Section1: Characters
Drama Terms
Section 4: Nonfiction
Section 6: Literature
General Vocab Terms
100

Jessica's motivation form kneeling"on the grimy, grease-spotted concrete?"

What is She loved and missed Harrison, her cat, and wanted to see him? 

100

When a character is alone and talks to the audience

What is a soliloquy?

100

This statement expresses the main idea of the passage.

What is "Bernard O'Higgins helped chile gain its independence by tricking the enemy?"

100

The mood of the passage.

What is "light-hearted"

100

 Words expressing something contrary to truth or someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean. Sometimes Sarcasm

What is verbal irony?

200

An example from the story of a character's response that proves that Harrison has been gone awhile 

What is, "Been on an advenutre?" "Are you hungry?" or "Did you miss us?" 

200

A character is talking to the audience or another character and no one else can hear them

What is an aside?

200

The subject of the passage

What is "How farm animals helped Chile gain its independence?"

200

The antagonist of the passage

What is "silence" 

200

the turning point of the story 

What is "climax" 

300

The reason Jessica most likely lets Jeremiah lead her to the park 

What is she had not seen any clues to where Harrison had been?

300

When the charatcer has a long speech and other characters are listening

what is a monologue?

300

The word "band" in the passage most likely means this.

What is "group" or "troop?"

300

The theme of that passage

What is "Silence can be sweet" 

300

How the world has changed at the end of the story as a result of the climax and falling actions

What is resolution?

400

The quote from the story that proves that Harrison became haughty while he was away

What is "Harrison took one sniff before turning away with a disdainful flivk of his tail?"

400

Tells actos/actresses where to be, how to talk, what do, or how the lights are set 

What are stage directions?

400

Context clue in the passage that helps the reader infre the meaning of "renegade"

What is "rebelling"

400

The person's point of view that this story is written from. 

The father

400

How the author feels about the subject they are writing about 

What is tone?

500

The character in the story that is caring and determined

Who is Jessica?

500

A character who has opposite character traits in order to show us something about the other character

What is a character foil?

500

The quote you would use to best support the assertion that this battle was the turning point in the War.

What is "The Spanish lines broke in wild confusion"

500

the following quote is an example of this type of figuritive laanguage device: "She held the red felt-tipped pen in her slight hand like it was an extension of herself"

What is a "similie?"

500

When the reader/audience knows something the characters do not know 

What is Dramatic Irony?

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