English Vocabulary Test

Question 1

Dialogue

Answer 1

A conversation between characters

Question 2

Hero/Heroine

Answer 2

A character who exhibits extraordinary powers such as strength, courage, or intelligence

Question 3

Inference

Answer 3

A conclusion drawn based on facts presented or gathered

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

A comparison not using like, as, or than

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

A comparison using like, as, or than

Question 6

Motive

Answer 6

A characters reason for behaving a certain way

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

A word whose sound suggests or communicates its meaning

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Giving non-human or inanimate objects human characteristics

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

A figure of speech in which an exaggeration is made for emphasis or humorous effect

Question 10

Narrative

Answer 10

A written story told in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama

Question 11

Genre

Answer 11

A category or type of literature

Question 12

Fiction

Answer 12

Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events

Question 13

Non-Fiction

Answer 13

prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects or events

Question 14

Historical Fiction

Answer 14

a fictional narrative set in an actually historical event or moments

Question 15

Short Story

Answer 15

a brief work of fiction

Question 16

Autobiography

Answer 16

a form of nonfiction in which a person tells his or her own life story

Question 17

Biography

Answer 17

a form of nonfiction in which the writer tells the life story of another person

Question 18

Essay

Answer 18

a short nonfiction work about a particular subject

Question 19

Prose

Answer 19

the ordinary form of a written language (as opposed to poetry, drama or song)

Question 20

Expository

Answer 20

writing that gives information, discusses ideas or explains a process