Academic Vocabulary 1
Academic Vocabulary 2
Literary Terms 1
Literary Terms 2
Literary Terms 3
100
Rewording written or spoken text using words that help you clarify and understand the text?
What is paraphrasing?
100
Putting things in order.
What is sequence?
100
A brief piece of fiction writing that presents a sequence of events, or plot, that deals with a conflict.
What is a short story?
100
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point-of-view?
100
The central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work.
What is theme?
200
Linking ideas or terms together smoothly.
What are transitions?
200
Creating a statement of the main ideas or essential information in the text.
What is summarizing?
200
Metaphors when objects or abstract ideas are given human characteristics
What is personification?
200
A writer writes in a way to develop the characters; for example, through description, actions, and dialogue.
What is characterization?
200
A struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
300
An action or event that produces a certain response.
What is cause?
300
The response or result of an action or event that took place.
What is effect?
300
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
What is diction?
300
The exact, literal meaning of a word
What is denotation?
300
The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word- beyond it's literal/actual definition.
What is connotation?
400
Separating things into parts and studying how they are related.
What is analyzing?
400
The relationship between an action or event and the result of that action or event.
What is cause and effect?
400
The character struggles with his or her own needs, desires, or emotions.
What is internal conflict?
400
A character struggles with an outside force, such as another character or something in nature.
What is external conflict?
400
Clues or hints signaling events that will occur later in the plot
What is foreshadowing?
500
The set of events that follow one after another in the order they took place.
What is sequential order?
500
The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in your writing or speaking, where things stick together.
What is coherence?
500
A piece of writing that describes an incident and includes a personal response to and reflection on the incident
What is personal narrative?
500
Words or information that appeal to the five sense
What is sensory language?
500
Imaginative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally
What is figurative language?
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