WorksheetsWeek 7/8 Vocabulary Assessment
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What does comprehensive mean?
Limited to a few things
Covering or including everything
Focused on a single topic
Quick and incomplete
If two things are equivalent, they are:
Different in value
Equal in value or meaning
Opposite in meaning
Unrelated
An incentive is:
A punishment for bad behavior
A positive or negative stimulus that motivates behavior
A random event
A type of argument
To innovate means to:
Follow old traditions
Be creative and introduce something new
Repeat the same process
Imitate others
A subordinate is someone who:
Is equal in rank
Is lower in rank or position
Is the leader
Has no role
Appeals in argument refer to:
The conclusion of an essay
Ways to persuade, such as ethos, logos, and pathos
The title of a speech
A type of evidence
Parallelism is:
Using unrelated ideas together
Using similar grammatical constructions to express related ideas
A form of argument
A type of punctuation
An antithesis presents:
Similar ideas
Opposite or contrasting ideas using parallel language
The main theme of a story
A summary of a text
A shift in writing is:
A change in tone or mood
A change in font size
A switch in narrator
A change in paragraph length
To be cognizant means to be:
Confused about information
Aware of specific information
Ignorant
Forgetful
A moratorium is:
A permanent ban
A suspension or authorized delay of activity
A celebration
A type of punishment
To retaliate means to:
Apologize
Take revenge
Forgive
Ignore
To precipitate something means to:
Delay it indefinitely
Cause it to happen rapidly or unexpectedly
Complacency is:
A feeling of anxiety
Contented self-satisfaction
Desire to improve
Extreme excitement
To manifest something means to:
Hide it
Show or reveal it
Forget it
Destroy it
Mores are:
Unwritten rules or established customs
Physical objects
Modern inventions
Legal documents
A provocation is:
An action intended to calm someone
An action meant to provoke anger
A compliment
A type of argument
Ethos in an argument refers to:
Emotional appeal
Establishing authority or credibility
Using logic or reason
Storytelling
Logos appeals to:
Emotions
Ethics
Logic or reason
Authority
Pathos appeals to:
Emotions
Facts
Logic
Rules
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL:
Who is the primary audience of Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?
The general public of the United States
Fellow civil rights activists
The eight white clergymen who criticized his actions
The President and lawmakers in Washington
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL:
What is the central argument Dr. King makes in the letter?
Civil rights activists should wait for a better time to protest.
The church should stay out of political matters
Nonviolent protest is necessary to confront and correct injustice
Segregation laws are acceptable if enforced peacefully
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL:
According to the letter, why did Dr. King decide to come to Birmingham?
He wanted to test the response of the police to protests.
He was invited and felt a moral obligation to fight injustice there.
Birmingham had the worst weather for demonstrations.
He wanted to run for office in Alabama.
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL:
Which of the following is the best example of Dr. King’s use of antithesis in the letter?
“I have a dream…”
“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY:
How does the organizational structure of "The American Embassy" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie contribute to the story’s purpose of portraying the emotional impact of political violence and loss?
The story follows a strict chronological order to provide a clear timeline of events, emphasizing political developments
The use of flashbacks interwoven with present events allows readers to gradually understand the protagonist’s trauma and emotional state
The narrative opens with a dramatic climax and ends with exposition to reverse traditional storytelling expectations
The author uses a question-and-answer format to create a formal tone that mirrors a visa interview process
