Vocabulary Quiz #8

The root that means: far or distant

• tele

• grat

• therm

• bene

The reason the author has for writing (inform, persuade, entertain, or explain)

• apposition

• first person point of view

• context clues

• author's purpose

A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader

• foreshadow

• exposition

• context clues

• sensory language

A root that means: moon

• ped

• sub

• aud

• lun

Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• sensory language

• connections

• word structure

• context clues

An exaggeration

• hyperbole

• dialogue

• foreshadow

• inter

A word or phrase placed next to another word in order to define or identify it

• apposition

• author's purpose

• fiction

• playwright

Instructions for actors and stage crew; usually set in italics

• sensory language

• stage directions

• connections

• rising action

A brief statement or account of the main points of something

• script

• summary

• simile

• fiction

Events leading up to the climax

• setting

• falling action

• rising action

• fiction