Spelling/Vocab Quiz Words
A person who delivers an oral presentation and/or the voice that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a poem.
Speaker
The mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, essay etc.
Point of View
A literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with each other
Dialogue
A series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest and tension in a narrative, includes all decisions, characters' flaws and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax
Rising Action
Which of these definitions of the word lie most closely relates to this sentence?
"We lay on the beach all day."
1. To be in a position in which your body is flat on the floor, couch, or bed.
2. To be in a particular place or position.
3. Used to say where something such as a reason or answer can be found.
4. To be or remain in a particular condition or position.
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Something that depicts, as a picture in a book or magazine
Illustration
To make changes to improve by considering questions of audience, genre, and purpose
Revising
A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist
Conflict
The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
Falling Action
Which of these definitions of the word purpose most closely relates to this sentence?
"She came back from vacation with a new sense of purpose."
1. The thing that an event, process, or activity is supposed to achieve.
2. On purpose/deliberately.
3. Determination to succeed in what you want to do.
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Time free from the demands of work, when one can rest and enjoy hobbies or sports
Leisure
The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic
Purpose
A literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story
Plot
A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot
Climax
Which of these definitions of the word filter most closely relates to this sentence?
"Hazy sunshine filtered through the curtains."
1. To clean a liquid or gas using a filter.
2. If people filter somewhere they gradually move in that direction.
3. If information filters out to people they will gradually hear about it.
4. If light or sound filters into a place, it can be see or heard only slightly.
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A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant
Premonition
The process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information.
Editing
The time and place in which the story takes place, can also include social statuses, weather, historical period, and details about immediate surroundings
Setting
Which of these definitions of the word establish most closely relates to this sentence?
"He's established himself as the most powerful man in the city."
1. To start something such as a company, system, situation - especially one that will exist for a long time.
2. To begin a relationship, conversation with someone.
3. To make people accept that you can do something, or that you have a particular quality.
4. To find out facts that will prove that something is true.
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Which of these definitions of the word reverse most closely relates to this sentence?
"The court reversed the original ruling of the defendant."
1. To change something, such as a decision, judgment, or process so that it is the opposite of what it was before.
2. To change around the usual order of the parts of something or the usual things two people do.
3. To move backward, especially in a vehicle.
4. To turn something over, so that it shows the back of it, or so that it faces the opposite way.
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The wrongful use of another author’s language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions when the writer represents the writing as his or her own
Plagiarism
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly
Theme
A literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers
Exposition
Which of these definitions of the word guest most closely relates to this sentence?
"Tonight's special guest is Kermit the Frog!"
1. Someone whom you invite to stay at your home or be at your party.
2. Someone famous who is invited to take part in a television program or concert.
3. Someone who is paying to stay in a hotel.
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A story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out
Resolution