Academic Vocabulary Practice

What are words spelled the same but have different sounds and meanings?

What is a graphic feature placing major events in chronological order in a line of dates?`

Repetition of same initial consonant sound throughout a line or piece of writing.

Homophones sound alike but mean different things.

What is the act of using another person's ideas as your own called?

Pointing out differences between 2 things.

Non-Human things; (cars, books, animals,) showing human characterisitcs. What is this called?

The highest point of interest in a story; characters make a change.

What is a language that goes beyond the literal meaning?

What is necessary to protect your source's ideas when they are summarized?

What is the "who" of the story; made by how they act, what they say, and what they do?

What genre are plays read by individual characters called?

Matching a pair of words with a certain relationship to a pair with the same relationship.

What is a reference book used to find synonyms and similar meanings?

Which of these is direct characterization?

What type of writing is Propaganda?

What is a root word or derivative?

What is the order of things in a story called?

What is the process of creating a character in a written work called?

Describe the setting of a story...

What is a verbal conflict?

He/She; Speaking about someone else. What part of speech is this?

What is a visual representation of something; Picture/Illustration

Language that appeals to the five senses.

Which is a graphic feature?

When things fall into place to solve conflicts.

What is a multi-sensory way to present info?

The wrapping up or ending of a story.

Gives instructions about how a play is to be presented; found in brackets or parenthesis.

The flow of the story from beginning to end.

Life story written by that person

What part of the story introduces characters, setting, and conflict?

Comparing two things with like or as.

All forms of the acronym STEAL are_____________.

A works-cited page lists all_________.