Vocabulary
True or false: New York City is a RURAL area.
false
RHYME SCHEME belongs to which of the 3 major forms of literature?
poetry
Put the following punctuation marks in order from shortest to longest: the en dash, the em dash, the hyphen
hyphen, en dash, em dash
Because Ponyboy narrates The Outsiders, what would be the point-of-view?
1st person
What is the only EXCERPT that we read together this year?
from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (practice test)
What part of speech is the word INTIMIDATE?
VERB
When an author writes characters who are opposites of each other, in order to highlight their qualities.
FOILING
This punctuation mark combines two or more words into a new term, such as tic-tac-toe.
the hyphen
Name one of the two LYRIC POEMS that we read this year.
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" & "Scaffolding"
Who is the author of The Outsiders?
S.E. Hinton
You have to deal with a lot of ______________ to get your driver's license.
a) conniving d) gaze
b) frolic
c) rigamarole
c) rigamarole
This term refers to the number of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
meter
This part-of-speech combines two or more sentences into one using words such as "and," "but," or "because."
CONJUNCTIONS
"The Highwayman" & "A Visit from Saint Nick"
What century is "The Highwayman" set during?
18th (1700s)
Provide an ANTONYM for the word OUTLANDISH.
normal, average, typical
A contradictory statement that is true, such as "As a parent, you have to be cruel in order to be kind" is called________________________.
PARADOX
Explain one of the two uses of the slash in ELA class.
when using one word OR another
to show where the lines of a poem should be separated
What is the correct way to express the following title?
a) The Outsiders c) The Outsiders
b) "The Outsiders" d) The outsiders
a) The Outsiders
Which syllable is stressed in the word "MUTATION"
1st 3rd
2nd
2nd
This is the only vocabulary word that changes meaning when capitalized. . .
a) ceramic c) aloof
b) enlightenment d) genuinely
Enlightenment
Slang and informal words that are appropriate for the spoken language but not formal writing are called. . .
COLLOQUIALISMS
What are the only three articles in English?
a, an, the
What does a highwayman do for a living, according to the poem?
he robs stage-coaches
Name one of the 3 ALLUSIONS in The Outsiders.
Paul Newman, Gone With the Wind, "Nothing Gold Can Stay"