WorksheetsUnit 1: Lesson 3 Vocabulary
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the theme of a text?
The order of events in the story
The main message or lesson about life
The author’s personal opinion on a topic
The time and place where the story happens
What does tone show?
The main conflict of the story
The writer’s or speaker’s attitude
The number of stanzas in the poem
The narrator’s role in the story
In poetry, the speaker is:
The person reading the poem aloud
The voice talking within the poem
The writer’s family or classmates
The audience the poet is addressing
The audience of a text is:
The narrator telling the story
The group the text is written for
The poet’s classmates or teachers
The writer who creates the story
A stanza in poetry is:
A group of lines like a paragraph
The ending of a short story
The rhythm of a poem’s words
The title or heading of a poem
What does rhyme scheme describe?
The setting where a story takes place
The pattern of rhyming line endings
The length of each stanza in a poem
The perspective of the poem’s author
The meter of a poem is:
The topic or theme of the poem
The beat made by stressed syllables
The rhyme pattern of the poem
The number of stanzas in the poem
Which is an example of figurative language?
The sky was clear and blue.
The wind whispered to the trees.
The poem has four short stanzas.
The author wrote in first person.
Imagery is:
Words that appeal to the five senses
A brief summary of the story plot
The rhyme pattern of a short poem
The writer’s opinion or purpose
Which shows symbolism?
A red rose that stands for love
A stanza of four short lines
A punctuation mark in a sentence
A rhyme scheme such as ABAB
What is characterization?
How an author shows what someone is like
The author’s viewpoint or perspective
The moment of climax in a story
The number of pages in a novel
Contrast means:
Showing the differences between ideas
Explaining the resolution of the plot
Finding the similarities between texts
Listing the sources in a report
Which word has a positive connotation?
The word “scrawny” describing a boy
The word “skinny” describing a figure
The word “slim” describing a person
The word “weak” describing a hero
The setting of a story is:
The specific time and place it occurs
The main theme or central lesson
The writer’s point of perspective
The rhyme scheme of the poem
An era is:
A block of time in human history
The main character in the story
A type of figurative language
A rhyme pattern in a poem
Historical context is:
The events and culture of the time
The punctuation choices of the author
The exact setting where a story occurs
The rhyme scheme of the poem lines
The author’s perspective is:
The way the writer sees a subject
The viewpoint of the main character
The opinion of the story’s audience
The main problem or central conflict
The protagonist is:
The main character facing the conflict
The person who wrote the story
The location where the story occurs
The force working against the hero
The antagonist is:
The narrator who tells the story
The force working against the hero
The main character of the novel
The group reading the story aloud
Which is an example of conflict?
A student struggling with peer pressure
A poem with a rhyme scheme of ABAB
A novel set in New York City
A citation written in MLA style
The climax is:
The turning point or most intense part
The writer’s viewpoint or perspective
The resolution at the story’s ending
The introduction of the main setting
To paraphrase means:
Restating text in your own words
Copying the passage word-for-word
Writing only the central theme
Making a list of story sources
A citation is:
A note showing where information came from
The climax of the short story plot
A four-line stanza in a long poem
A punctuation mark like a colon
MLA Format is:
A standard way to organize writing
A rhyme scheme used in short poems
A type of figurative comparison
A historical period of human life
The Works Cited page:
Lists all the sources used in a text
Explains the climax of the narrative
Shows the writer’s personal opinion
Describes the time and place of events
What do ellipses (…) show?
Words left out or a pause in thought
The conclusion of a short passage
A rhyme scheme in a stanza of text
The main setting of the narrative
A hyphen is:
A short line that joins words together
A mark that ends a full sentence
Three dots showing missing words
A sign that begins a long list
What does a semicolon (;) do?
Connects two closely related sentences
Introduces a detailed or long list
Ends a quotation from another text
Creates rhythm in a line of poetry
What does a colon (:) do?
Introduces a list, detail, or explanation
Joins two sentences without “and”
Creates imagery through description
Shows differences between characters
A modifier is:
A word or phrase that adds more detail
A block of time in human history
The main character in the story plot
The personal opinion of the author
