English Exam Vocabulary

5 Written Questions

1. free someone from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty
2. ideas, qualities, and feelings that cannot be seen or touched.
3. absolutely necessary or important; essential
4. a lock of hair that grows in a direction different from the rest and that resists being combed flat
5. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

5 Matching Questions

1. Nonchalantly
2. Metaphor
3. Protagonist
4. Revived
5. Thesis Statement

1. a feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm
2. b a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved
3. c the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
4. d restore to life or consciousness
5. e Same thing as a simile, but WITHOUT using like or as.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a strong, fine-textured cotton fabric, typically patterned with colorful stripes or checks
   1. Climax
   2. Leery
   3. Madras
   4. Vital
2. something that takes the place of a noun.
   1. Prone
   2. Proper Noun
   3. Plot
   4. Pronoun
3. a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law
   1. Cowlick
   2. Personification
   3. Conviction
   4. Conflict
4. begins with capital letter... names specific noun.
   1. Common Noun
   2. Pronoun
   3. Concrete Noun
   4. Proper Noun
5. name a group.
   1. Collective Noun
   2. Common Noun
   3. Concrete Noun
   4. Conviction

5 True/False Questions

1. Climax → the turning point of the story

   True        False

2. Simile → a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

   True        False

3. Concrete Noun → things that you can see, touch, taste, hear or smell.

   True        False

4. Imploringly → tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion

   True        False

5. Leery → cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions

   True        False