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Unit #8 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What root means:

guest

a)

hosp

b)

onym

c)

host

2.

What root means:

name

a)

hosp

b)

onym

c)

host

3.

What root means:

stranger, enemy

a)

hosp

b)

onym

c)

host

4.

Choose the word that matches the following definition:

- a place where sick or injured people are given care or treatment and

where babies are often born

a)

hospital

b)

hospitable

5.

Choose the word that matches the following definition:

-generous and friendly to guests or visitors

a)

hospital

b)

hospitable

6.

Choose the word that matches the following definition:

a word that is spelled and pronounced like another word but is different

in meaning

a)

homonym

b)

synonym

c)

antonym

7.

Choose the word that matches the following definition:

a word that has the same or similar meaning as another word in the

same language

a)

homonym

b)

synonym

c)

antonym

8.

Choose the word that matches the following definition:

a word with a meaning that is opposite to the meaning of another word

a)

homonym

b)

synonym

c)

antonym

9.

Choose the word that matches the following definition:

- not named or identified; made or done by someone unknown

a)

anonymous

b)

acronym

c)

pseudonym

10.

Choose the word that matches the following definition:

-a name for something that is formed from the first letter of each of the

words in a title

a)

anonymous

b)

acronym

c)

pseudonym

11.

Choose the word that matches the following definition:

- a name a person, such as a writer, uses instead of his or her real name

a)

anonymous

b)

acronym

c)

pseudonym

12.

Choose the word that matches the following definition:

- not friendly; having or showing unfriendly feelings; harsh or unpleasant

a)

hostile

b)

hostage

13.

Choose the word that matches the following definition:

- a person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things

be done before the captured person is freed

a)

hostile

b)

hostage

14.

How many lines do Haiku poems have?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

2

d)

4

15.

What is a syllable?

a)

A chunk of sound

b)

An insect living in your belly button

c)

A pattern

d)

A Japanese poem

16.

How many total syllables are there in a haiku?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

12

d)

17

17.

What is the haiku syllable pattern?

a)

5-5-5

b)

5-7-5

c)

5-7-7

d)

7-5-5

18.

Which line is missing a syllable?

Butterflies hatch

Bees drink the juice from flowers

Bees fly everywhere

a)

Line 1

b)

Line 3

c)

Line 4

d)

line 2

19.

The following is an example of___:

Busy Bees Build hives

a)

couplet

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

20.

The following is an example of___:

Nature's first green is gold

Her hardest hue to hold

a)

couplet

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

simile