Literary and Research Vocabulary

A category of literature (e.g., horror, mystery) is called _______.

• Genre

• Author

• Plot

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The study and discussion of literature that explains how a story works, what it means, and why it matters is called _______.

• Literary Criticism

• Literary Fiction

• Literary Analysis

• Literary Theory

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The author's point of view or attitude is known as _______.

• Perspective

• Plot

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To make something stronger, serious, or more extreme is to _______.

• Intensify

• Reduce

• Ignore

• Weaken

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

To explain why something is right, reasonable, or necessary is to _______.

• Justify

• Ignore

• Complicate

• Deny

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Two or more things that run side by side and never cross; in ideas, it means they are similar or match each other. This is called _______.

• Parallel

• Intersecting

• Divergent

• Perpendicular

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

To restate someone else's ideas in your own words while keeping the original meaning is to _______.

• Paraphrase

• Plagiarize

• Summarize

• Quote

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

To briefly explain only the most important ideas in a text is to _______.

• Summarize

• Analyze

• Criticize

• Paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A special way an author or speaker does something to create an effect (like using dialogue, imagery, or suspense) is called a _______.

• Technique

• Genre

• Theme

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To make a smart guess about what will happen next based on clues is to _______.

• Predict

• Describe

• Explain

• Observe

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C