Vocabulary Practice

astride astonishment prevailed gallant stalking

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Complete the following analogies using one of the words from the list above.

  1. astride : sidesaddle :: indifference : ____________________
     

  2. gallant : gentlemanly :: pestering  : ____________________
     

  3. prevail : triumph :: straddling  : ____________________
     

  4. stalking : hunting  :: succeed : ____________________
     

  5. astonishment : expected  :: coward : ____________________

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genre fiction fairy tales alliteration
myth author's purpose repetition folktales
nonfiction poetry drama fables
rhyme      

Fill in the blanks using one of the vocabulary words in the list above.

  1. Musical sounding words are such as limericks and nursery rhymes are a form of ______________.
     

  2. A story based on either a real or fictional person which often begins with "Long, long ago" or something similar & has main characters with extraordinary abilities such as great strength is a   ____________________. Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan are examples of these.
     

  3. A very old story that explains features of the natural world such as why the sun rises each morning, where thunder comes from, or why the ocean has waves, and usually have gods and goddesses is a  ____________________
     

  4. Stories with imaginary characters such as witches, giants and elves, dragons, ogres, or fairies which usually begin with "Once upon a time" and end with "And they lived happily ever after." are ____________________.
     

  5. Writing that is a work of the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact is ____________________.
     

  6. Writing having dialogue (conversation) or pantomime (gesturing without speech) is _____________________.
     

  7. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is a form of ___________________________.
     

  8. I’m making a dragon. I’m making a dragon. is an example of ______________________.
     

  9. Girls hung up on pretty. Miss the nitty gritty. is an example of ______________________.
     

  10. The reason an author writes is called  ______________________.
     

  11. A short story that ends with, "And the moral of the story is . . . "  is most likely a  ______________________.
     

  12. Encyclopedias, instructions, labels are examples of this kind of writing   ______________________.
     

  13. A type of writing that literature is grouped or categorized is called ___________________.

 

Answer Key

  1. astonishment

  2. stalking

  3. astride

  4. prevailed

  5. gallant

  6. poetry

  7. folktale

  8. myth

  9. fairy tales

  10. fiction

  11. drama

  12. alliteration

  13. repetition

  14. rhyme

  15. author's purpose

  16. fable

  17. nonfiction

  18. genre