Academic Vocabulary for RL4.5

Question 1

the actual words in a written selection

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text

Question 2

the characters acting in a drama

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cast of characters

Question 3

repeating patterns of sound observed in poems and songs

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rhythm

Question 4

to make clear; to provide the reasons for or the cause of

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explain

Question 5

a section of a poem, such as a stanza; a poem

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verse

Question 6

a composition written in verse that often uses rhythm and/or rhyme

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poem/poetry

Question 7

the written work that tells a story through action or speech and is intended to be performed

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drama

Question 8

a conversation between two or more persons; in a drama, the words spoken by the characters

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dialogue

Question 9

the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry

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meter

Question 10

the time and place of a literary event

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setting

Question 11

the way in which two or more things are not alike

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difference

Question 12

ordinary speech or writing that is not poetry or verse

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prose

Question 13

rhyme. rhyme scheme, rhythm, meter, verse, line, line break, stanza

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structural elements of poems

Question 14

a descriptive comment that introduces the setting and characters of a drama

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stage direction

Question 15

cast of characters, setting, description, dialogue, stage directions, scene, act

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structural elements of drama

Question 16

in a drama, the words that detail how a dialogue should be spoken or performed

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description

Questions 16