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Worksheets9 English Less 1-5 Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 6mins
not easily upset or excited
bemoan
placid
talisman
misogynist
to express discontent or sorrow over
bemoan
talisman
placid
pathos
someone who hates women
jinx
talisman
misogynist
feminist
hate
abhor
placid
love
talisman
an object with "magical" properties to bring good luck
agitated
abhor
jinx
talisman
synonym for abhor
dislike
placid
love
The supervisor's -- attitude led to an expensive lawsuit.
diatribe
logos
placid
misogynistic
In many quest stories, an unlikely hero must deliver a --to its rightful owner.
talisman
logos
narrator
antonym for placid
bemoan
calm
agitated
abhor
My students often -- vocabulary quizzes.
jinx
bemoan
harangue
ethos
The English teacher's normally -- demeanor was soothing to the class.
placid
talisman
haranguing
jingoistic
bovine
something that deviates from what is expected or normal
showing great knowledge or learning
treating serious issues with inappropriate humor contrite
dull, slow
in the manner of a cow
What is the meaning of 'ubiquitous'?
A) A forceful and bitter verbal attack
B) Appearing everywhere
C) A statement that does not logically follow a conversation’s flow
D) Showing lack of care.
What does 'non sequitur' refer to?
A) A statement that does not logically follow a conversation’s flow
B) A forceful and bitter verbal attack
C) Showing lack of care
D) Wicked or criminal.
What is the 'storytelling arc'?
A) Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, Denouement
B) A forceful and bitter verbal attack
C) A person or thing that comes before another
D) Unable to be captured or broken into.
What does 'slipshod' mean?
Wicked or criminal
Showing lack of care
A person or thing that comes before another
Unable to be captured or broken into.
What is a 'precursor'?
A) A person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind
B) Unable to be captured or broken into
C) Shy or modest
D) Overly patriotic
What is the meaning of 'jingoistic'?
Overly patriotic
Unable to be soothed
A natural skill
A woman who flirts to get what she wants.
What does 'implacable' mean?
Unable to be soothed
A natural skill
A woman who flirts to get what she wants
Lecture at length in an aggressive way.
What is 'affinity'?
A) A natural skill
B) A woman who flirts to get what she wants
C) Lecture at length in an aggressive way
D) An original model of a person.
Which pronouns are used in 'First person narrator'?
He, she, it
They, them
I, me, my
You, your
How is '3rd person omniscient' described?
Told from a single character's perspective
Told from an all-knowing, God-like perspective
Told in a journalistic way
Told from the author's perspective.
What is '3rd person objective'?
Told from a character's inner thoughts
Told in a journalistic way with no character's inner thoughts
Told from the author's perspective
Told from a single character's perspective.
What does 'facetious' mean?
A) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor
B) Treating serious issues with respect
C) Treating serious issues with anger
D) Treating serious issues with indifference.
What does 'contrite' mean?
Deeply remorseful for a bad action
Proud of a bad action
Indifferent to a bad action
Unaware of a bad action
What is 'Direct characterization'?
A) Things told to us
B) Things we infer
C) Things we imagine
D) Things we ignore
What is 'Indirect characterization'?
A) Things we conclude or infer
B) Things told to us
C) Things we ignore
D) Things we imagine
narrator
Someone who runs the library
Fitting under the table
The person telling the story
Sitting on the table
What is a 'paradox'?
A) A seemingly contradictory statement that expresses truth
B) A mathematical equation
C) A type of animal
D) A form of poetry
Match the following terms
wicked or criminal
Nefarious
epigraph
short saying at beginning, reveals theme
epithet
descriptive title expressing a quality
coquette
a woman who flirts to get what she wants
lacks conventional heroic attributes
antihero
The best piece we read in unit 2:
Treasure Island
Old Man
My Last Duchess
Phaëthon
Making such a poor grade was an (a) for Pete, who was usually very (b) , refusing to be (c) in his work.
