"Ta-Na-E-Ka" Vocabulary

A moral is:

• great joy

• something that is forced

• a lesson about right and wrong ways to behave

• to stare at something with your mouth open as in wonder

The word loftiest means:

• noblest; highest

• sharpest; most clever

• grimaced

• twisted the face to express pain, anger or disgust

Hints or clues about what will happen later in a story is:

• the setting

• the conflict

• resolution

• foreshadowing

Filling up or stuffing is:

• grimacing

• gorging

• shrewest

• filing

When you are looking to see how things are alike you are:

• describing conflicts

• resolving

• contrasting

• comparing

When you are looking for ways to find differences you are:

• comparing

• contrasting

• providing context

• resolving

A conflict is a

• setting

• resolution

• struggle

• comparison

Characterization is

• a series of related events.

• the people in the story.

• the resolution of the problem in a story.

• how the writer shows the personality of a character.

Statements in a story that tells you exactly what a character is like is

• indirect characterization

• external conflict

• direct characterization

• internal conflict

Synonyms for the word audacity are:

• timidity and fearful

• boldness, fearlessness, bravery and daring

• noble, and clever

• disgusted and angry