IAR Prep ELA Vocabulary

What does the word evaluate mean?

• To judge the value of something

• To defend something by backing it up

• To give the meaning of something

• To note details about something

What does the word formulate mean?

• To draw

• To create

• To find similarities and differences

• To look for

What does the word compare mean?

• To create

• To find similarities

• To find differences

• To judge the value of something

What does the word contrast mean?

• To create

• To look for similarities

• To simplify something

• To look for differences

Definition: The sequence of events in a story.

Which word is this?

• Fiction

• Plot

• Rising action

• Climax

Definition: The perspective from which the story is told.

Which word has this meaning?

• Narrator

• Genre

• Mood

• Point of View

When the author gives clues of hints at events that will happen in the future.

• Resolution

• Characters

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

A character that changes throughout the story.

• Dynamic character

• Static character

• Flat character

• Minor character

The main character, usually the hero, of the story.

• Internal conflict

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Dialogue

When you find a fact from an article, but you rewrite it in your own words.

• Direct quote

• Transition words

• Paraphrasing

• Credible Source