Vocabulary Vault
What is the meaning of the word reluctant?
Unwilling or hesitant.
What is the setting of a story?
Where and when the story takes place.
"The classroom was a zoo." What figurative language is this?
Metaphor
What do readers do when they make an education guess using clues from the text?
Infer or make an inference
Who wrote Charlotte's Web?
E.B. White
A word that means the opposite of ancient.
Modern or new
Who is the main character in the story called?
The protagonist.
"Her smile shined like the sun." What figurative language is this?
Simile
What is it called when you summarize only the most important points.
Main Idea and summary
In Harry Potter, what house values bravery?
Gryffindor
What do we call a word that imitates a sound, like buzz or crash?
Onomatopoeia
What is the problem or struggle in a story called?
The conflict
Giving human traits to objects or animals is called what?
Personification
What text feature helps readers find information quickly in nonfiction books?
Table of contents, heading, index, etc.
What is the name of the island in Lord of the Flies?
It does not have a specific name.
What is a synonym for gigantic?
Huge, enormous, massive, etc.
The highest point of excitement in a story is called what?
The climax
"I've told you a million times!" is an example of what figurative language?
Hyperbole
What reading skill helps determine whether a source is believable.
Evaluating credibility/reliability.
Who is the author of The Outsiders?
S.E. Hinton
What vocabulary word means "a hint or warning about something that will happen later"?
Forshadowing
What is the lesson or message of a story called?
The theme
What figurative language uses repeated beginning sounds.
Alliteration
What is the difference between first-person and third- person point of view?
First person uses "I" and third person uses "he/she/they".
In the Hunger Games, what is Katniss known as? (nickname)
The Girl on Fire