Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Lit Terms
Stories
100

Dive in

What is to plunge

100

Not deep

What is shallow

100

Criticize severely

What is scold

100

The underlying message or idea

What is the theme

100

True or False:  They kept the dog in the Stray story

 What is true
200

Fascinated or delighted

What is entranced

200

Deeply felt; very intense

What is profound

200

Thoroughly wet

What is drenched

200

The feeling the reader gets from the setting and characters

What is the mood

200

The old man had to eat food in the corner because?

What is food dropped out of his mouth

300

Something that causes pain or suffering

What is an affliction

300

Being well known for an evil reputation

What is infamy

300

Feeling of contempt; feeling that something is unworthy

What is disdain

300

When the character struggles inside him/herself

What is internal conflict

300
Why did the man and woman become ashamed in the Grandfather story?

What is because their son made them realize they had treated the grandfather badly

400

Feeling that something is about to happen

What is premonition

400

A word that means the opposite of another word

What is antonym

400

A word that means the same as another word (spell correctly)

What is synonym

400

The beginning of a plot

What is the exposition

400

The teacher put this on the girls desk in Eleven

What is a red sweater

500

Indirectly compares two things and uses the words “like” or “as.”

What is a simile

500

An extreme exaggeration for humor or emphasis.

What is a hyperbole

500

Repetition of vowel sounds in a poem

What is assonance

500

Giving reference to a well-known story or event

What is an allusion

500
The special day in Eleven

What is her birthday

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