Vocabulary Quiz #2 Part B

Term: playwright. What does the term "playwright" mean?

• a person who writes plays

• main character in a story

• a person in a story

• a play that has characters

Term: foreshadow. What does the term "foreshadow" mean?

• The most important point the author makes; main idea

• the giving of human qualities to non-humans in literature

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

• hinting at coming events in a story; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

Term: Alliteration. What does the term "alliteration" mean?

• Events leading up to the climax; part of story where conflict is introduced

• the giving of human qualities to non-humans in literature

• beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced

• repetition of the same beginning sound (ex. she sells sea shells)

Term: Rhyme

• a person with special knowledge or ability on a subject

• The moral or lesson of the story

• To see how two things are the same

• Repetition of sounds at the end of words

Term: article

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• An account written from personal knowledge or special sources about a PART of a person's life

• A piece of writing in a newspaper, website, or magazine

• repetition of the same beginning sound (ex. she sells sea shells)

Term: Hyperbole

• extreme exaggeration

• person telling the story

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

• the use of words that imitate sounds

What does the term "argument" mean?

• a word that means the opposite of another word

• a statement put forth and supported by evidence

• a piece of writing in a newspaper, website, or magazine

• a person in a story

What does the term "falling action" refer to?

• Events leading up to the climax; part of story where conflict is introduced

• the giving of human qualities to non humans in literature

• Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

• Instructions for people in a play, usually set in italics

What does the term "flashback" mean?

• A scene that interrupts the normal events to show something that has happened in the past

• a piece of writing in a newspaper, website, or magazine

• An account written from personal knowledge or special sources about a PART of a person's life

• a word that means the opposite of another word

Term: paraphrase

• a proverb, wise saying

• to restate in other words

• a person in a story

• a group of words