WorksheetsStandard CL 9 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 12mins
The listeners, views or readers of a work
Sentence fluency
Word Choice
Audience
Tone
"A writer's reason for crafting a particular work" is the definition for which term:
Author's Perspective
Author's Tone
Author's Purpose
Author's Style
Author's voice is mainly about the ______ of the author.
word choice
tone
thoughts
Feelings
"As he paced the deck, he noticed what he and his mates called 'Whiskers 'round the Light'--tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that gave off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights."
by Robert Louis Stevenson
I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow – a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards.
What does the IMAGERY used in the first paragraph tell the reader about the captain?
What is a creation myth?
A true story about how the world began.
A false story about how the world began.
A story told by animals.
A story told by mystical creatures.
Match the vocabulary term with the following definition:
is showing great care, attention, and effort
Proficient
Assiduous
Travesty
Unilateral
Match the definition with the vocab term:
(of an action or decision) performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of another or the others
Unilateral
Meticulous
Panacea
Bolster
to support, strengthen, or fortify
bolster
resilient
estrange
criteria
Rules, standards or tests by which something is measured
Criteria
Cryterria
Criterria
Critteria
The lack of a response to the student's complaint was a _____________.
impediment
travesty
pedant
divestment
My sister's recent moodiness has ________ (ed) some of her old friends.
estrange
harm
disrespect
dislike
Choose the best definition of the italicized word.
The pilot made a meticulous check of his fuel supply, engine, and other vital equipment.
required
very careful
hasty
superficial
Pick the vocab word that best fits this question: An athlete gets injured and comes back that same game.
resilient
expendable
remit
FIll in the sentence. You are mistaken if you think that making more money will be a __________ for all your troubles.
Bolster
Panacea
Criteria
Proficient
When you become good at doing something, one could say you are ________ at that skill.
proficient
estrange
resilient
travesty
