Final Exam Vocab Review

Author's purpose

• How an author plans a novel
• The way the author chooses the title of a novel
• The reason or meaning behind something that happens in a story
• The way the author begins the story and introduces characters

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Character development

• Dialogue and character actions that show a character's personality
• How a character looks
• A conversation between two characters that describes a setting
• The ending of the novel when all conflicts are resolved

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Theme

• One word describing an idea
• The lesson or message in a story
• A summary of main events
• Main problem in a story

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Rural

• A large city filled with people
• An uneducated person
• The main setting of a novel
• A community in the country, away from cities

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Human nature

• When a person goes for a walk in the woods
• Something a person does without thinking simply because he/she is human
• A description of an uncivilized person who doesn't know basic manners
• A description of character traits and personality

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Conflict

• The main idea or event
• The lesson or message in a story
• The problem in a story
• The protagonist and antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

Dialect

• A variation of a language
• Formal and proper
• Two characters speaking
• Descriptive language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Plot

• The problem in a story
• The events in a story
• The beginning of a story
• The end of a story

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Characterization

• A person in a story
• Characters speaking to each other
• Showing character traits through actions and dialogue
• All the main and minor characters in a story

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Plot development

• How characters interact in a story
• Characters, setting, and conflict working together to move the story along
• A detailed description of the setting
• The time, place, and what is going on 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D