Block 2 Vocabulary Quiz

Ellipses

• Typically in parenthesis or italicized.

• Typically found in quotation marks.

• a series of dots that indicate a pause in thought or omission of a word.

• Circle key points, comment in the margin, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

Irony

• expressing one's meaning using language that normally signifies the opposite for humorous or emphatic effect

• a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase

• hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: the fear of long words

• having a humorous and emphatic effect

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Stage Directions

• Conversation between two characters. Typically in quotation marks.

• an instruction in the text of a play. Indicates the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

• Brief, but comprehensive. Short, sweet, to the point.

• A brief statement or account of the main points of something.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

Idiom

• Objects that support or represent something else.

• It's raining cats and dogs outside!

• Conversation; words spoken by characters in a play.

• A figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Annotate

• To add notes to a text or diagram. Circle key points, answer/comment in margin, etc.

• an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement

• Reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.

• Keeping to the same principles; reliable.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Dialogue

• the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite,

• an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement,

• a series of dots that indicates an intentional omission of a word,

• Conversation; words spoken by characters in a book, play, or movie. Typically in quotation marks.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Concise

• a brief statement or account of the main points of something.

• When a character wants something but something else gets in the way.

• Brief, but comprehensive. Short, sweet, to the point.

• A word used to describe an action, a state of being, or occurrence.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Symbolism

• To add notes to a text or diagram. Circle key points, answer/comment in margin, etc.

• imaginary, not true, and false.

• Reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.

• Objects that support or represent something else.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Fiction

• based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.

• A word used to describe an action, a state of being, or occurrence.

• imaginary, not true, and false.

• A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

Indirect Characterization

• The author shows character traits through actions, speech, thoughts, appearance, and how other characters react.

• Conversation; words spoken by characters in a book, play, or movie.

• A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.

• Reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6