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Vocabulary 1
Literary Terms 1
Vocabulary 2
Literary Terms 2
Davis Info
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The quality of being expressed both briefly and clearly
What is succintness?
100
A concrete (or real) object that is used to stand in for or represent something else.
What is a symbol?
100
Confused or bewildered.
What is baffled?
100
A struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
100
Twenty-six.
What is the number of credits you need to graduate?
200
To develop gradually.
What is evolve?
200
An extreme exaggeration that a writer uses for humorous effect.
What is hyperbole?
200
To take in, like food.
What is ingest?
200
The part of the story that establishes the setting, introduces the characters and provides important background information.
What is exposition?
200
Six.
What is the number of credits you need to become a 10th grader?
300
Sharply or intensely.
What is keenly?
300
Events in the story that move the plot along by adding complications or developing conflict; usually these events build suspense.
What is rising action?
300
The act of assuming something is true.
What is presumption?
300
A figure of speech that compares two things, using the word "like" or "as"
What is simile?
300
Grey, black, purple or white.
What are the dress-code colors for shirts?
400
To smell strongly or unpleasantly.
What is reeked?
400
Descriptive language that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language?
400
The beginning
What is inception?
400
A figure of speech in which an object, animal or idea is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
400
Panther.
What is the Davis mascot?
500
To describe an idea clearly with words.
What is articulate?
500
Often called the turning point. The moment when the reader's emotional intensity and interest reach their highest point.
What is the climax of a story?
500
Something that supports the validity of something that is true.
What is affirmation?
500
Occurs after the climax of the story; sometimes called the resolution. Loose ends of the story are tied up.
What is falling action?
500
Ms. Lagunes and Ms. Seale.
Who are the 9th grade assistant principal and the 9th grade counselor?