Analogies
Vocabulary
Comprehension terms
Folklore, myths & fables
Poetry
100
Which of the following relationships is most similar to the relationship below? beef: hamburger a. pork: sausage b.oven: bake c pork: county fair d plate: stake
What is a. pork:sausage
100
This period precedes the time before the civil war (ante)
What is antebellum?
100
This type of prose writing is not made up of true stories.
What is fiction?
100
This type of story or poem usually has animal characters and teaches a lesson or moral.
What is a fable?
100
This literary form presents ideas and stirs emotions in readers. It contains figurative language, imagery, and sometimes rhyme.
What is poetry?
200
which of the following relationships is similar to the words below? tin can: can opener a. oven: to bread b. lock : key c.book: words d. gardener: plants
What is b. lock:key
200
something that is within the veins (intra)
What is intravenous?
200
The perspective or vantage point from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
200
This type of fictional tale explains actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature. It is part of an oral tradition and passed from generation to generation.
What is a myth?
200
Poetry that does not have a regular rhyme or rhythm pattern.
What is free verse?
300
Which of the following relationships is most similar to the relationship below? Broil: hamburger a. boil: cereal b. carton: milk c. boil: rice d. dinner: beef
What is c: boil: rice
300
An officer with a lower ranking would be called this (sub)
What is subordinate?
300
This type of prose writing explains ideas or might describe real people, places, objects or events.
What is nonfiction?
300
A widely told story about the past, one that may have a foundation in fact.
What is a legend?
300
The rhythmic pattern in a poem determined by the number of stresses, or beats, in each line.
What is meter?
400
Which of the following relationships is most similar to the relationship below? popular: unknown a. supermarket: beef b. safe: risky c. hamburger: tasty d.eraser: pencil
What is b. safe: risky
400
A kingdom with a king or queen is this.
What is a monarchy?
400
A form of nonfiction in which the writer tells the life story of another person.
What is biography?
400
These stories were composed orally and passed down by word of mouth among people who could not read or write. They are usually about romance, heroes, adventure, or magic.
What are folktales?
400
The formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unit. These often function as paragraphs,
What is a stanza?
500
Which of the following relationships is most similar to the relationship below? anthropologist: anthropology :: a. science : scientist b. biology : biologist c. captain : ship d. artist : art
What is d. artist : art
500
Willing to believe or trust too easily (cred)
What is credulous?
500
Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally. Examples include hyperbole, metaphor, personification, and simile.
What is figurative language?
500
These fables are short and easy to recall; they have been used in schools for centuries and retold by writers. The man credited with writing them may never have existed.
Who is Aesop?
500
The pattern of five unstressed and stressed syllables is this.
What iambic pentameter?
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