Academic Vocabulary
Essay Writing
Parts of Speech
Drama
Domain Vocabulary
100
Piece of information written at the bottom of the page
What is a footnote?
100
The introduction to an essay includes a hook, a brief description of the topic, and this.
What is claim?
100
Person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
100
A conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue?
100
believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity
What is a cynic?
200
This describes the struggle between a character and opposing characters or opposing forces. The struggle can also take place internally (inside the character's mind).
What is conflict?
200
Before you include a direct quote from a text, you must introduce it with this. Examples: The author states, According to the article
What is a sentence starter>
200
Action word
What is a verb?
200
These are written instructions that explain how actors should move and behave. They also describe how the stage should look and where props are located.
What are stage directions?
200
A wicked or cruel person
What is a fiend?
300
the sense of anticipation or worry that the author makes the reader feel
What is suspense?
300
When you include text evidence through a direct quote or paraphrase, you must include this to show where you found that information.
What is a citation?
300
Word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
300
In this element of drama, a character makes a brief remark, either to the audience or to another character, that others on stage do not hear.
What is an aside?
300
Does not attract attention
What is unobtrusive?
400
Where and when a story takes place
What is setting?
400
Your body paragraphs follow this format.
What is PEEL?
400
Adverb
What is a word that describes a verb?
400
This is a speech in which a character speaks to a silent or absent listener in a moment of deep emotion.
What is a monologue?
400
sluggish or lacking energy
What is lethargic?
500
a kind of literature that is written to be performed by actors for an audience
What is drama?
500
This is a short, personal story that one may use as a hook in an introduction paragraph.
What is an anecdote?
500
Word that takes the place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
500
A special kind of monologue by a character alone on stage, whose words reveal what he or she is thinking or feeling.
What is a soliloquy?
500
a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance
What is exasperation?
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