EL2- LA Vocabulary
  • 1. imagery
A) a subtitle of an illustration or picture
B) a list of characters in a book
C) mental pictures that exist in the imagination
D) the setting of a story
  • 2. symbolism
A) the topic or subject of a paragraph, phrase, or story
B) the use of an object or idea to represent something else
C) the use of drum sounds in a story
D) what is included in a paragraph, phrase, or story
  • 3. main idea
A) the most important part of a story or passage
B) to make a final copy or draft of written material
C) a list of what is in a book telling what pages to find names and topics
D) a group of two or more words that do not contain a subject or predicate
  • 4. theme
A) the topic or subject of a paragraph, phrase, or story
B) the main or base word in which one adds a prefix or suffix
C) facts that support an outcome
D) the problem in a story
  • 5. resolution
A) the solving of a problem or conflict
B) to explain something in detail
C) a comparison between two or more things
D) the use of two negative words in a sentence
  • 6. content
A) to find out by reasoning
B) what is included in a paragraph, phrase, or story
C) facts that support an outcome
D) to make a final copy or draft of one's writing
  • 7. adverb
A) a word used with a verb, adjective, or another adverb that tells when, where, how, what kind, or how much
B) two negative words in a sentence
C) a story or tale
D) a sentence that is a command
  • 8. figurative
A) facts that support an outcome
B) departs from literal meaning to achieve a special effect or new meaning
C) a comparison between two different things
D) the story a writer tells about his own life
  • 9. literal
A) a piece of speech, writing, or musical composition
B) refers to words that do not change from their basic meaning
C) shortening of a word
D) a sentence that is a command
  • 10. possessives
A) a noun or pronoun which indicates ownership that is shown with apostrophes
B) something that is shown visually as a picture or a chart
C) a word that names a person, place, or thing
D) a sentence that is a command
  • 11. prefix
A) an affix occuring at the begining of a word, base word or phrase
B) shortening of a word
C) two or more words pronounced the same but have different meanings
D) sources used to obtain information
  • 12. apostrophe
A) a group of two or more words that do not contain a subject or predicate
B) used to form contractions, to show that a letter or letters have been left out of word, or to show possession
C) a list of what is in a book, telling on what pages to find names and topics
D) something that shows something visually, such as a picture, chart, graph, or map
  • 13. conflict
A) the problem in a story
B) find out by reasoning, conclude
C) a sentence that is a command
D) the character's thoughts, feelings, and physical features that makes them who they are
  • 14. foreshadowing
A) the use of dark and light colors in a story
B) what is included in a paragraph, phrase, or story
C) a clue in the beginning of the story about something that will occur later
D) a repeating theme or idea
  • 15. evidence
A) to become or make clearer
B) facts that support an outcome
C) added to the beginning of a root word to form a related word
D) a sentence that is a command
  • 16. graphic organizers
A) list of what is in a book, telling on what pages to find names and topics
B) something that is shown visually such as a picture, chart, graph, or map
C) to explain something in detail
D) the main or base word to which you may add a prefix or suffix
  • 17. homophones
A) graph that uses circles to show relationships such as shared or different traits
B) two or more words pronounced alike but have different meanings
C) shortening of a word
D) a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
  • 18. motif
A) a repeating theme or idea
B) the problem in a story
C) what is included in a paragraph, phrase, or story
D) a clue in the beginning of the story about something that will occur later
  • 19. parenthesis
A) a sentence that is a command
B) word, phrase, or sentence inserted within a sentence to explain or qualify something, usually set between curved lines
C) a story or tale
D) to make a final copy or draft of written material
  • 20. phrase
A) facts that support an outcome
B) a group of two or more words that do not contain a subject or predicate
C) a story the writer tells about his or her own life
D) the character's thoughts, feelings, and physical features that makes them who they are
  • 21. root word
A) something that is shown visually such as a picture, chart, graph, or map
B) material used to obtain information
C) the main or base word to which you may add a prefix or suffix
D) sentence inserted within a sentence to explain or qualify something, usually between two curved lines
  • 22. web
A) a visual representation of many ideas organized by how they relate to each other
B) the main or base word to which you may add a prefix or suffix
C) sources used to obtain information
D) the problem in a story
  • 23. expository
A) a story or tale
B) writing meant to convince
C) to find out by reasoning
D) writing meant to inform
  • 24. simile
A) the main or base word to which you may add a prefix or suffix
B) to become or make clearer
C) a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
D) a story or tale
  • 25. suffix
A) shortening of a word
B) an affix occurring at the end of a word, base word, or phrase
C) two or more words pronounced the same but have different meanings
D) sources used to obtain information
  • 26. Venn diagram
A) a figure of speech comparing two unlike things and is often introduce by like or as
B) a graph that uses circles to show relationships such as shared or different traits between two or more things
C) the use of two negatives in one sentence
D) a comparison between two different things
  • 27. narrative
A) shortening of a word
B) to find out by reasoning
C) a group of two or more words that do not contain a subject or predicate
D) a story or tale
  • 28. passage
A) list of what is in a book telling on what pages to find names and topics
B) piece of speech, writing, or musical composition
C) sources used to obtain information
D) an affix occurring at the end of a word, base, or phrase
  • 29. persuasive
A) writing meant to inform
B) writing meant to convince
C) a story or tale
D) to find out by reasoning
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