Academic Vocabulary
Define abstract
What is apart from physical existence, theoretical rather than concrete.
Define expendable
What is worth sacrificing to gain an objective.
What information do you get in the exposition of the story?
What are the main characters, setting, and background information.
In A Sound of Thunder, what do the people go back in time to do?
Hunt a dinosaur
This literary device uses humor, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize people or society.
What is satire?
Define evolve
What is to change or develop gradually over time.
Define fortitude
What is the inner strength to endure misfortune.
What do you call the events that lead to the climax of the story?
What is rising action?
In A Sound of Thunder, What mistake did Eckels make when they traveled to the past?
He ran off the path, killing a butterfly.
The phrase “Oh great, another test!” said by a stressed student is an example of this.
What is verbal irony?
Define infer
What is to deduce from evidence or reason.
Define atrocity
What is a cruel or brutal act.
This is the struggle between opposing forces that drives the plot.
What is conflict
What year did the Tulsa Massacre take place?
1921
A metaphor that continues throughout a paragraph, stanza, or whole work.
What is an extended metaphor?
Define facilitate
What is to make something easier.
Define scenario
What is a clearly outlined situation or event.
This character drives the action and faces the main conflict.
Who is the protagonist
What is the central idea of the article The Bombing of Black Wall Street?
The massacre destroyed many lives for generations.
The phrase “Death stalked the battlefield” uses which literary device?
What is personification?
Define explicit
What is clearly stated or expressed.
Define paradox
What is something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities.
This is the conclusion of the story, where loose ends are tied up.
What is the resolution
What is the theme of the poem, The War Works Hard?
The central theme is the absurdity and destructiveness of war, particularly how it affects civilians, soldiers, families, and daily life.
This is the author’s attitude toward the subject or audience.
What is tone?