Vocab Begin with A
A word that describes/modifies a noun.
What is an Adjective?
The moment of greatest tension or excitement in the story.
What is the Climax?
A text, such as a how-to guide or a textbook, whose main purpose is to inform.
What is informational text?
A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities.
What is Personification?
The time, place, and social environment in which a story takes place.
What is the Setting?
The use of a repeating consonant sound, usually at the beginnings of words in a group.
What is alliteration?
The last sentence of a supporting paragraph; it restates the topic sentence.
What is the Concluding Sentence?
Part of a sentence that has a subject and a verb and forms a complete sentence by itself.
What is an Independent Clause?
The rate at which a story moves forward. In a speech, the rate at which the presentation moves forward.
What is pacing?
A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared using like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a Simile?
opposite
What is an Antonym?
A struggle or problem.
What is a conflict?
Not clearly or directly expressed.
What is Implicit?
A series of events that make up "what happens" in a story.
What is plot?
A group of lines within a poem: the paragraphs of poetry.
What is Stanza?
An essay whose purpose is to directly persuade an audience.
What is an Argumentative Essay?
Believable; trustworthy.
What is credible?
A verb mood used to communicate a command or a request.
What is Imperative?
An original source of information about a topic; a source that relates firsthand knowledge about the topic.
What is a Primary Source?
Shaped by personal bias.
What is Subjective?
A note or comment about part of a text.
What is an Annotation?
Everything a word suggests or implies; the feeling a word gives you.
What is connotation?
A two-syllable pair with the stress on the second syllable.
What is an Iamb?
Text that is arranged in sentences and paragraphs, as opposed to poetry and other uses of text.
What is prose?
The combination of elements to form a coherent whole.
What is Synthesis?