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Fifth Grade Academic Vocabulary

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

uses figures of speech to give a text more richness and depth creating an image in the reader's mind

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Literal

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

2.

words mean exactly what they say

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Literal

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Simile

3.

words have a meaning different from the literal interpretation

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Literal

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

4.

a form of figurative language that gives human characteristics (emotions, feelings, speech, movements) to an object

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Literal

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

5.

a phrase that compares two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as"

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Literal

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

6.

little hints the author includes to provide clues about where the plot is headed

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Idiom

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Simile

7.

words whose sounds suggest their meaning

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Idiom

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Onomatopoeia

8.

an expression used by a group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use

a)

Simile

b)

Idiom

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Hyperbole

9.

an event that makes something else to happen; WHY it happened

a)

Cause

b)

Effect

10.

the consequence of the event; WHAT happened

a)

Cause

b)

Effect

11.

description (text structure)

a)

presents a problem and explains how it is solved

b)

presents similarities and/or differences between two things

c)

describes events in the order in which they happen

d)

includes details to help you picture or get to know a person, place, thing, or idea

e)

explains why something happened and what happened as a result

12.

cause and effect (text structure)

a)

presents a problem and explains how it is solved

b)

presents similarities and/or differences between two things

c)

describes events in the order in which they happen

d)

includes details to help you picture or get to know a person, place, thing, or idea

e)

explains why something happened and what happened as a result

13.

problem and solution (text structure)

a)

presents a problem and explains how it is solved

b)

presents similarities and/or differences between two things

c)

describes events in the order in which they happen

d)

includes details to help you picture or get to know a person, place, thing, or idea

e)

explains why something happened and what happened as a result

14.

compare and contrast (text structure)

a)

presents a problem and explains how it is solved

b)

presents similarities and/or differences between two things

c)

describes events in the order in which they happen

d)

includes details to help you picture or get to know a person, place, thing, or idea

e)

explains why something happened and what happened as a result

15.

order and sequence (text structure)

a)

presents a problem and explains how it is solved

b)

presents similarities and/or differences between two things

c)

describes events in the order in which they happen

d)

includes details to help you picture or get to know a person, place, thing, or idea

e)

explains why something happened and what happened as a result

16.

a genre of fiction that is set in the modern present with human characteristics and is based on the premise that the story's plot could actually happen in the real world

a)

Fantasy

b)

Science fiction

c)

Historical fiction

d)

Realistic fiction

17.

a genre of fiction that is set in the past and involves real people, places or significant events from history

a)

Fantasy

b)

Science fiction

c)

Historical fiction

d)

Realistic fiction

18.

a genre of fiction that contains magical elements such as nonexistent worlds, talking animals and other creatures, and objects or people with superpowers

a)

Fantasy

b)

Science fiction

c)

Historical fiction

d)

Realistic fiction

19.

a genre of fiction that is set in the future and based on the impact of real, potential, or imagined technology

a)

Fantasy

b)

Science fiction

c)

Historical fiction

d)

Realistic fiction

20.

Elements of a Drama:
Stage Directions

a)

the main sections of a drama made up of many scenes (like chapters in a book)

b)

the written play that includes characters, dialogue and stage directions

c)

Part of an Act where specific events happen. Changes each time the setting changes.

d)

specific directions to the actors (usually in parenthesis and italicized)

21.

Elements of a Drama:
Scene

a)

the main sections of a drama made up of many scenes (like chapters in a book)

b)

the written play that includes characters, dialogue and stage directions

c)

Part of an Act where specific events happen. Changes each time the setting changes.

d)

specific directions to the actors (usually in parenthesis and italicized)

22.

Elements of a Drama:
Script

a)

the main sections of a drama made up of many scenes (like chapters in a book)

b)

the written play that includes characters, dialogue and stage directions

c)

Part of an Act where specific events happen. Changes each time the setting changes.

d)

specific directions to the actors (usually in parenthesis and italicized)

23.

Elements of a Drama:
Acts

a)

the main sections of a drama made up of many scenes (like chapters in a book)

b)

the written play that includes characters, dialogue and stage directions

c)

a piece of writing that tells a story and is acted out on a stage

d)

specific directions to the actors (usually in parenthesis and italicized)

24.

A Drama

a)

the lines of the script that the actors speak out loud

b)

a character that gives additional information and fills in details about characters' feelings, motives or changes in setting

c)

a piece of writing that tells a story and is acted out on a stage; a play

d)

the person who wrote the play (like the author of a book)

25.

Elements of Drama:

Playwright

a)

the lines of the script that the actors speak out loud

b)

a character that gives additional information and fills in details about characters' feelings, motives or changes in setting

c)

a piece of writing that tells a story and is acted out on a stage; a play

d)

the person who wrote the play (like the author of a book)

26.

Elements of Drama:

Narrator

a)

the lines of the script that the actors speak out loud

b)

a character that gives additional information and fills in details about characters' feelings, motives or changes in setting

c)

a piece of writing that tells a story and is acted out on a stage; a play

d)

the person who wrote the play (like the author of a book)

27.

Elements of Drama:

Dialogue

a)

the lines of the script that the actors speak out loud

b)

a character that gives additional information and fills in details about characters' feelings, motives or changes in setting

c)

a piece of writing that tells a story and is acted out on a stage; a play

d)

the person who wrote the play (like the author of a book)

28.

Elements of Drama:

Props

a)

the lines of the script that the actors speak out loud

b)

the items the actors will use on stage

c)

a piece of writing that tells a story and is acted out on a stage; a play

d)

the person who wrote the play (like the author of a book)

29.

Elements of Drama:

Characters

a)

the lines of the script that the actors speak out loud

b)

the people or animals in the story acted out by the actors

c)

a piece of writing that tells a story and is acted out on a stage; a play

d)

the person who wrote the play (like the author of a book)

30.

the repetition of words with the same beginning sound

a)

repetition

b)

rhyme

c)

imagery

d)

alliteration

31.

two or more words that have the same ending sound

a)

repetition

b)

rhyme

c)

imagery

d)

alliteration

32.

a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together usually in a repeating pattern of rhythm and rhyme

a)

repetition

b)

stanza

c)

imagery

d)

alliteration

33.

a figure of speech comparing two things by stating that one thing is another thing

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

imagery

d)

alliteration

34.

using the same word or phrase over and over again

a)

rhythm

b)

rhyme

c)

repetition

d)

response

35.

language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes; helps create a mental picture in the reader's mind

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

imagery

36.

to make something seem larger or more important than it really is; an exaggeration

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

imagery