Final Exam Vocab

Question 0

Viewing the future with anxiety or alarm

Answer 0

Apprehensive

Question 1

Agitated with doubt or mental conflict

Answer 1

Distraught

Question 2

An infringement or violation of law, command, or duty

Answer 2

Transgression

Question 3

To criticize severely; to rebuke

Answer 3

Chastise

Question 4

Lacking distinctive or interesting qualities

Answer 4

Nondescript

Question 5

To give relief or deliverance to for a time

Answer 5

Reprieve

Question 6

Extremely careful

Answer 6

Meticulously

Question 7

The cognitive process of gaining skill or knowledge

Answer 7

Acquisition

Question 8

A gradual increase, especially in the volume or intensity of sound

Answer 8

Crescendo

Question 9

Requested something to be furnished

Answer 9

Requisitioned

Question 10

Very intense; agonizing

Answer 10

Excruciating

Question 11

Attracting attention

Answer 11

Conspicuous

Question 12

The moving of items from one place to another

Answer 12

Conveyance

Question 13

Formally requested

Answer 13

Petitioned

Question 14

Great and bloody slaughter(as in battle)

Answer 14

Carnage

Question 15

One that receives and contains something; a container

Answer 15

Receptacle

Question 16

Given legal power or rights

Answer 16

Empowered

Question 17

Secretively; furtively

Answer 17

Stealthily

Question 18

A cluster of leaves,flowers, and branches

Answer 18

Foliage

Question 19

Calling upon in supplication, beseeching; begging for urgently or anxiously

Answer 19

Imploring

Question 20

The authors attitude towards a subject

Answer 20

Tone

Question 21

The point of view, how a person feels about a subject

Answer 21

Perspective

Question 22

A conversation between characters

Answer 22

Dialogue

Question 23

The way a poem is written ex. Free verse, rhyming, etc.

Answer 23

Poetry style

Question 24

Words with the same ending sound ex. Toy, boy

Answer 24

Rhyming words

Question 25

Poetry style that does not follow a particular pattern and usually doesn’t contain rhyme

Answer 25

Free verse

Question 26

A person, place, or thing that suggest a different meaning

Answer 26

Symbolism

Question 27

Grouping of lines in a poem

Paragraph:story::______:poem

Answer 27

Stanza

Question 28

Information read that helps you determine the answer to a question

Answer 28

Supporting evidence

Question 29

Language authors use to describe that is often not taken literally ex: simile, metaphor, personification, etc.

Answer 29

Figurative language

Question 30

Comparison between two things using like or as ex: as light as a feather

Answer 30

Simile

Question 31

Comparison between unlike things without like or as ex: Apple of my eye

Answer 31

Metaphor

Question 32

An animal, object, force of nature, or idea given human traits

Answer 32

Personification

Question 33

Using extreme exaggeration to express an idea ex: the building was a mile high.

Answer 33

Hyperbole

Question 34

An expression that means something different from the literal meaning of the words ex: the lady was hoping she could catch his eye

Answer 34

Idiom

Question 35

Repetition of beginning constant sounds of words ex: dally sells sea shells by the sea shore

Answer 35

Alliteration

Question 36

The sequence of events in a story, play, or poem

Answer 36

Plot

Question 37

Parts of literature that makes up a story ex: symbolism, irony, flashback, etc.

Answer 37

Literary elements

Question 38

An interruption to a story that tells about something that happened earlier in time

Answer 38

Flashback

Question 39

Descriptive language that appeals to our senses

Answer 39

Imagery

Question 40

The emotional feeling of a story

Answer 40

Mood

Question 41

To represent or indicate before hand

Answer 41

Foreshadowing

Question 42

Inconsistency between an actual and a expected result

Answer 42

Irony

Question 43

A conflict only one person deals with

Answer 43

Internal conflict

Question 44

Multiple people are involved in the conflict

Answer 44

External conflict

Question 45

The message found throughout the story (life lesson)

Answer 45

Theme

Question 46

A sentence that states the most important idea form the selection

Answer 46

Main idea

Question 47

Infer what might happen in the next story

Answer 47

Inference

Question 48

A final result or outcome

Answer 48

Conclusion