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NSCAS ELA Content Words #2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

when and where a story takes place

a)

character

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

problem

2.

the series of events that take place. It's the action of the story

a)

setting

b)

plot

c)

problem

d)

solution

3.

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using "like" or "as"

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

imagery

d)

idiom

4.

the same letter or sound at the beginning connected words.

a)

alliteration

b)

imagery

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

hyperbole

5.

sound words

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

6.

vivid language that creates pictures in the readers mind

a)

imagery

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

rhythm

7.

giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

idiom

8.

extravagant exaggeration used to emphasize a point.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

imagery

9.

an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

rhythm

d)

idiom

10.

Important pieces of information that support the main idea of a text.

a)

theme

b)

summarize

c)

key details

d)

illustrations

11.

the message or lesson that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing

a)

theme

b)

key details

c)

idiom

d)

title

12.

give a brief statement of the main points

a)

key details

b)

theme

c)

summarize

d)

supporting details

13.

The big idea of a story.

a)

key details

b)

illustrations

c)

summarize

d)

central message

14.

the name of a book or piece of work

a)

table of contents

b)

title

c)

illustrations

d)

glossary

15.

a picture or diagram that helps make something clear or attractive

a)

table of contents

b)

supporting details

c)

caption

d)

illustrations