Vocab Reading Terms
What reference book provides a list of synonyms and antonyms for a word?
What is a thesaurus?
A character that stays the same
What is a static character?
A pair of 2 rhyming lines
What is a couplet?
“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
What literary device is featured?
What is a metaphor?
The beginning of the story that tells who the characters are and what their conflict is.
What is the Exposition?
Words with the same or similar meaning (example: nice and kind)
What is a synonym?
A character that changes through the course of the story
What is a dynamic character?
Poetry with neither regular meter nor rhyming scheme
What is free verse?
“Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.” - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
What figurative language is included in this quote?
What is a simile?
The incident that introduces the conflict in a story; it may have occurred before the story opens
What is the initiating event?
The beginning part of a word (Hint: it is a building block of language)
What is a Prefix?
A character that acts as a contrast to another character, usually the protagonist
What is a foil character?
A stanza containing four lines
What is a quatrain?
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
-Emily Dickinson
What example of figurative language is feature in these lines?
The turning point; creates the greatest suspense or interest
What is the climax?
The emotional meaning associated with a word
What is connotation?
Refugee: _______:: detective: evidence
safety, country, fugitive, or immigrate
What is safety?
A 17 syllable, delicate, unrhymed Japanese verse usually about nature
What is a haiku?
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."- 1984 by George Orwell
Both of these quotes are an example of what literary device?
What is a paradox?
The events in the story leading up to the climax, it is typically the longest part of the story
What is Rising Action?
Words in different languages that are similar in both meaning and word parts.
What is a cognate?
oblivion: fame :: natural : ________
nature, food, organic, artificial
What is artificial?
A songlike narrative poem, usually featuring rhyme, rhythm, and refrain
What is a ballad?
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—
What literary device does the "bust of Pallas" exemplify? BONUS POINTS IF YOU CAN NAME THE TEXT AND THE AUTHOR!
What is an allusion?
The conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close.
What is the Resolution?