ACAP Key Academic Vocabulary - Week 1 QUIZ

What is the central idea of a story?

• The detailed description of characters

• The main idea or overall summary

• The setting of the story

• The dialogue between characters

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

What are supporting ideas in a text?

• Random thoughts unrelated to the main idea

• Arguments that bolster the main ideas

• The title of the story

• The author's biography

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is an allusion?

• A direct statement

• A detailed explanation

• An indirect or passing reference

• A literal description

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does 'point of view' refer to in a story?

• The setting of the story

• The narrator's position in relation to the story

• The length of the story

• The author's background

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

What is the purpose of an author?

• To confuse the reader

• To entertain, inform, or persuade

• To list facts

• To describe the setting

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which of the following is NOT a type of literary comparison?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What are categories?

• Random groups of words

• A class or division with shared characteristics

• A list of unrelated items

• A type of literary device

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is a literary text?

• A piece of writing that provides factual information.

• A piece of writing, such as a book or poem, that tells a story or entertains.

• A scientific report.

• A historical document.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What are literary elements?

• The main characters in a story.

• Essential components that build a story, like plot and setting.

• The moral of the story.

• The title of the book.

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

What does the setting of a story refer to?

• The main character's thoughts.

• The location of a story.

• The moral lesson.

• The author's opinion.

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6