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Vocab Quiz #3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is fiction?

a)

writing about invented people, places, and events

b)

writing about cat diseases

c)

writing about figs

d)

writing about real people, places, and events

2.

True or false? A novel is a short work of fiction.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

A short work of fiction that focuses on a small number of events or on just one event is called a (a)   .

4.

A specific category of literature, art, music, or film is a

a)

Short story

b)

Subgenre

c)

Topic

d)

Theme

5.

Which of these are example of fiction?

a)

Articles, biographies, text books

b)

Poems, fairy tales, stories

6.

Chagrin is a feeling of

a)

ecstatic glee

b)

boredom and laziness

c)

disappointment and humiliation

d)

pride and joy

7.

The definition of crossly is

a)

in an ill-natured manner, irritated, or angry

b)

in a joyful tone

c)

in a playful way

d)

wrangling 17 orange cats with one piece of tuna

8.

"The transcription of spoken text, or the act of speaking words that will be written or typed" is called (a)  

9.

What is the definition of THEME?

a)

A struggle between two opposing forces

b)

A message or life lesson in a text

c)

The attitude a writer has about a subject

10.
Which of these things is not related to the "theme" in a story?
a)
how a character is feeling
b)
a "life lesson" the main character learns
c)
a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand
d)
the moral of the story
11.

"A system of ranking according to status, power, or importance" is called a

a)
hierarchy
b)
classification
c)
organization
d)
stratification
12.

Impertinence means

a)
politeness or courtesy
b)
indifference or apathy
c)
friendliness or warmth
d)
rudeness or disrespect
13.

In the context of the Necklace, what does rapture mean?

"She danced with rapture, with passion, intoxicated by pleasure, forgetting all in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her success, in a sort of cloud of happiness comprised of all this homage, admiration, these awakened desires and of that sense of triumph which is so sweet to woman's heart. "

a)
Mild contentment and satisfaction.
b)
A feeling of indifference and apathy.
c)
A state of confusion and uncertainty.
d)

Great happiness; overwhelming emotion

14.

"To determine something not stated directly by using reasoning and evidence from the text" is called

(a)  

15.

True or False? The topic is the subject of a text, usually expressed as a single word or phrase in the form of a noun.

a)

True

b)

False