Vocabulary 1
What vocabulary word means lifted?
hoisted
What vocabulary word means sharp intelligence, practical, and tricky?
shrewd
What is the definition of the term "Setting"?
time and place in which the action of the story occurs
What is a "symbol"?
a person place thing or event used to represent something else
metaphor
What vocabulary word means stubborn or unpleasant in disposition?
ornery
Because Susie's teeth were _______ over her bottom lip, her parents insisted that she wear braces
a) eternity
b) ominously
c) protruding
d) lumbering
c) protruding
What does foreshadowing mean?
The use of clues to give readers a hint of events that will occur later on.
What is theme?
The statement about life that the author wants to convey to the reader, (the lesson or author's message)
What is the definition of a simile?
Using like or as to compare two unlike things.
Jim and Brett, two ___________ hope to discover the bones of a true dinosaur.
a) scoundrel
b) hysterical
c) prospectors
d) shrewd
c) prospectors
tree roots: _________ :: fingers: twisted
gnarled
What is the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological sequence of a narrative?
a flashback
A device in which a writer ends a chapter on a note of suspense
a cliffhanger
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
outgoing:shy:: ________ : modest
a) shrewd
b) arrogant
c) hoisted
d) ignorant
B) arrogant
What vocabulary word means to walk or move with heavy clumsiness?
lumbering
What is the definition of the term "mood"?
The feeling the author creates for the reader.
What is a protagonist?
The main character in a novel or story.
What type of figurative language is the following sentence?
Then there was a shot that burst over the Prairie like a clap of thunder.
Similie
What vocabulary word means a person who is mean or villainous?
scoundrel
What is the definition of ominously?
menacing or threatening
What is the way an author uses words, phrases, and sentences to express his or her ideas?
author's style
What is an antagonist?
the person or thing working against the main character
What type of figurative language is the following sentence?
Daniel nearly jumped out of his skin when Bret and Jim offered to give him a tour of their tent.
idiom