Vocabulary Quiz

Author's Purpose

• Things like metaphors, similes, personification, imagery, etc.

• The portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events performed by actors on stage

  
  

• verse written to create a response of through and feeling from the reader; it often uses rhythm and rhyme

• The reason the author is writing something

literary devices

• a text that provide facts about a variety of topics

  
  

• a story that is not possible and may include talking animals or magical power

• Things like metaphors, similes, personification, imagery, etc.

• The struggle between opposing forces. 

  
  

Imagery

• A story that is not possible and may include talking animals or magical powers

• The portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events performed by actors on stage

• Things like metaphors, similes, personification, etc.

• Descriptive language that can function as a way for the reader to better imagine the world of the piece of literature

Metaphor

• A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things

• The reason the author is writing something

• A text that provide facts about a variety of topics

• The struggle between opposing forces

Simile

• Verse written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader; it often uses rhythm and rhyme

• A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things

  using "like" or "as"

• A story that is not possible and may include talking animals or magical powers

• The portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events performed by actors on stage

Characterization

• When a character struggles with their own opposing beliefs or thoughts 

  
  

• The act of describing a character

• 
  he author shows the reader what a character is like through the character’s speech, thoughts, and actions. 

  
  

• The author tells the reader what the character is like

  
  

Personification

• A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes

• The act of describing a character

• A story that is not possible and may include talking animals or magical powers

• The struggle between opposing forces

Conflict

• A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things

• The struggle between opposing forces

• A text that provide facts about a variety of topics

• The reason the author is writing something

Theme

• The portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events performed by actors on stage

• Things like metaphors, similes, personification, imagery, etc.

• The central topic a text treats

• A story that is not possible and may include talking animals or magical powers

Irony

• When you mean the opposite of the words that you used

• A story that is not possible and may include talking animals or magical powers

• The portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events performed by actors on stage

• Things like metaphors, similes, personification, imagery, etc.