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Vocabulary list #1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a mentor text

a)

a text we use as a good example or model

b)

something to avoid

c)

when your mentor sends you a message

d)

a very boring reading assignment

2.

A couplet is

a)

Two lines of prose that often rhyme

b)

two people who like each other

c)

Two lines of verse (poetry) that often rhyme

d)

a poem written in a specific rhyme scheme

3.

A noun is

a)

an action word

b)

a person, place, thing, or idea

c)

a word that modifies, or describes, a noun

d)

a word that modifies, or describes, a verb

4.

What is a verb

a)

An action word

b)

A person, place, thing, or idea

c)

A word that modifies, or describes, a noun

d)

A word that modifies, or describes, a verb

5.

What is an adjective?

a)

An action word

b)

A person, place, thing, or idea

c)

a word that modifies, or describes, a noun

d)

a word that modifies, or describes, a verb

6.

What is a pronoun?

a)

A word that modifies, or describes, a noun

b)

A proper noun

c)

someone who really likes nouns

d)

A word that replaces a noun

7.

Words/phrases like "Aha, Eww, holy cow, oh no, Geez, and Hey" are all examples of which part of speech?

a)

Interrogatives

b)

Interjections

c)

adverbs

d)

pronouns

8.

A word whose job is to combine words, phrases, and clauses is

a)

A preposition

b)

A conjunction

c)

A contraction

d)

An apostrophe

9.

The purpose of a preposition is to

a)

annoy you

b)

connect words, phrases, and clauses

c)

modify, or describe, the nouns near it

d)

to tell you where or when something is in relation to something else.

10.

What is a metaphor

a)

figurative language that compares two things using like or as

b)

Figurative language that compares to things directly

c)

Figurative language that is intended to sound like its definition

d)

Figurative language that appeals to the senses

11.

A simile is like a metaphor except it

a)

Is ironic

b)

Uses imagery

c)

Compares rudely

d)

compares using the words like or as

12.

Imagery is

a)

language that appeals to the senses

b)

A comparison using like or as

c)

Giving human like characteristics to something not human

d)

Irony

13.

Genre is

a)

A type of memoir

b)

A type of narrative poem.

c)

The category a work belongs to

d)

When something that you don't expect to happen, happens

14.

If something is written in verse, it is

a)

A poem

b)

A short story

c)

An article

d)

A speech

15.

If you were describing the writing that is in most novels, you would refer to it as

a)

Verse

b)

boring

c)

prose

d)

fancy

16.

Diction refers to

a)

word choice

b)

The sound of a word

c)

the definition of a word

d)

elevated language

17.

Every word has a denotation. Denotation is

a)

Its spelling

b)

Its sophistication level

c)

Its emotional impact

d)

Its dictionary definition

18.

Some words have connotations we should be aware of in order to use the words to help us express ourselves. What is connotation?

a)

The sophistication of a word

b)

The dictionary definition of a word

c)

The proper spelling of a word

d)

The emotional impact, or feel, of a word

19.

Nonfiction is

a)

Writing that is usually to inform about actual people, events, or history

b)

Writing that tells us the truth using our imagination

c)

short stories are an example

d)

a novel is an example

20.

Fiction is

a)

Informs us about factual things that happened in real life

b)

An article is an example

c)

Uses imagination to discuss truths about life

d)

A speech is an example