Academic Vocab Review

This word means to guess based on available information

• Infer

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Explicit

Literary devices are...

• stylistic choices authors make to enhance a story or poem

• terms that help readers determine the structure of a story

• the meanings that we associated with a word

• the main character in a story

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution are all a part of...

• Literary Devices

• Plot Structure

The difference between a metaphor and a simile is that...

• A simile uses like or as

• A metaphor uses like or as

• A simile compares two things

• A metaphor compares two things

The difference between denotation and connotation is that

• Denotation is the actual definition, but connotation is the meaning we associate with it (feelings)

• Connotation is the actual definition, but denotation is the meaning we associate with it (feelings)

When something is implied, it means...

• we have to use details to figure out what it means

• we are told exactly what it means

When we are asked to elaborate on something, it means we...

• Explain clearly

• Decorate it

• Change it

• Eliminate it

This is the character in the story responsible for causing the problem...

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

Rhetorical devices are...

• stylistic choices an author makes to enhance their writing

• Figurative language

• Used in fiction and nonfiction

• All of these are correct

Conflict is...

• The main problem in the story

• The end of the story

• The highest point of tension in the story.