Unit 4 Test

The Secrets of Vesuvius

100

This character is a good swimmer, a loyal friend, and quiet. 

Lupus

200

These are the four friends who travel from Ostia to visit an uncle near Pompeii.

Flavia, Jonathan, Lupus, and Nubia.

300

This character is a famous author of Natural History.

Admiral Pliny

400

This part of the plot map is where conflicts begin to resolve. In the book, the group is fleeing falling ash and processing the eruption.

Falling Action

500

The inciting incident that kicks off the rising action is when Admiral Pliny gives the four friends what?

A mysterious riddle

Vocabulary

100

This adjective describes something that is luxurious, rich, or expensive.

opulent

200

This adjective describes something that is somewhat fat or has a round body.

portly

300

This adjective describes something relating to hot gas, rock, and ash from a volcanic eruption.

pyroclastic

400

This noun refers to a surprising fact or truth that is suddenly made known.

revelation

500

This adverb describes means most likely or probably, even if not 100% sure.

presumably

Greek/Latin Roots

100

This Greek root means light.

photo

200

The Latin root in the words audible, audience, and audio means what?

hear

300

This Latin root means see.

vis

400

The Latin root in the words construct, construction, and structure means what?

build

500

This Latin root means hear.

aud

Figurative Language

100

This type of figurative language refers the intentional reuse of words, phrases, or ideas for emphasis.

repetition

200

"The birds started to fall from the sky and the sky turned dark" is an example of what type of figurative language.

foreshadowing

300

A well-known, commonly used phrase that means something different from what the words actually say is called what?

idiom

400

A phrase that combines two opposite or contradictory words.

oxymoron

500

"The company was going down like the Titanic" is an example of what type of figurative language?

allusion

Subjects/Predicates

100

The main word or words that tell who or what the sentence is about is called what?

simple subject

200

The part of the sentence that includes the verb and all the words that tell more about it is called what?

complete predicate

300

True or false: the sentence "The small brown dog barked loudly" contains a compound subject.

false

400

Identify the complete subject in the sentence "The small brown dog barked loudly." 

the small brown dog

500

The compound predicate in the sentence "The dog barked and ran after the squirrel" is what?

barked and ran