7th Grade Academic Vocabulary Quiz #1

Definition: The most important point the author makes; main idea

• central Idea

• Introduction

• thesis

• context clues

Definition: words or sounds used more than once

• Influence

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Repetition

Definition: the struggle between characters or elements in a story

• Setting

• Conflict

• Dialogue

• Climax

The time, location (place), or culture surrounding a story/ When or where the story takes place is called:

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Conflict

The sequence of events in a story is known as:

• Plot

• Climax

• Setting

• Theme

How the reader feels about the text while reading is referred to as:

• Irony

• Mood

• Theme

• Tone

Definition: to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written in quotation marks

• summarize

• summary

• quote

• paraphrase

Definition: a major category or type of literature

• Setting

• Theme

• Plot

• Genre

Definition: builds over time; to expand on

• relevant

• supports

• character

• develops

Definition: to provide evidence

• boosts

• solution

• settling

• supports