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Into Literature Unit 5, Hurricane Katrina Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He felt the ______ of the seatbelt against his chest.

a)

significant

b)

injure

c)

impact

d)

constraint

2.

Surviving a tornado has made a huge_____ on me. When I hear the warning siren, I immediately head for shelter.

a)

significant

b)

impact

c)

injure

d)

circumstance

3.

I always wear protective gear when riding my dirt bike. I don't want to ____ myself.

a)

circumstance

b)

significant

c)

injure

d)

impact

4.

There were many ______ that led me to my decision to quit the band.

a)

circumstances

b)

hurricanes

c)

impacts

d)

constraints

5.

He showed ______as he faced the devastating hurricane.

a)

fortitude

b)

endurance

c)

horizon

d)

impact

6.

It was so hard to ______on the lesson, knowing that my relatives were in Louisiana dealing with a hurricane.

a)

endure

b)

fortitude

c)

focus

d)

horizon

7.

He had an _______ face with high prominent cheekbones.

a)

angular

b)

fortitude

c)

focus

d)

endurance

8.

I love watching the sun rise on the __________.

a)

angular

b)

fortitude

c)

endurance

d)

horizon

9.

Living in the Ninth Ward, the family had to ______ many hardships.

a)

endure

b)

focus

c)

concentrate

d)

study

10.

Which word means to carry on despite the difficulty and suffering?

a)

focus

b)

angle

c)

endure

d)

horizon

11.

Which word means the intersection of earth and sky?

a)

angle

b)

horizon

c)

endure

d)

focus

12.

Which word means to show the strength of mind and face difficulty with courage?

a)

endure

b)

focus

c)

horizon

d)

fortitude

13.

Which word means a peaked roof or something that has two sides that form an angle.

a)

fortitude

b)

angular

c)

endure

d)

focus

14.

This is an example of:


She was as mad as a wet hen.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

15.

The wind whistled through the trees.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

16.

Dad is a bear in the morning before he gets his coffee.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification