Semester 1 Vocabulary Exam

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Determine something not stated directly by using reasoning and evidence from the text.

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Inference

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the sequence of events that take place in a work of literature

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Plot

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implied but not stated directly

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implicit

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to establish validity; to verify, to prove

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confirm

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Hints about what might happen next

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Foreshadowing

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the time and place of the events in a work of literature

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setting

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The emotional atmosphere of a piece of writing, created through diction, figurative language, and other choices

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Mood

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word choice, or the type of language an author uses

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diction

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A quality that defines certain types of writing

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genre characteristic

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the events, situation, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that helps explain its meaning

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context