English Final
We chose a __________ date for a family gathering until we could confirm that everyone was available.
tentative
Which of the following terms means the overall point or meaning of a story or poem?
theme
Who is the antagonist of the play Antigone?
Creon
She was tall with brown skin and a beautiful smile.
Direct Characterization
Read the sentence below, then choose what kind of characterization is being used. When his mother said "Good morning," Michael just scowled, grunted something unintelligible, then stalked out of the house to go to school.
Indirect Characterization
Which answer choice best summarizes the argument Haimon makes to Creon in Scene 3 of Antigone, Part 2?
Listen to reason and be flexible.
This word means to direct a movie in the style of Steven Spielberg.
Spielbergesque
This word means "to go beyond the range or limits of."
transcend
This word means to change in outward form or appearance.
transfiguration
This word means "one who translates."
translator
The ski trip turned __________ after a heavy snow made an avalanche more likely.
treacherous
This word means "a government ruled by three persons."
triarchy
Allison worked all day doing her chores, cleaning the house, and even cleaning out her mom's van before she asked if she could go out with her friends. Instead of simply trying to help, it seemed that Allison had __________ motives.
ulterior
All ten council members voted in favor of the initiative, making it a __________ decision.
unanimous
powerful : insignificant :: prestigious : __________
unimportant
Maria performed a standing double back flip, a move that her coach said had never been done before. Maria's gymnastics performance would be considered _______________.
unprecedented
This word means "the quality of being valid."
validity
My English teacher likes to start each class with a short __________ about the importance of language.
vignette
This word means "the quality of a villain."
villainous
Vocabulary - Complete the sentence below with the correct vocabulary word: Belinda was puzzled by who would steal things from her desk because she believed all of her classmates were __________.
virtuous
This word means "the quality of being vulgar."
vulgarity
After working all day in the sun, Micah came home and just laid in bed, unable to move he was so tired. Michael's condition could best be described as ______________.
weary
The mayor took to social media to _____________ for a city council candidate by posting a video offering his support.
advocate
rebuke : approve :: inflict : __________
aid
This literary device is the repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words.
alliteration
repair : break :: coerce : __________
allow
This word means to be somewhat amateur.
amateurish
This word means "ruled by none."
anarchy
Vocabulary - Complete the sentence below with the correct vocabulary word: Marie was in ___________ after falling at school and breaking her leg.
anguish
Which word below is the best antonym for the word contempt?
approval
This word means anything that is done or made in a style of Arab cultures.
arabesque
Arianne found it hard to live in Arizona because the _____________ of the desert meant that there were few trees and plants all around.
aridity
My school put in ramps when they realized it was impossible for a person in a wheelchair to __________ the stairs.
ascend
This word means "to climb up."
ascend
Which of the following words is the best synonym for the word brazen?
audacious
Which of the following words is the best synonym for the word deflect?
avert
Whenever the team lost a game, the coach would make them run until every last player either collapsed or vomited. The coach's techniques would be considered by many to be ___________.
barbaric
Mike loves his new house, but he's disappointed that he can't have much of a yard because the land isn't very high quality and nothing grows there. Which word best describes the land around Mike's house?
barren
Seeing the smoke begin to roll and ___________ out of the small cabin told us that the fire was already too far gone to save the structure.
billow
This word describes someone who is really into books.
bookish
Maria and her friends organized a __________ of a makeup company because they were testing products on animals.
boycott
The fire marshal said that the building could only hold 2500 people, which would be considered the building's maximum _______________.
capacity
The latest earthquake was a ____________, causing widespread damage all along the west coast.
catastrophe
This word means to behave like a child.
childish
This word means "one who competes."
competitor
This word means to give information clearly and in a few words.
concise
This word means "to put someone down" or "show feelings of superiority."
condescend
This word means to design or adapt to form a specific shape or form.
configure
Which term below means the emotional interpretation of a word?
connotation
This word means "something that exists at the same time as something else or at the current time."
contemporary
In music, this word means to slowly build in volume and intensity.
crescendo
This word means "a secret government or rulership."
cryptarchy
The members of the religious __________ were convinced that our alien creators would someday come back to take the chosen ones to our alien home world.
cult
Vocabulary - Complete the sentence below with the correct vocabulary word: John is trying to __________ good qualities in young men by providing leadership and mentoring at his business.
cultivate
This word means "having the quality of danger."
dangerous
This word means settling an issue or producing a definite result.
decisive
This word in music means to slowly decrease volume and intensity.
decrescendo
This word means to cause something to change direction by turning aside from a straight course.
deflect
Which term below means the straightforward dictionary definition of a word?
denotation
Which word below is the best synonym for the word expend?
deplete
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS APPREHENDED; TO BE SENT BACK TO COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
deport
Which of the following is the best antonym for the word sated?
deprived
Which word below is the best synonym for the word contempt?
derision
This word means "to climb down."
descend
When her teacher called her names and berated her in front of the entire class, Katrina felt that her __________ had been torn away.
dignity
This word means mar the appearance or form of something.
