WorksheetsLanguage and Literature - Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 7hrs 20mins
What are synonyms?
Words that mean the opposite
Words that mean basically the same thing
Words that rhyme
Words that are spelled the same
What does context help you figure out?
The color of a word
The meaning of a word
The length of a word
The sound of a word
What is the author's purpose?
To confuse the reader
To entertain, inform, persuade, or describe
To make the text longer
To change the language
What does chronological order refer to?
Alphabetical order
Time order
Size order
Color order
What is a conflict?
A type of sentence
A problem or struggle
A character in a story
A setting in a play
What is a compound sentence?
A sentence with one clause
A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a conjunction
A sentence with no verbs
A sentence with only adjectives
What are stage directions?
The dialogue in a play
The part that describes what characters are doing
The title of a play
The setting of a play
What does contrast mean?
How they are similar
How they are different
How they are spelled
How they sound
What are opinions?
Facts that can be proven
Statements that can't be proven
Questions that need answers
Commands that must be followed
What does it mean to infer?
To guess randomly
To use clues to decide what is probably happening
To read aloud
To write a summary
What is an imperative sentence?
A question
A command
A statement
An exclamation
What does a possessive pronoun show?
Action
Ownership
Emotion
Time
What does the term "Antecedent" refer to?
A type of poem
The word a pronoun replaced
A paragraph in a story
A type of evidence
What is a "Stanza" in poetry?
A paragraph in a poem
A type of story
A kind of evidence
A definition of a word
Which of the following is NOT considered "Prose"?
A novel
A short story
A poem
An essay
What is "Poetry" known for?
Scientific language
Figurative language
Mathematical layout
Historical facts
What does "Evidence" provide?
A story
A definition
Proof to support an idea
A paragraph
What is a "Testament"?
A type of poem
A great example of something
A paragraph in a story
A definition of a word
What does it mean to "Refine" something?
To make worse
To make better
To make longer
To make shorter
What is a "Thesis Statement"?
A random idea
A clearly stated idea that the whole paper should relate back to
A type of poem
A definition of a word
What does "Geo" mean in "Geology"?
Water
Earth
Fire
Air
What is a "Biography"?
A story about someone's life written by themselves
A story about someone's life written by someone else
A fictional story
A poem
What is an "Autobiography"?
A story about someone's life written by someone else
A fictional story
A story about someone's life written by themselves
A poem
What is the "Central Idea" of a piece of writing?
The least important idea
The main idea it is all related to
A random thought
A type of poem
What does "Compassionate" mean?
Angry and upset
Kind, caring, thoughtful
Bored and uninterested
Loud and noisy
What is the "Denotative Meaning" of a word?
The emotional meaning
The definition of a word
The opposite meaning
The historical meaning
What does "connotative meaning" refer to?
The dictionary definition of a word
The feelings and emotions related to the word
The spelling of the word
The pronunciation of the word
Look at the sentence from the story. Which word below is a synonym (similar meaning) for frail?
"She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years."
Smart
Unusual
Delicate
Loud
Synonyms
Words that are used too often.
Words that are spelled the same.
Words that mean the opposite.
Words that have similar meanings.
Author's Purpose is
the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic
A struggle or problem in the story for the main character is the:
protagonist
plot
climax
conflict
The problem in the story is called the...
Conflict
Irony
Hyperbole
Imagery
What can you infer about the following:
Sofia threw on mismatched socks and forgot to brush her teeth. She ran out the door just in time to see the bus drive by.
Sofia was dressing up as a clown.
Sofia was practicing for the big race.
Sofia was mad!
Sofia's alarm didn't go off, and she was late for school.
How many stanzas are in this poem?
2
4
14
15
The woman's dream was to become a teacher.
Based on the context clues in the sentence below, ecstatic means:
They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling.
Nervous
Discouraged
Excited
Relieved
I had finally gotten used to being weightless. It became a comfortable feeling. I especially liked floating by the window to see Earth below.
Who am I?
An astronaut
A scuba diver
A brain surgeon
Which is correctly written as a compound sentence?
I forgot my lunch on the bus yesterday.
My favorite ice cream is mint chip, but I like cookie dough ice cream too.
My sister admonished me to stay out of her room I went in anyway.
An anonymous letter was left on my desk, I wonder who wrote it!
Determine if the following sentence is simple, compound, or complex.
When it was put on the scale, one hailstone weighed two pounds.
Simple Sentence
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
Fragment
