Vocabulary Quiz Lit 2

A brief statement in your own words that tells the main idea and key details of a story.

• paraphrase

• summary

• personification

• allusion

To tell important plot events and details in your own words.

• setting

• connotation

• metaphor

• paraphrase

A person, animal, or creature in a story.

• plot

• character

• exposition

• genre

Where and when a story takes place

• genre

• setting

• rising action

• context

A series of connected events or scenes that make up a story

• plot

• setting

• falling action

• exposition

The part of the plot that introduces the characters and setting.

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• exposition

The part of the plot where a series of events happen and the conflict is introduced.

• rising action

• setting

• exposition

• climax

A specific type of category of writing. EX. fantasy, realistic fiction, romance, mystery.

• denotation

• genre

• metaphor

• tone/mood

A word or phrase that surrounds an unknown word that helps the reader determine the meaning of the unknown word.

• interpret

• inference

• denotation

• context clue

When a reader figures out and explains the meaning of something they have read.

• context clue

• metaphor

• interpret

• tone/mood