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