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This is a professional development quiz for ELA/Communication/Librarians.
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1
What type of star system has no defined shape?
Spiral Galaxy
Irregular Galaxy
Milky Way
Binary Star System
2
What is inertia?
How fast an object is going divided by the distance
A type of gas for which the inert gases were named
Mass of an object divided by its volume
The tendency of an object to resist change in motion
3
The contrast is between the literal meaning of what is said and what is meant.
Juxtaposition
Paradox
Analogy
Verbal Irony
4
A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
Parody
Theme
Narrator
Symbolism
5
A statement which lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant.
Verisimilitude
Hyperbole
Understatement
Colloquialism
6
The value of 5 in the number 357.21 is
5 tens
5 hundreds
5 tenths
5 ones
7
A mild word which substitutes for another which would be undesirable because it is too direct.
Genre
Euphemism
Point of View
Picaresque Novel
8
The hero or central character of a literary work.
Protagonist
Literary Theory
Genre
Motif
9
A repetition of sentences using the same structure.
Pastoral
Adage
Parallel Structure
Aphorism
10
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
Metaphor
Simile
Soliloquy
Analogy
11
A statement which can contain two or more meanings.
Foil
Ambiguity
Anecdote
Epigraph
12
Crops can be grown near rivers because the land is usually
fertile.
dry.
rocky.
poor.
13
Routes along rivers, lakes, or oceans that are used to get from one place to another are
waterways.
river valleys
ports.
crops.
14
The structure of a story; the sequence in which the author arranges events in a story.
Plot
Verisimilitude
Pathetic Fallacy
Allusion
15
The three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.
Maybe So
False
True
IDK
16
The result of an action is the reverse of what the actor expected.
Oxymoron
Situational Irony
Understatement
Postmodernism
17
How are tides created?
Based on the moon's position
Based on the Earth's axis
Based on the height of the usn in the sky
Based on the Earth's tilt
18
Which of the following is the Highest Common Factor of 18, 24 and 36?
18
6
36
72
19
The tail of a comet always points towards the Sun.
Maybe So
IDK
False
True
20
A binary star system has more than three stars.
False
IDK
True
Maybe
21
3x - 4(x + 6) =
x + 6
7x + 6
-7x - 24
-x - 2
22
The audience knows something that the characters in the drama do not.
Apostrophe
Dramatic Irony
Adage
Bildungsroman
23
32,000 is written in scientific notation as:
3.2x10^4
32x10^4
32x10^3
3.2x10^3
24
The dictionary definition of a word.
Connotation
Epithet
Figure of Speech
Denotation
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Wise saying; proverb; short, memorable saying that expresses a truth and is handed down.
Adage
Analogy
Aphorism
Apostrophe
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The use of angry and insulting language.
Jargon
Invective
Mood
Malapropism
27
Grid lines called lines of longitude, run up and down, north to south. These lines are called.
meridians.
parallels.
poles.
lines of latitude.
28
Lines of latitude, and lines of longitude
have numbers on them.
are written on street signs.
have letters on them.
have numbers on them.
29
The emotional content of a word.
Epic
Figurative Language
Connotation
Denotation
30
In coordinate geometry, the equation of the x-axis is
y = x
x = 0
y = 1
y = 0
