up for a loss, injury, or suffering
water on the outside of a drinking glass
A grimace is:
the name of a McDonald's character
a facial expression that shows disapproval, disgust, or pain
a silly preference or whim
an injury
Fate:
an expression meaning to listen to
choices; each person determines what happens in a person's life
bold or arrogant
destiny; the universal force that determines what happens in a person's life
Grave means:
serious or solemn
sickly
dead
at a funeral
Maligned means:
not on the line
to be mean or rude
common or ordinary. Not special.
spoken about as if evil or harmful. Often untruthfully.
Dubious means:
to reject; to deny
doubtful; questionable; skeptical
delirious; crazy; not sane
an expression meaning to listen to
Expire means:
a country run by royalty
a violent downpour of rain
you shouldn't eat the food
to come to an end; to die out
Oppressive means:
causing discomfort or distress
your team has the football
someone has an injury
to be happy or elated