disfigure
Which word below is the best antonym for the word piety?
disloyalty
broken : whole :: __________ : cheerful
dismal
Which word below is the best antonym for the word deference?
disobedience
shiny : lustrous :: prestigious : __________
distinguished
This word means "a device that elevates."
elevator
My neighbors have started to ____________ on my property by installing a fence over the property line.
encroach
This word means "the quality of being equal."
equality
This word means "an action, speech, or performance that is done without any preparation or practice beforehand."
extemporaneous
When my brother fell through the ice in our pond, my parents used ropes to __________ him from the ice-cold water.
extricate
This word means "having the quality of fame."
famous
This word means "state of being fatal."
fatality
CITY COUNCIL PROPOSES NEW BOAT TO TAKE WORKERS ACROSS THE RIVER
ferry
This word means a mere product of mental invention.
figment
This word means a metaphorical (not literal) use of words or phrases.
figurative
This literary device is when a character addresses either an inanimate object or a person who is not present.
This literary device is when a character addresses either an inanimate object or a person who is not present.
This word means capable of bending easily without breaking.
flexible
Once the doctors figured out that Karen's baby had a food allergy and put her on medication, she became much healthier and began to grow very quickly. What did Karen's baby do after the medication?
flourish
Which word below is the best antonym for the word discerning?
foolish
This word means something that is a part of a whole, such as a piece of pie or a portion of a number.
fraction
This word means to be unruly, causing conflict between groups and individuals.
fractious
This word means a crack in an object such as a rock slab or bone.
fracture
This word means a part broken off or detached.
fragment
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO SYSTEMATICALLY WIPE OUT KURDISH PEOPLE
genocide
This word means to lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground.
genuflect
Read the newspaper headline below, then choose the vocabulary word that is suggested in the headline: MUSEUM EXHIBITS PHOTOS OF 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN NEIGHBORHOODS IN NEW YORK
ghetto
This word means "one who governs."
governor
Which of the following is the best synonym for the word sated?
gratified
This word means anything having an odd or unnatural shape.
grotesque
This word means any product or chemical meant to kill plants (specifically weeds).
herbicide
Which word below is the best synonym for the word ulterior?
hidden
This word means "the state of being humid."
humidity
This word means "having the quality of humor."
humorous
This word means "a governmental system of laws and justice between pirates at sea."
hydrarchy
This word means "the quality of being illegal."
illegality
Literary Devices - What type of literary device is included in the excerpt below? "...I hear the crackle, catch a whiff of smoke from the stove downstairs..."
imagery
Literary Devices - What type of literary device is included in the excerpt below? "...the glare of the fire lighted the massive limbs and trunk of the vigorous old elm..."
imagery
Literary Devices - What type of literary device is included in the excerpt below? "...the ringmaster cracked his whip..."
imagery
Literary Devices - What type of literary device is included in the excerpt below? "The wind roared and blew its hot breath at our back, the flames whistled."
imagery
Literary Devices - What type of literary device is included in the excerpt below? "There came a rumble of electrical energy, drowned out by the sudden roll of drums."
imagery
This word means "the state of being immortal."
immortality
Choose the correct word that completes the analogy below: conflict : clash :: inflict : __________
impose
The _____________ of the candles placed all around the room created enough of a glow to provide a calming mood.
incandescence
This word means a surgical cut made in skin or flesh.
incision
Frank and Jesse James were _____________ criminals during the late 1800s in the United States.
infamous
This word means "the state of being inferior."
inferiority
This word means a change in the form of a word or modulation or intonation of pitch in the voice.
inflection
This word means a breach or violation, such as breaking a law.
infraction
This word means "the state of being inhuman."
inhumanity
In Antigone Part 1, after Antigone is arrested and brought to him, Creon asks the following question: "Who is the man here, / She or I, if this crime goes unpunished?" What characteristic of Creon's does this question most clearly reveal?
insecurity
Which word below is the best synonym for the word discerning?
insightful
Vocabulary - Complete the sentence below with the correct vocabulary word: The principal said that an apology was ___________ for Caleb's poor behavior, so Caleb was suspended for a week.
insufficient
help : assist :: coerce : __________
intimidate
Mike was ___________ by the history of his hometown and went to the historical society to learn more.
intrigued
Jerry's parents hoped that volunteering at the nursing home would give him __________ rewards of feeling good about helping other people.
intrinsic
Which word below is the best antonym for the word ulterior?
known
This word means "one who legislates."
legislator
This word means something that is in the manner of a lion (usually describing a person's character that is fierce and brave)
lionesque
Which word below is the best synonym for the word piety?
loyalty
Jason was born with a __________ hand, with only three small fingers.
malformed
This word means "a social system where the mother is the head of the household" or "a system of government by females."
matriarchy
"...the stitches burn beneath my fingers, and I am sewing with a needle of hot silver, a thread of fire."
metaphor
Which of the following words is the best antonym for the word brazen?
modest
The word means "ruled by one," usually an inherited role.
monarchy
This literary device describes the overall emotion or tone of the reading.
