Academic Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of allusion?

• A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

• The point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point

• An author's purposeful reference to something else in a literary work

• Additional meaning associated with the word

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

Who is an antagonist?

• A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

• The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

• A character that changes throughout the course of the narrative

• A character that does not change throughout the course of the narrative

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the climax of a narrative?

• A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces

• Direct and specific meaning

• The point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point

• Moments identified by the author that relate to previous events

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is conflict in literature?

• An author's purposeful reference to something else in a literary work

• Additional meaning associated with the word

• A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces

• Direct and specific meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the connotation of a word?

• A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

• The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

• Additional meaning associated with the word

• Direct and specific meaning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the denotation of a word?

• A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

• The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

• Additional meaning associated with the word

• Direct and specific meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a dynamic character?

• A character that changes throughout the course of the narrative

• The point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point

• An author's purposeful reference to something else in a literary work

• A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the purpose of exposition in literature?

• A spoken or written account of connected events; a story

• The events that make up a storyline

• A literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc.

• The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the falling action in a literary plot?

• A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces

• The point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out

• The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

• Moments identified by the author that relate to previous events

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is fiction?

• A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

• The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

• Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people

• A character that changes throughout the course of the narrative

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D