8th Practice for Vocabulary Test

1. Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• plot
• resolution
• mood

2. A retelling of the most important parts of what was read.

• inference
• summary
• simile

3. Sequence of events in a story

• conflict
• setting
• plot

4. A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action

• static character
• author's purpose
• dynamic character

5. End of the story where loose ends are tied up

• exposition
• plot
• resolution

6. The time and place of a story

• character
• setting
• plot

7. Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

• tone
• resolution
• plot

8. A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• mood
• inference
• summary

9. evidence from a text (fiction or nonfiction) that you can use to illustrate your ideas and support your arguments

• inference
• central idea
• textual evidence

10. Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

• textual evidence
• inference
• figurative language