Vocab From Readings
A severe shortage of food resulting in starvation and death
What is a famine?
This refers to the author's choice of words and their effect on meaning and tone
What is diction?
Read ________ times
What is multiple?
Subject + verb
What is a simple sentence?
Summon into action or bring into existence
What is conjure?
What is a recurring symbol?
______ words that resonate with you or stick out
What is circle?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence
What is an independent clause?
Tending to betray
What is treacherous?
Specific information, examples, or details from a text that support your ideas, arguments, or analysis
What is evidence?
_________ key words
What is highlight?
“Although”, “while”, and “even though”
What are subordinate conjunctions?
An illusory perception
What is a hallucination?
This refers to the way an author develops and reveals a character’s personality, traits, and motivations in a story. It answers the question: What is this character like, and how do we know?
What is characterization?
Write ________ _____ next to unfamiliar words
What is question marks?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence
What is a dependent clause?
In opposition to an established system or government
What is subversive?
This refers to the time and place in a story that meaningfully influences the characters, events, or themes. It plays an important role in shaping the plot, mood, and meaning of the work.
What is significant setting?
Questions about the text? _____ __ _______
What is write in margins?
A sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause connected using subordinating conjunctions
What is a complex sentence?