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WorksheetsVocabulary list #1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
a mentor text
a text we use as a good example or model
something to avoid
when your mentor sends you a message
a very boring reading assignment
A couplet is
Two lines of prose that often rhyme
two people who like each other
Two lines of verse (poetry) that often rhyme
a poem written in a specific rhyme scheme
A noun is
an action word
a person, place, thing, or idea
a word that modifies, or describes, a noun
a word that modifies, or describes, a verb
What is a verb
An action word
A person, place, thing, or idea
A word that modifies, or describes, a noun
A word that modifies, or describes, a verb
What is an adjective?
An action word
A person, place, thing, or idea
a word that modifies, or describes, a noun
a word that modifies, or describes, a verb
What is a pronoun?
A word that modifies, or describes, a noun
A proper noun
someone who really likes nouns
A word that replaces a noun
Words/phrases like "Aha, Eww, holy cow, oh no, Geez, and Hey" are all examples of which part of speech?
Interrogatives
Interjections
adverbs
pronouns
A word whose job is to combine words, phrases, and clauses is
A preposition
A conjunction
A contraction
An apostrophe
The purpose of a preposition is to
annoy you
connect words, phrases, and clauses
modify, or describe, the nouns near it
to tell you where or when something is in relation to something else.
What is a metaphor
figurative language that compares two things using like or as
Figurative language that compares to things directly
Figurative language that is intended to sound like its definition
Figurative language that appeals to the senses
A simile is like a metaphor except it
Is ironic
Uses imagery
Compares rudely
compares using the words like or as
Imagery is
language that appeals to the senses
A comparison using like or as
Giving human like characteristics to something not human
Irony
Genre is
A type of memoir
A type of narrative poem.
The category a work belongs to
When something that you don't expect to happen, happens
If something is written in verse, it is
A poem
A short story
An article
A speech
If you were describing the writing that is in most novels, you would refer to it as
Verse
boring
prose
fancy
Diction refers to
word choice
The sound of a word
the definition of a word
elevated language
Every word has a denotation. Denotation is
Its spelling
Its sophistication level
Its emotional impact
Its dictionary definition
Some words have connotations we should be aware of in order to use the words to help us express ourselves. What is connotation?
The sophistication of a word
The dictionary definition of a word
The proper spelling of a word
The emotional impact, or feel, of a word
Nonfiction is
Writing that is usually to inform about actual people, events, or history
Writing that tells us the truth using our imagination
short stories are an example
a novel is an example
Fiction is
Informs us about factual things that happened in real life
An article is an example
Uses imagination to discuss truths about life
A speech is an example
