FSA Vocab quiz

an educated guess, a logical conclusion

• Inference
• significance
• heirarchy
• conclude

choice of words; the actual words an author uses

• diction
• motivation
• denotation
• excerpt

a retelling of the most important parts of a text, including the main idea and the most important details

• support
• argument
• flashback
• summary

to make a statement that expresses a personal view or interpretation and is open to challenge

• bias
• conclude
• claim
• flashback

characters that have different personality traits, change during the story and are similar to real peoplefigurative meaning

• figurative meaning
• complex characters
• rhetorical question
• flashback

not directly stated, you have to guess it

• explicit
• inference
• support
• implicit

make an educated guess based on evidence

• connotation
• conclude
• inference
• evidence

the attitude a writer has toward the audience, a subject, or a character

• theme
• tone
• mood
• text

express your opinion and support it with reason and evidence

• argument
• mood
• argue
• tone

a classification based on rank or importance

• inference
• hierarchy
• implicit
• denotation