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Competency 2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is tone?

a)

exaggerated language

b)

the main events of a play, novel, or similar work

c)

in literature, it expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience

d)

an idea the recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature

2.

What is a legend?

a)

a story from the past, especially one popularly regarded as historical (although not verifiable)

b)

stories, often involving gods or demigods, that attempt to explain certain practices or phenomena

c)

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral

d)

a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth

3.

What are the two major text types?

a)

narrative and expository

b)

poetry and prose

c)

novels and scientific text

d)

thematic text and non-fiction

4.

What is hyperbole?

a)

exaggerated language or statements not meant to be taken literally

b)

a figure of speech involving comparison of one thing with another thing to make a description more emphatic or vivid

c)

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

d)

the attribution of a person nature or human characteristic to something nonhuman

5.

What are the 5 types of text structure?

a)

compare, contrast, problem, solution, chronological order

b)

chronological order, problem and solution, plot, expository, cause and effect

c)

prose, poetry, drama, nonfiction, scientific text

d)

chronological order, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and description

6.

What is a plot diagram?

a)

when students divide the page into two columns and record main ideas on one side and important details on the other side.

b)

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

c)

a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

d)

An organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story.

7.

What is a fable?

a)

a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

b)

Stories, often involving gods or demigods, that attempt to explain certain practices or phenomena

c)

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

8.

What is a myth?

a)

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

b)

a story coming down from the past; especially: one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable.

c)

Stories, often involving gods or demigods, that attempt to explain certain practices or phenomena

d)

a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

9.

What is a folktale?

a)

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

b)

a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

c)

a novel dealing with a puzzling crime

10.

What are split-page notes?

a)

they compare and contrast important details, like a venn diagram

b)

students divide the page into two columns and record main ideas on one side and important details on the other side.

c)

a way to take notes by recording what you know about the topic, what you want to learn about the topic, and what you end of learning about the topic