AIR Test Super Quiz

Repetition of the last stressed vowel and of all the speech sounds following that vowel

To identify elements and fit them into an existing structure

To write the appearance, nature, and/or attributes of elements or ideas in text using vivid language

A saying that sets forth a general truth that has gained credibility through use over time (ex: "No pain, no gain.")

Use of details from the five senses to appeal to the reader

The act of a character in a drama, alone on stage, uttering his thoughts aloud

Chiefly in literary texts, the narrative point of view (as in first- or second- or third-person narration)

To analyze (break down) spoken words or graphic symbols/units of a familiar language to discover their intended meaning

Text or dialogue in which there is a root sense of hiding what is actually the case

A story involving events, characters, and what the characters say and do

Story of ancient origin that a particular cultural group believes to be a true explanation of why the world is as it is

A story in metrical form and that expresses an idea using figurative language; (examples: narrative, dramatic and lyric)

A short narrative that contains a moral or principle of human behavior (example: Aesop's The Tortoise and the Hare)

Writing about instruction, study, or research that is meant to reveal or further clarify by describing in more detail

A type or style of literature / story (examples: fiction, drama, poetry)

A group of words not containing a subject and a predicate (example: running in the rain)

Points of information in a text that strongly support the meaning or tell the story

The part of writing that involves editing and reworking text relative to task, purpose, and audience

A deliberate and humorous play on words that are the same or similar in sound but different in meaning

The author's attitude reflected in the style of the written word

An affix attached before a root word

The technique of disrupting the order of events in a story by shifting to an earlier time in order to introduce info

When an inanimate object or an abstract concept is spoken of as though it has human attributes or feelings

A genre designed for performance in the theater with actors

Words, phrases, or sentences that establish connections and fluency between ideas when writing or speaking

To make judgments about the value of ideas, purposes, or claims of a text based on criteria and standards

A word part that is "fixed to" either the beginnings of words (prefixes) or the endings of words (suffixes)

A word having a similar meaning (example: cold : chilly)

A short, concise statement of widely accepted truth about everyday life (example: "Actions speak louder than words.")

A conclusion logically drawn from presented information

The degree of correspondence among or connection between parts, ideas, concepts, or constructs

Lack of certainty on the part of a concerned reader about what will happen to characters with whom the reader has a bond

An arguable statement

Arranging ideas and details in a clear and coherent way to create an effective message

To make clear by describing in more detail or giving relevant facts or ideas

Compositions written in meter

Main topic of a story expressed or implied in a word or phrase, big enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work

Written or spoken language that is not verse

A short narrative in prose of unknown authorship which has been a part of an oral tradition over generations

Indicates differences

To make the meaning more transparent and easy to understand

To evaluate or measure the nature, ability, or quality of

A process of arranging and combining pieces, parts, and elements into a pattern or structure not clearly there before

The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage

To translate from the original text into one's own words

The person in a fictional narrative who relates the account or story

A grouping of lines of verse in a poem often set off by a space in the printed text

A text used for informational purposes that analyzes, interprets, or critiques primary sources, as in research

A personal view, attitude, or appraisal

The verbal interaction between two or more characters in a dramatic or narrative work Diction

To break material down into its parts and determine how the parts relate to one another and to the overall text

A subtle difference in a shade of meaning, expression, or sound

To make judgments about the value of ideas, purposes, or claims of a text based on criteria and standards

Type of comparison in which a word or expression's literal usage and meaning is applied to a distinctly different thing

Phrases or expressions that have meanings different from the literal (ex: "Kids clean their rooms once in a blue moon.")

A comparison between two distinctly different things indicated by the word "like" or "as" (example: "quiet as a mouse")

To detect similarities or differences between two or more ideas, objects, concepts, and other elements from a text

To combine the sounds represented by letters in order to pronounce a word or word part (example: snail)

To describe or outline with precision

Taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory

Intended or suggested rather than directly stated

An original text used largely for informational purposes, as in research. (examples: journals, photos, research data)

The general place, historical time, and social circumstances in which action occurs in a story or play

The basic part of a word that carries the main component of meaning

The intended target group of a message (example: such as teenagers for young adult literature)

Separating the individual phonemes, or sounds, of a word into distinct units

A narrator who addresses a story to a someone he or she calls "you"

The motive or reason for which an author writes, as to entertain, inform, or persuade

Understand and explain the meaning of

Persons represented in a dramatic or narrative work

What may be suggested by or associated with the meaning of a word (example: home may suggest warmth or family)

A type of speech or written communication that develops or debates a topic in a logical or persuasive way

Arguable statements intended to dispute other claims

The structure of the action of a story in its chronological order

Print features, as well as graphic, informational, and organizational aids (examples: maps, charts, labels, headings)

Condensing a text to its general theme(s) and/or major points

Spoken and written language that departs from literal meaning in both pattern and usage

Words or expressions with meaning other than the literal interpretation

A reference in a text to a literary or historical person, place, event, or other literary work

The goal a reader or writer seeks to attain

To make evident or prove

The general or literal meaning of a word (example: home is a place where a person lives)

A principle or value of human behavior

The repetition of speech sounds in the beginning of nearby words

Relationships created between new and familiar words, concepts, and ideas

A word having the opposite meaning of another word (example: cool is the opposite of warm).

Directly stated

A group of words containing both a subject and a predicate (example: "when she went to the store, he sang")

The emotion(s) expressed by an author or artist in the rhetoric, structure, and/or perspective of his or her work

To apply a procedure to an unfamiliar task; to put into practice

Repetition of the last stressed vowel and of all the speech sounds following that vowel

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own

A position from which something is considered or evaluated

The subdivision of acts in a play in which there is no change of place or in the continuity of time

A narrator who is a participant in the story and uses the pronouns I and me

The main idea

A narrator who is outside the story proper and refers to all of the characters as he, she, or they

The main argument presented by a writer who then attempts to prove it throughout the remainder of the piece of writing

The events and actions of a narrative work: Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

An affix attached to the end of a base, root, or stem that changes the grammatical function of the word