Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
Literary Analysis
Purpose and Genres
Random Response
100
To restore to a better state; to fix; to improve
What is renovate/renovating
100
A lack of order or sequence; disorderly
What is disarray
100
Background on the characters or situation
What is exposition
100
The purpose is to tell the readers about something and make them knowledegable
What is to inform
100
Language that is not meant to be taken literally
What is figurative language
200
Hypnotized; spellbound; totally taken in by
What is mesmerized
200
markedly good-humored
What is jovial
200
Issues resolved; conclusions or insights revealed by the narrator
What is resolution
200
The purpose is to talk someone into doing something
What is to persuade
200
The min message, moral, or idea a piece of literature is trying to convey
What is the theme
300
Happening, existing, or done at the same time
What is simultaneously
300
To ask about something; to search into
What is inquiring
300
Giving details that hint to upcoming events
What is foreshadowing
300
The purpose is to share a story with others for their enjoyment
What is to entertain
300
The AVID strategy that takes after a Greek Philosopher
What is a Socratic Seminar
400
Incapable of being avoided or evaded
What is inevitable
400
To restore to a former capacity; to restore to a former state
What is rehabilitation
400
An interruption in the plot to describe an action or event from the past.
What is flashback
400
A short story written about an event in someone's life that they write themselves
What is an autobiographical narrative
400
Guessing or drawing conclusions based on evidence
What is inferring/drawing inferences
500
To block or close by an obstacle
What is obstructing
500
An attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object; doubt; uncertainty
What is skepticism
500
Highest point of story tension at which outcome of the conflict is revealed
What is climax
500
A work of non-fiction is referred to as this
What is expository writing
500
Mrs. Larson's most frequently used quote
What is "Embrace every minute of your life, for no minute can be lived again."
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