Content Vocabulary
Content Vocabulary 2
SAT Words
SAT Words part deux
SAT Words ad nauseam
Content Vocabulary Revisited
100
The narrator is involved in the story from this point of view.
What is first person?
100
When the writer gives non-human objects the ability to perform human abilities, he/she is using this.
What is personification?
100
When you begin to lose strength or momentum, you tend to do this.
What is falter?
100
A poem that expresses grief for those that have passed is usually called this.
What is an elegy?
100
A deed that is considered extremely wicked is said to be this.
What is nefarious?
100
This type of conflict involves an outside force, such as man vs. nature.
What is an external conflict?
200
This literary device is a comparison of unlike objects using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
200
This is what we call the series of events in a story.
What is a plot?
200
Something that is unusual or new is considered to be this.
What is a novelty?
200
Someone who has absolutely no flaws can be described with this adjective.
What is impeccable?
200
If you were to completely destroy something and utterly wipe it out, you could say that you did this to it.
What is obliterated?
200
This type of figurative language shows an exaggeration of a situation, such as when you're hungry enough to eat a million burgers.
What is hyperbole?
300
This is another word for the reason an author writes a piece.
What is the purpose?
300
Instructions to the actors on stage performing the play, telling them where to go, how to say their lines, and when to say them.
What are stage directions?
300
When you put a new plan into effect, it is said that you _____ the plan.
What is implement or implemented?
300
If you are easily persuaded to do something, then you could be considered somewhat ____.
What is gullible?
300
When you make something more decorative with greater details, you are doing this.
What is embellish, or embellishing?
300
These are hints given to the reader about events yet to come.
What is foreshadowing?
400
This is a moral problem within one's self when he/she wrestles with what they know is right or wrong.
What is an internal conflict?
400
Using this technique creates a feeling of tension within a storyline.
What is suspense?
400
Someone who shows great attention to detail and is very careful and precise is described as this.
What is meticulous?
400
If someone were to make an action or process easier, they would be doing this.
What is facilitating?
400
A rapid increase in numbers of an endangered species would point to this.
What is proliferation?
400
This is what a story makes the reader feel after or while reading it, such as sad, excited, or even scared.
What is mood?
500
Something that a story represents as a whole, such as life, death, perseverance, love, or family, to name a very few.
What is a theme?
500
This is a name for the conversations or speeches between characters in a book or play.
What is dialogue?
500
When you care for and develop the growth of another living creature, you are said to do this.
What is nurture or nurturing?
500
If you are able to preserve a species from extinction, you are said to ______ the species.
What is perpetuate?
500
Making a punishment less severe, serious, or painful means you do this.
What is mitigate?
500
The author's attitude toward the subject of the article he/she is writing.
What is tone?