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Unit 4 Language/Conflict/Thesaurus Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a Pun?
a)
Words that sound the same but are spelled different 
b)
Play on words: a joke 
c)
An idiom 
d)
Pickle and onion mix
2.

Why don't mummies take vacations?

a)

They are afraid they will relax and unwind

b)

They don't like to travel

c)

They would rather stay home and look after the children

d)

They don't work in the first place

3.

What word is missing to make this a pun?

That's the _________ thing I've seen.

a)

stupidest

b)

wierdest

c)

funniest

d)

sealiest

4.
What do you call bears with no ears?
a)
No ear
b)
No hearing
c)
No bear
d)
B
5.
What is the "mood" of  a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
6.
What is the "tone" of a story?
a)
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
b)
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
c)
The time and place of the story
d)
The summary of events in the story
7.
Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ________.
a)
pictures
b)
height
c)
words
d)
funny faces
8.
Nuance is:
a)
where and when a story takes place
b)
the most important complications and events that move a plot along
c)
shades of meaning, expression or sound
d)
the end of the story
9.

I will be _____ if I can't sit by my friend on the bus

a)

angry

b)

disappointed

c)

devastated

d)

sad

10.

I haven't eaten all day. My stomach is growling and I am ______

a)

hungry

b)

full

c)

starving

d)

dying

11.

Dinner smells so ______ that my mouth is watering

a)

delicious

b)

disgusting

c)

good

d)

bad

12.

Words that have the same denotation are called...

a)

acronyms

b)

antonyms

c)

homonyms

d)

synonyms

13.

When you look up a word in the dictionary, you find its...

a)

connotation

b)

denotation

c)

acronym

d)

homonym

14.

Which word from the thesaurus above is a noun?

a)

adore

b)

cheerful

c)

scrub

d)

trek

15.

Which word from the thesaurus above could replace happy in this sentence?


The band played a happy song.

a)

cherish

b)

jaunt

c)

merry

d)

tidy

16.

Which TWO are synonyms for journey in the thesaurus above?

a)

spotless

b)

glad

c)

outing

d)

tour

17.
What is the definition of an "external" conflict?
a)
An issue between a character and an outside force.
b)
A problem within the exposition of a story.
c)
A struggle that a character has within him/her self.
d)
A problem caused by the protagonist.
18.
Man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. technology, and man vs. supernatural are all examples of ____________________________.
(Answer with the most specific response.)
a)
internal conflict
b)
conflict
c)
external conflict
19.
Which part of the plot is the
turning point of the story?
a)
Exposition
b)
Falling Action
c)
Climax
d)
Resolution
20.
What type of conflict is best shown here...
a)
character vs. character
b)
character vs. self
c)
character vs. nature
d)
character vs. society