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Vocabulary List: 1/21 - 1/23

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best defines a participle?

a)

A verb form used as an adjective

b)

A noun that names an action

c)

A clause that stands alone

d)

A pronoun replacing a noun

2.

What is diction?

a)

author's chosen word choice

b)

A phrase that is a complete sentence

c)

arrangement of words

d)

A phrase joining two clauses

3.

Syntax is primarily concerned with what?

a)

Sound patterns in poetry

b)

Meanings of individual words

c)

Arrangement of words in sentences

d)

Origins of language families

4.

Modernize a building means to do what?

a)

Sell it for profit

b)

Vacate it temporarily

c)

Return it to original style

d)

Adapt it to current needs

5.

Albeit is best used to do which of the following?

a)

Signal cause and effect

b)

Mark a definition directly

c)

Introduce contrast like although

d)

Begin a list of examples

6.

Prohibitive describes a law that does what?

a)

Encourages certain actions

b)

Explains how to comply

c)

Forbids or restricts something

d)

Rewards desired behavior

7.

Which sentence uses adequate correctly?

a)

The plan was illegal by city code

b)

The resources were enough for the task

c)

The law was prohibitive for all

d)

The story was inevitable to occur

8.

Inevitable best describes an event that is what?

a)

Rare and unusual

b)

Likely but uncertain

c)

Impossible to avoid

d)

Prevented by rules

9.

What is the author's purpose?

a)

His or her main reason for writing

b)

A way of thinking

c)

An opinion piece

d)

Pilot’s private cabin

10.

Inference is best defined as which?

a)

Statement copied directly

b)

Conclusion based on evidence

c)

Opinion without any support

d)

Prediction with no context

11.

Choose the sentence where the word syntax is used appropriately.

a)

The syntax of the essay improved clarity

b)

The syntax tasted sweet at lunch

c)

We folded syntax into the laundry

d)

The syntax was a type of bicycle

12.

Make (a person's hair) untidy.

(a)  

13.

Surprise or impress (someone) greatly.

(a)  

14.

What is the author's message?

a)

The main idea or point the author wants to make

b)

A detail

c)

An opinion piece

15.

The outer edge or border of something; sometimes refers to something not part of the main group.


(a)  

16.

The overall atmosphere or feeling of a story.

(a)