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MCAP Vocab Jam

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

inference means:

a)

Scheme

b)

Bargaining

c)

Example

d)

Reasoning

2.

Contrast means:

a)

a person's financial situation

b)

the opposition of things that are compared

c)

gases ejected from an engine as waste products

d)

degree of figurative distance or separation

3.

First Person means:

a)

pretending that your position is stronger than it is

b)

pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker

c)

witty language used to convey insults

d)

use of contrasting words or ideas for balance

4.

Rising Action: the complications the main character must face, suspense builds, leads to the climax

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A Claim is the point of highest interest, the turning point.

a)

False

b)

True

6.

Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning.

a)

Climax

b)

context

c)

connotation

d)

Imagery

7.

to look at something carefully by attention to its parts

a)

Climax

b)

Summarize

c)

Analyze

d)

a claim

8.

Conversation between characters

a)

Dialogue

b)

setting

c)

climax

d)

protagonist

9.

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

a)

Diction

b)

Tone

c)

Plot

d)

Denotation

10.

the complications the main character must face, suspense builds, leads to the climax

a)

Climax

b)

Resolution

c)

Exposition

d)

Rising Action

11.

say something important

a)

Connotation

b)

Main Purpose

c)

to Reference

d)

to make a point

12.

The character is revealed through their personality, appearance, words, actions, and effect on others

a)

Indirect characterization

b)

static character

c)

third person omniscient

d)

dynamic character

13.

the point of HIGHEST interest,the turning point in the story.

a)

Resolution

b)

Climax

c)

Rising Action

d)

Exposition

14.

*man vs. self (something inside him/her like a fear)

a)

Conflict

b)

Internal Conflict

c)

Inciting Event

d)

Static Character

15.

A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action

a)

Dynamic Character

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

Antagonist

d)

Static Character

16.

the author's MESSAGE/ LESSON about life or human nature is the theme

a)

True

b)

False

17.

reference means:

a)

to mention

b)

to bring up

c)

to talk about

d)

the act of consulting

18.

The problem the main character is struggling to deal with is:

a)

character vs. character

b)

conflict

c)

character vs. self

d)

character vs. nature

19.

an idea that is implied or suggested

a)

Connotation

b)

denotation

c)

Epiphany

20.

The where and when of a text:

a)

setting

b)

place

c)

position

d)

appearance

21.

In a movie or story the villan, or _________, is the bad guy who's up to no good.

a)

monologist

b)

antagonist

c)

protagonist

d)

magnate

23.

The time-honored, common-law concept of property—a man’s interest in and duties to that property—has become almost extinct.

In this sentence concept means:

24.

Consciously, he receives a meaning from the ________ of the words; subconsciously, he receives a suggestion from their connotation.

a)

calcification

b)

accusation

c)

rotation

d)

denotation

26.

The analysis is the first to combine satellite radar images with seismic data to track the ________ of the blast on 3 September 2017 at Mount Mantap.

29.

As with any ________ being, you can ask Google anything.

30.

She told them the plot of "Little Women" in ten minutes, a miracle of compression, especially since her book report had been seven typed pages

In this sentence plot means:

33.

diagram means to:

a)

plot

b)

induct

c)

cleave

d)

scoff

34.

In the Western narrative tradition, stories usually follow a three-act structure, with a beginning, a middle and an end. They also follow a pattern: there is the introduction, rising action, a climax, a complication, ________, and then a conclusion and resolution.

a)

contact action

b)

human action

c)

falling action

d)

affirmative action

35.

graph means to:

a)

chart

b)

pioneer

c)

scrutinize

d)

tense

38.

I find the main character, 17-year-old Holden Caulfield, absolutely intriguing and as I read the book, it was fascinating to get inside the head of the strange, rebellious ________.

39.

However, the study did not prove a cause-and-effect ________ between asthma and shingles

42.

Where are you most likely to find a timeline?

44.

It is therefore more valuable to ________ the main lines of Gauguin's teaching than to quote this or that paradoxical remark.

47.

Judgement is the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event.

a)

False

b)

True