EOG Reading Vocabulary Quiz

Phyllis Gillespie

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  1. A story about a person's life that is written by another person

    2. Your answer:
    autobiography
    biography
    fantasy
    science fiction

  2. Fiction that is based on impossible characters and worlds

    3. Your answer:
    fantasy
    historical fiction
    imagery
    science fiction

  3. A story about a person's life that is written by that person

    4. Your answer:
    autobiography
    biography
    realistic fiction
    short story

  4. Fiction based on science

    5. Your answer:
    historical fiction
    invented fiction
    realistic fiction
    science fiction

  5. Fiction that could really happern

    6. Your answer:
    historical fiction
    realistic fiction
    science fiction
    tale

  6. Fiction based on true events

    7. Your answer:
    historical fiction
    narrative
    realistic fiction
    short story

  7. An alphabetized list of important words and their page numbers that can be found in the back of a book

    8. Your answer:
    glossary
    index
    table of contents
    word list

  8. A page near the beginning of a book that tells topics and their page numbers

    9. Your answer:
    glossary
    index
    table of contents
    dictionary

  9. The events that happen in a story

    10. Your answer:
    plot
    setting
    summary
    exposition

  10. An author's main reason for writing a passage

    11. Your answer:
    justification
    mood
    purpose
    idea

  11. An alphabetized list of selected words in a book and their meanings

    12. Your answer:
    dictionary
    glossary
    index
    table of contents

  12. The subject of a written passage

    13. Your answer:
    mood
    plot
    topic
    writer

  13. The feeling you get by reading a passage

    14. Your answer:
    determination
    impression
    mood
    purpose

  14. Where and when a story takes place

    15. Your answer:
    origin
    plot
    setting
    timeline

  15. Additional information attached at the end of a book or passage

    16. Your answer:
    appendix
    glossary
    index
    foreword

  16. The most important idea (main idea or conflict) that is supported by all other details

    17. Your answer:
    central issue
    plot
    rising action
    exposition

  17. A book of words and their definitions, pronunciations, spellings, and more

    18. Your answer:
    atlas
    dictionary
    encyclopedia
    thesaurus

  18. An alphabetized group of articles giving basic information on a variety of topics

    19. Your answer:
    atlas
    dictionary
    encyclopedia
    trilogy

  19. A book of maps

    20. Your answer:
    atlas
    diagram
    globe
    thesaurus

  20. A book of words, their synonyms, and sometimes their antonyms

    21. Your answer:
    dictionary
    manuscript
    report
    thesaurus

  21. A drawing with labels that give explanations

    22. Your answer:
    diagram
    globe
    map
    passage

  22. The 5 parts of the plot line

    23. Your answer:
    conflict, characters, setting, plot, resolution
    exposition, setting, characters, falling action, conflict
    exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
    introduction, battle, suspense, aftermath, conclusion

  23. A book of facts and figures about a variety of topics, updated each year

    24. Your answer:
    atlas
    almanac
    dictionary
    encyclopedia

  24. Where something got its start, or the beginning of something

    25. Your answer:
    birth
    entrance
    origin
    activation

  25. Person who draws pictures or illustrations for a book

    26. Your answer:
    author
    illustrator
    novelist
    writer

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