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Tell-Tale Heart (for ELL students): Vocabulary

Quiz by Mary Stormon-Flynn

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  • Q1
    What is a SYONYM for "ugly"?
    beautiful
    attractive
    angry
    unattractive
    30s
  • Q2
    What is an ANTONYM for "guilty"?
    responsible
    culpable
    innocent
    blameworthy
    30s
  • Q3
    What is a SYNONYM for old, as in "the old man"?
    elderly
    adult
    mature
    young
    30s
  • Q4
    What is an example of A SIMILE?
    The old man's heart was ticking.
    The old man's heart was ticking like a clock.
    The clock was ticking.
    The old man's heart was beating.
    30s
  • Q5
    What is an example of a METAPHOR?
    The old man's heart was ticking slowly.
    The old man's heart was a ticking clock.
    The old man's heart was ticking like a clock.
    The old man's heart was beating slowly.
    30s
  • Q6
    What is a SYNONYM for silent, in "I stayed silent in the dark for a long time. I didn't want the old man to hear me."
    immobile
    quiet
    calm
    slow
    30s
  • Q7
    What is an ANTONYM for possible?
    inpossible
    impossible
    unpossible
    mispossible
    30s
  • Q8
    What is a SYNONYM for screamed in, "The old man screamed when I attacked him. He was scared."
    shrieked
    spoke
    whispered
    gasped
    30s
  • Q9
    What is an ANTONYM for "spoke loudly" in, "To me, the policemen spoke loudly. I put my hands on my ears to lessen the sound."
    talked
    chatted
    shouted
    whispered
    30s
  • Q10
    What is a SYNONYM for "excerpt" in the instruction: Please read the excerpt from a "Tell-Tale Heart" and answer the questions.
    directions
    passage
    whole story
    information
    30s
  • Q11
    True or False: A story must have RISING ACTION and FALLING ACTION.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q12
    What is the name of LESS IMPORTANT characters in a story?
    unimportant characters
    less important characters
    minor / support characters
    little characters
    30s
  • Q13
    What is the name of a character who causes problems for the protagonist?
    the problem
    the conflict
    the antagonist
    the bad person
    30s
  • Q14
    What object causes the young man to kill the old man?
    The young man's neighbors are not kind.
    the old man's heart
    the young man's personality
    the old man's ugly eye
    30s
  • Q15
    What is an ANTONYM for "selfish" in "The young man was selfish because he wanted to kill the old man because the old man's eye made him uncomfortable. He didn't care that the old man wanted to live."
    self-centered
    self-serving
    selfless
    egocentric
    30s

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