Vocab review

Question 1

Assertive tone

Answer 1

Tone that has authority

Question 2

Inference

Answer 2

Brief overview of the story

Question 3

Details

Answer 3

Details that stick out to the reader to help better understand the passage/story.

Question 4

Theme

Answer 4

Lesson learned

Question 5

Central idea

Answer 5

Main point of the story

Question 6

Development

Answer 6

How the story changes

Question 7

Refined

Answer 7

To make better

Question 8

Emerges

Answer 8

To come up

Question 9

Plot

Answer 9

Twist of the story

Question 10

Characterization

Answer 10

Construction of a fictional character.

Question 11

Conflict

Answer 11

Disagreement/argument

Question 12

Simile

Answer 12

Comparing two using like or as

Question 13

Personification

Answer 13

Giving something non human human like characteristics.

Question 14

Figurative language

Answer 14

Language used to strengthen the authors point.

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

A word meaning one thing then using a different word to mean the same thing

Question 16

Hyperbole

Answer 16

exaggerated meaning

Question 17

Tone

Answer 17

general character or attitude of a piece of writing

Question 18

Connotation

Answer 18

an idea or feeling that a word invokes.

Question 19

Denotation

Answer 19

Literal or primary meaning.

Question 20

Complex character

Answer 20

A characters with many different characteristics

Question 21

Bias

Answer 21

Unfair

Question 22

Objective summary

Answer 22

Summary that does not include any opinions

Question 23

Analysis

Answer 23

Detailed examination of the story

Question 24

Formal vs informal tone

Answer 24

Formal; fancy proper words.
Informal; slang words

Question 25

Context

Answer 25

statements or ideas that can be fully understood.

Question 26

Text structure

Answer 26

Cause and effect; when there is a cause in the story and then there is an effect. Compare and contrast; comparing and contrasting one or more things. Description; when the author is giving a detailed description of something/someone in the story. Chronology; when the author puts events in order.

Question 27

Suspense/mystery/tension.

Answer 27

Suspense; excited/anxious. Mystery; something unknown. Tension; metal or emotional strain.

Question 28

Parallel plot

Answer 28

each main character has a separate but related storyline.

Question 29

Flashback

Answer 29

Remembering something that happened a long time ago

Question 30

Foreshadowing

Answer 30

Something bad is about to happen and it creates suspense

Question 31

Rhetoric

Answer 31

lacking sincerity

Question 32

Allusion

Answer 32

An expression to call something to mind without mentioning.

Question 33

Paradox

Answer 33

Pair of statements

Question 34

Understatement

Answer 34

The presentation of something meaning smaller or worse.

Question 35

Logical fallacy

Answer 35

An argument that may seem true when its not.

Question 36

Emotional appeals

Answer 36

Meant to sway the audiences emotions

Question 37

Claim

Answer 37

The main claim of the story

Question 38

Counterclaim

Answer 38

The claim in an argumentative essay

Question 39

Point of view

Answer 39

First person pov; i. Third person pov; he, she, it.

Question 40

Transitions

Answer 40

When the story changes from one state or condition to another.

Question 41

Thesis

Answer 41

A sentence in the introduction to be proved.

Question 42

Thesis statement

Answer 42

A sentence in the introduction to be proved

Question 43

Formal writing style

Answer 43

More objective than informal

Question 45

Objective tone

Answer 45

an impersonal style of writng.

Question 46

Alliteration

Answer 46

The occurence of the same letter or sound

Question 47

Assonance

Answer 47

Repetition of the sound of a vowel

Question 48

Informative Essay

Answer 48

Non fiction writing piece

Question 49

Narrative essay

Answer 49

essay that tells a personal story

Question 50

Argumentative/persuasive essay

Answer 50

Argumentative; when the author argues against something. Persuasive; when the author is trying to persuade his audience.