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