WorksheetsMAP vocabulary
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Paradox
a)
a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true
b)
Tool used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text (e.g., dialogue, metaphor, imagery).
c)
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
d)
Repetition of initial consonant sounds (peter piper picked a pack...)
2.
Literary Device
a)
Tool used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text (e.g., dialogue, metaphor, imagery).
b)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
c)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
d)
A contrast between expectation and reality (sarcasm)
3.
Simile
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
Repetition of initial consonant sounds (peter piper picked a pack...)
c)
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
d)
comparison not using like or as
4.
Alliteration
a)
Repetition of initial consonant sounds (peter piper picked a pack...)
b)
comparison not using like or as
c)
A contrast between expectation and reality (sarcasm)
d)
A contrast between expectation and reality (sarcasm)
5.
metaphor
a)
comparison not using like or as
b)
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
c)
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
d)
A word that imitates the sound it represents. (e.g. Boom, Splash, Pow)
6.
Hyperbole
a)
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
b)
A contrast between expectation and reality (sarcasm)
c)
A word that imitates the sound it represents. (e.g. Boom, Splash, Pow)
d)
An original document containing the observations, ideas, and conclusions of an individual. It is a firsthand account (Examples include manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, and personal journals)
7.
Irony
a)
A contrast between expectation and reality (sarcasm)
b)
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
c)
An original document containing the observations, ideas, and conclusions of an individual. It is a firsthand account (Examples include manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, and personal journals)
d)
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. (e.g. raining cats and dogs)
8.
Analogy
a)
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
b)
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. (e.g. raining cats and dogs)
c)
A word that imitates the sound it represents. (e.g. Boom, Splash, Pow)
d)
an style of writing that tries to prove a point or make a stand by supporting it with evidence
9.
Onomatopoeia
a)
A word that imitates the sound it represents. (e.g. Boom, Splash, Pow)
b)
An original document containing the observations, ideas, and conclusions of an individual. It is a firsthand account (Examples include manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, and personal journals)
c)
an style of writing that tries to prove a point or make a stand by supporting it with evidence
d)
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
10.
Idiom
a)
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. (e.g. raining cats and dogs)
b)
An original document containing the observations, ideas, and conclusions of an individual. It is a firsthand account (Examples include manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, and personal journals)
c)
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
d)
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
11.
primary source
a)
An original document containing the observations, ideas, and conclusions of an individual. It is a firsthand account (Examples include manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, and personal journals)
b)
an style of writing that tries to prove a point or make a stand by supporting it with evidence
c)
a scene in a novel, story, movie etc., set in a time earlier than the main story (a memory).
d)
an aim, plan, or purpose a course of action
12.
Flashback
a)
a scene in a novel, story, movie etc., set in a time earlier than the main story (a memory).
b)
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
c)
An original document containing the observations, ideas, and conclusions of an individual. It is a firsthand account (Examples include manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, and personal journals)
d)
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
13.
foreshadow
a)
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
b)
a scene in a novel, story, movie etc., set in a time earlier than the main story (a memory).
c)
an aim, plan, or purpose a course of action
d)
Repetition of initial consonant sounds (peter piper picked a pack...)
14.
argumentative
a)
an style of writing that tries to prove a point or make a stand by supporting it with evidence
b)
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
c)
A word that imitates the sound it represents. (e.g. Boom, Splash, Pow)
d)
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
15.
Bias
a)
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
b)
Repetition of initial consonant sounds (peter piper picked a pack...)
c)
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
d)
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. (e.g. raining cats and dogs)
16.
intention
a)
an aim, plan, or purpose a course of action
b)
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. (e.g. raining cats and dogs)
c)
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
d)
instructions for actors and stage crew (not a plot point of the story) - usually set in italics
17.
stage directions
a)
instructions for actors and stage crew (not a plot point of the story) - usually set in italics
b)
A word that imitates the sound it represents. (e.g. Boom, Splash, Pow)
c)
Repetition of initial consonant sounds (peter piper picked a pack...)
d)
an style of writing that tries to prove a point or make a stand by supporting it with evidence
18.
Drama
a)
narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone, focusing on in-depth development of realistic characters who must deal with realistic emotional struggles
b)
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
c)
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
d)
The most important point the author makes
19.
voice
a)
A writers distinctive use of language
b)
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. (e.g. raining cats and dogs)
c)
narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone, focusing on in-depth development of realistic characters who must deal with realistic emotional struggles
d)
A word that imitates the sound it represents. (e.g. Boom, Splash, Pow)
20.
Tone
a)
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
b)
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
c)
an style of writing that tries to prove a point or make a stand by supporting it with evidence
d)
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. (e.g. raining cats and dogs)
21.
central idea
a)
The most important point the author makes
b)
narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone, focusing on in-depth development of realistic characters who must deal with realistic emotional struggles
c)
instructions for actors and stage crew (not a plot point of the story) - usually set in italics
d)
A word that imitates the sound it represents. (e.g. Boom, Splash, Pow)
22.
Imagery
a)
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
b)
an style of writing that tries to prove a point or make a stand by supporting it with evidence
c)
A writers distinctive use of language
d)
instructions for actors and stage crew (not a plot point of the story) - usually set in italics
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