Term 3 Junior OVP #3

1. The recent ___ of natural disasters around the world has made people very nervous about the future.

TREND – a trend is a general direction in which something is moving.

SPATE – a spate is a big number of similar things happening, usually at the same time.

BLITZ – a blitz is an intensive attack, such as by the military.

EPIDEMIC – an epidemic is something bad that spreads widely in a short period of time, like a disease.

2. The local ___ community was very excited when a famous write came to deliver a series of talks on writing.

NARRATIVE – a narrative is the formal word for a story.

LITERARY – “literary” describes things to do with formal creative writing or literature.

CREATIVE – a creative person is highly imaginative and original in his thinking.

GENRE – a genre is a type of art, music, film, or literature.

3. The fire that broke out in the bush during the drought was ___ within the day.

DOUSED – to douse is to pour liquid over something or to extinguish something, like a fire.

EXPIRED – to expire is to come to an end.

EXTERMINATED – to exterminate is to destroy something completely by killing it.

RECEDED – to recede is to move backwards.

4. The ___ earthquake destroyed most of the homes in the city.

EXAGGERATED – if something is exaggerated, it is made out to be more than it really is.

EXHILARATING – if something is exhilarating, it is very exciting.

TORMENTING – if something is tormenting you, it is troubling you very deeply.

DEVASTATING – if something is devastating, it destroys many things and causes people great stress.

5. Thousands of villagers fled their homes when the volcano started ___ hot ash in big puffs last week.

SPEWING – to spew is to push out something with great force.

EMITTING – to emit is to release or discharge something.

SPILLING – to spill is to make something fall or flow over the edge.

OVERFLOWING – to overflow is to make something so full that it goes over the edge.

6. During the forest fires, many villages were ___ to the ground.

RAZED – to raze is to destroy.

DEGRADED – to degrade is to lower the standard of something.

DESTROYED – to destroy is to damage something completely.

7. The government ___ a state of emergency after severe floods hit more than half of the country.

EMPOWERED – to empower is to give power to someone.

DECLARED – to declare is to announce in a formal and serious way.

EXPRESSED – to express is simply to say what one thinks or feels.

DENOUNCED – to denounce is to say that something is not true, often in a public way.

8. It is sad that ___ often takes place after a natural disaster, as people take advantage of broken shops to steal from them.

LOOTING – looting is stealing from shops and other places, usually in a time of war or disaster.

VIOLENCE – violence is behaviour that causes physical harm and hurt to others.

TRAFFICKING – trafficking refers to the buying and selling of illegal things like drugs.

ARSON – arson refers to the act of purposely setting a place on fire.

9. The story started with a ___ to her first day at kindergarten, before it came back to showing her as a secondary student in the present.

FARCE – a farce is a joke or something very silly and absurd or ridiculous.

FLASHBACK – a flashback is a scene in a story or film of an event in the past.

SEQUENCE – “sequence” refers to the order of something, like events.

PERSPECTIVE – a perspective is a point of view or angle.

10. I like this story because it is filled with ___ from beginning to end; I had to read to the very last page to find out the truth!

STYLE – “style” refers to the way something is done.

SIMILES – a simile is a special technique in writing when a writer compares one thing with another thing.

SYMBOLS – a symbol is something that represents another thing.

SUSPENSE – suspense is the feeling or excitement and anxiety about what might happen next.

11. During an important scene in the play, the main character stood alone in the centre of the stage and delivered a long ___ about his troubles.

SAGE – a sage is a wise person.

PLOT – the plot is the storyline giving us the main events of a play, movie, or book.

MONOLOGUE – a monologue is a long speech by one actor in a play or film.

FABLE – a fable is a tale or story, usually featuring animals as characters, with a lesson or moral.

12. Usually, the most exciting part of a book is towards the end, at the ___; but in this story, it was at the beginning.

TENSION – tension is the feeling of stress or uneasiness.

TRANSITION – “transition” refers to the time when something is changing from one state to another state.

FINALE – a finale is the last big act of a show or public event.

13. Lightning is a natural ___ that can sometimes cause great damage to our environment.

PHENOMENON – a phenomenon is something that exists or happens.

CALAMITY – a calamity is a disaster.

TRAGEDY – a tragedy is an event that causes great pain and suffering.

CATASTROPHE – a catastrophe is a disaster, a major event that causes great damage and suffering.

14. The damage ___ by the snowstorm cost the city millions of dollars.

SUFFERED – to suffer something is to experience something bad.

ACTIVATED – to activate is to make something active.

ERUPTED – to erupt is to suddenly happen or become active.

WREAKED – to wreak is to cause.

15. ___ agencies have started arrangements to provide food, water and medical supplies to the areas affected.

RELIEF – means help or aid, which may be financial aid, material aid, or medical aid.

SUBSTITUTE – a substitute is someone who takes the place of another person.

CHARITY – “charity” refers to help that is offered for free, usually for the poor and needy.

VOLUNTEER – when a person volunteers to do something, he does it willingly without being paid for it.

Term 3 Junior Ovp #3