Literature and Vocabulary Part One

The order in which things happen

One or more letters added to the end of a root word

A passage taken from a book

A figure of speech using exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point or evoke humor

When a character is portrayed as opposite of another character (Pooh and Tigger) it’s called:

A setting is:

Tolkien’s characters Frodo and Bilbo have what in common?

Persuasive Writing is:

The way a writer uses language

A story with a hidden meaning is called

A statement that can be proved

What type of novels did Agatha Christie write?

Gives synonyms and sometimes antonyms for words

Story gives clues that suggest what might happen in the future

The clues around a bold or underlined word that helps the reader know what the word means.

Which of these books did Ernest Hemingway write?

The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous).

An author's attitude toward his subject as conveyed through style and word choice

The turning point in the story...this is the highest point of interest/tension in the story

Used in letters and speeches; has words like "you" and "yours."

A dialogue is:

Which of these characters lived in the shire and ate 6 times a day?

Comparison using "like" or "as"

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

An excerpt is:

When a portion of the story goes back in time

Arranged in order of time

Words with opposite meanings

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

Narrative Writing is:

Words that have the same meaning

End of the story where conflicts are resolved and loose ends are tied up

One or more letters added the beginning of a root word

Main part of a word

Comparison not using like or as

Chronological means:

Guessing about what might happen in the future

The perspective from which the story is told is called the:

Book filled with definitions for words

Which of these is an idiom?

Using your prior knowledge + evidence from the story to answer a question

Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?

The reason the author has for writing. (Inform, persuade, express, entertain)

To cite something means:

JRR Tolkien was famous for creating a place called Middle ___________.

Melodramatic means:

Characters, setting, and initial conflict are introduced

Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

The narrator is not a character in the story, using "he", "she", and "they".

All events leading to the climax

Showing similarities and differences between two things

Things like headings, bulleted lists and graphics that help a reader find important information

The narrator is a character in the story, The story is written using "I" and "me"

The moral or lesson of a story

A text structure that presents the reason something happens and the result of it happening.

A plot is:

Textual evidence is:

What type of novels did JRR Tolkien write?

Where and when a story takes place

A personal idea or feeling that is not founded on proof or certainty

To convey is:

The main problem the character faces

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

A symbol is

Added information that helps support the main idea.

Which of these is true of Mark Twain?

What a paragraph or passage is mostly about

Words that imitate sounds

Read the questions and highlight important words

Gives the list of important vocabulary and their definitions used in a book.

The paragraphs of poetry

What is the name of the wizard who helps both Frodo and Bilbo in Tolkien’s novels?