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F.A.S.T. ELA Vocabulary

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words near each other?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Rhyme

2.

Words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true but express a complex meaning.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Figurative Language
Similes
Metaphors
Hyperboles
3.

Detailed words and phrases that engage a reader's five senses.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Imagery
Personification
Mood
Alliteration
4.

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   refers to the perspective a writer chooses to narrate a story

Choose from the below words
Point of View
Alliteration
narrator
Narrator
5.

A group of two or more lines in a poem.

a)

Rhyme

b)

Stanza

c)

Meter

d)

Refrain

6.

The writer or narrator's attitude toward their subject (formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad, cheerful, etc.)

a)

Genre

b)

Setting

c)

Tone

d)

Plot

7.

A comparison of two very different things without using "like" or "as".


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Metaphor
Simile
Analogy
Hyperbole
8.

The voice that tells a story, which varies in reliability.

a)

Author

b)

Character

c)

Plot

d)

Narrator

9.

The structure or arrangement of lines, stanzas, and sounds in a poem, designed to reflect topics in the poem.

a)

Poetic Meter

b)

Poetic Form

c)

Poetic Theme

d)

Poetic Rhyme

10.

When a poem does not follow any particular rhyme scheme or meter.

a)

Free Verse

b)

Haiku

c)

Limerick

d)

Sonnet

11.

A type of figurative language that exaggerates something.


a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

12.

The atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader through description, especially about the setting.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Mood
Character
Plot
Theme
13.

Giving human qualities/behaviors to non-human things.

a)

Anthropomorphism

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Allegory

14.

A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter, traditionally focused on passion or love.

(a)  

15.

A 19-line poem with recurring refrains that create depth, rhythm, and emphasis.

a)

Ode

b)

Villanelle

c)

Limerick

d)

Sonnet

16.

The literary element that expresses the universal moral or lesson of a story, usually by way of the protagonist.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Theme
Plot
Characterization
Setting
17.

A conclusion drawn from text evidence and known facts.

a)

Prediction

b)

Inference

c)

Interpretation

d)

Analysis

18.

A written note, symbol, or mark close-readers add to a text to comment on or clarify information.

a)

Commentary

b)

Context

c)

Annotation

d)

Exposition

19.

Refers to the category of a text based on the author's purpose for writing (to inform, persuade, or entertain).


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Genre
Style
Format
Tone
20.

The most important, main thoughts unifying a text.

a)

Supporting Arguments

b)

Narrative Structure

c)

Character Development

d)

Central Ideas

21.

The situation within which something happens that can help explain it; for example, the ideas surrounding an unknown word.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Context
Environment
Setting
Circumstance
22.

Accurately saying something someone else has said or written using different words.

a)

Paraphrase

b)

Summarize

c)

Translate

d)

Elaborate

23.

The words an author chooses to use (can be connected to their purpose for writing).

a)

Syntax

b)

Diction

c)

Tone

d)

Imagery

24.

The way an author chooses to arrange words, form sentences and use grammar.

a)

Semantics

b)

Phonology

c)

Syntax

d)

Morphology

25.

Visual displays accompanying a text that make complicated facts easier to grasp.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Graphic Feature
Illustrations
Diagrams
Charts
26.

Information you cite from another source to support and strengthen a claim, reason, or inference.

a)

Claim

b)

Evidence

c)

Rhetorical Devices

d)

Circular Reasoning

27.

Tools for persuasion

a)

Deductive Reasoning

b)

Rhetorical Devices

c)

Specialized Vocabulary

28.

The organizational patter chosen to convey the central ideas of an informational text, such as cause & effect, compare & contrast, chronological order, etc.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Text Structure
Narrative Style
Word Choice
Argumentation
29.

Words and phrases specific to a text that help readers understand complex or unfamiliar subjects, usually defined explicitly by the author for clarity.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Specialized Vocabulary
Synonyms
Antonyms
Homonyms
30.

A rhetorical appeal to credibility or moral principles

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

d)

Analogy

31.

A rhetorical appeal to clear logic or reason.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
32.

A rhetorical appeal to emotion.

a)

Logos

b)

Pathos

c)

Ethos

d)

Mythos

33.

A line of thought that begins with a specific observation and draws a broad conclusion.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Abductive Reasoning
Logical Reasoning
34.

A line of thought that begins with general facts and draws a specific conclusion.

a)

Inductive Reasoning

b)

Deductive Reasoning

c)

Abductive Reasoning

d)

Intuitive Reasoning

35.

Refers to many errors that can be found in the reasoning of an argument, showing the argument to be invalid, irrelevant, or flawed.

a)

Factual Error

b)

Logical Fallacy

c)

Syntax Error

d)

Semantic Error

36.

Appealing to popularity as a method of persuasion.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Ad Populum/ Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
Ad Ignorantiam
Ad Verecundiam
37.

Making a general statement or conclusion without sufficient evidence.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Hasty Generalization
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
False Analogy
38.

 Drawing extreme and undesirable conclusions from an assembly of unproven chain reactions.

a)

Slippery Slope

b)

False Dilemma

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

Appeal to Authority

39.

Using an argument’s conclusion as the premise for proving the argument (assuming what it is attempting to prove).

a)

Deductive Reasoning

b)

Circular Reasoning

c)

Inductive Reasoning

d)

Abductive Reasoning

40.

Attacking or criticizing someone’s character rather than the logic or content of an argument.

a)

Red herring

b)

Straw man

c)

Ad hominem

d)

Slippery slope