Vocab Week 3

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

A major division in a play. An act is a part of a play defined by elements such as rising action, climax and resolution. A scene is a part of an act defined with the changing of characters.

Question 2

Antecedent Action

Answer 2

Part of the exposition that gives the reader insight to any events that happened before.

Question 3

Antonym

Answer 3

a word opposite in meaning to another

Question 4

Autobiography

Answer 4

an account of a person’s life written by that person.

Question 5

Bias

Answer 5

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

Question 6

Biography

Answer 6

an account of someone’s life written by someone else.

Question 7

Context

Answer 7

the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

Question 8

Dialogue

Answer 8

conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

Question 9

Fable

Answer 9

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral

Question 10

Figurative

Answer 10

departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical.

Question 11

Legend

Answer 11

a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated

Question 12

Literal

Answer 12

taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory.

Question 13

Mood

Answer 13

a temporary state of mind or feeling.

Question 14

Tone

Answer 14

the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

Question 15

Moral

Answer 15

concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.