mood
Vocabulary - Complete the sentence below with the correct vocabulary word: The school questioned Marisa's _____________ because she had no problem stealing things from other students' lockers.
morality
This word means "having the quality of mountains."
mountainous
Which word below is the best synonym for the word deference?
yielding
This word means "one who narrates."
narrator
Janie showed her __________ potential in her 4th grade Christmas program when her singing voice stood out among everyone else's.
nascent
While driving, Ariana noticed a chip in her windshield, but when she looked it over carefully she saw that it was really too small to worry about right now. Which word best describes the severity of the chip in her windshield?
negligible
This word means "characterized by nerves."
nervous
JORDAN DETERMINED TO STAY OUT OF MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS
neutral
This word means "a government ruled by only a few, often the wealthy."
oligarchy
As the group finished hiking up the mountain, the dark clouds on the horizon were a(n) ___________ sign that coming back might be more difficult.
ominous
What type of literary device is present when you use a word that, when spoken out loud, sounds like the thing it describes like "buzz," "boom," or "pop"?
onomatopoeia
The word means "one who operates."
operator
My grandmother's house was very _______________ with beautiful paintings, antiques, and decorations throughout.
ornate
Read the quote below, then choose the type of literary device contained in the example: "Let freedom ring from the Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennsessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi, from every mountain side. Let freedom ring..."
parallelism
This word means "a social system where the father is the head of the household" or "a system of government by males."
patriarchy
The eye injury caused Kayla to lose her depth ____________, making it difficult for her to tell how far away and object was just by looking at it.
perception
Kyle's mom came home from her vacation to find that all her plants had turned brown and their leaves had fallen on the floor. Kyle had let his mother's plants ________________.
perish
Saying that the "wind whispered" is an example of which type of literary device?
personification
The word means a place that looks like it is out of a picture.
picturesque
Jason's cake didn't turn out well because he didn't realize that adding the eggs needed to __________ adding the flour. He switched the order when he tried again and it worked out well!
precede
This word means to be marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.
precise
My mom found a bunch of my old toys in the attic and they're worth a lot of money because they are in their original condition! What kind of condition are the toys in?
pristine
This word means "a device that projects."
projector
assemble : amass :: __________ : offer
proposition
Sarah saved up as much money as she could while working during the summer so she would have money for gas and food during the school year. Which word best describes Sarah's money-saving?
prudent
This word describes a molecule that resembles a crystal.
quasicrystal
This word means anything resembling a cube.
quasicubic
This word means to be almost essential.
quasiessential
This word means something that resembles a government.
quasigovernment
This word means any process that occurs at somewhat regular intervals.
quasiperiodic
Doctors warn that the _________________ from the sun's rays can cause skin cancer, so it's always best to wear sunscreen.
radiation
This word means "a device that radiates."
radiator
This word describes a color that is somewhat red.
reddish
This word means to throw back light, heat, or sound without absorbing it.
reflect
This word means an action that is performed as a response to stimulus and without conscious thought.
reflex
This word means a change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat, or the like.
refract
The country's authoritarian __________ was overthrown and replaced by a democratic government.
regime
Which word below is the best antonym for the word expend?
replenish
Because of his __________, Aiden was able to push past his physical disabilities and learn to make beautiful paintings
resolve
All the people in the small town ___________ the mayor so much, they commissioned a statue of him.
revere
Vocabulary - Complete the sentence below with the correct vocabulary word: Kylie wanted her classmates to __________ her, but instead she was bullied and made fun of.
revere
This word means a tool made specifically to cut.
scissors
On the field trips, teachers decided to __________ the bus by putting boys in the front and girls in the back.
segregate
This word means to be like or very concerned with yourself.
selfish
This word means "the state of being similar."
similarity
Literary Devices - What type of literary device is included in the excerpt below? "I felt the brush of her lips and heard the beat of her heart in my ears, loud as thunder, long as the roll of the drums."
simile
Literary Devices - What type of literary device is included in the excerpt below? "It has occurred to me that the catlike precision of her movements in old age might be the result of her early training..."
simile
Literary Devices - What type of literary device is included in the excerpt below? "They loved to drop gracefully from nowhere, like two sparkling birds..."
simile
amazed : unimpressed :: __________ : asynchronous
simultaneously
lethargic : lazy :: __________ : viewer
spectator
This word means to stand still, much like a statue.
statuesque
Kevin is a __________ fan of the Cleveland Browns, supporting the team through several losing seasons.
staunch
Which of the following words is the best antonym for the word deflect?
straighten
The National Guard was brought in to help __________ the unruly mob and end the riot.
subdue
Vocabulary - Complete the sentence below with the correct vocabulary word: Quentin was always trying to _____________ his teacher by disrupting class and making fun of her.
subvert
While walking the entire Appalachian Trail, Maria found that a simple diet of trail mix and water could __________ her so she could finish the journey.
sustain
This word means "one who acts."
actor
This word means "a virtue characterized by moderation and self-restraint."
temperance
In music, this word means "the speed at which a composition is to be played."
tempo
This word means "not permanent."
temporary