Vocabulary Quiz Two (32 Terms)
Across
- 2. To use an author's exact words and place them within quotation marks
- 5. An individual in a literary work whose thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions move a plot forward
- 9. The intended readers for a piece of writing
- 11. The time, place, and context of a plot
- 15. One or two words that describe the focus of a text
- 16. A brief, opinion-free retelling of the most important ideas/events/details from a text
- 17. A character's thoughts and feelings towards other characters or events in a literary text
- 19. A group of lines that act as a "paragraph" within a poem
- 20. To explain how two or more items are different
- 21. The sequence of events that take place in a literary work
- 22. Specific details from a text that support a writer's ideas/claims
- 27. A point of view in which a narrator is "all-knowing" and provides the perspectives of multiple characters
- 30. A conversation between characters in a text
- 31. To include the source (such as the author's last name) alongside any evidence that is used in a piece of writing
Down
- 1. A statement, question, or set of directions that explains what a written response should focus on
- 3. A statement that introduces the primary focus of an essay and often includes multiple "answers" to a prompt
- 4. A general message about life that is conveyed by a literary text and expressed as a complete sentence
- 6. A character or force in conflict with the protagonist
- 7. An acronym meaning restate/answer/cite/explain/summarize that is useful for writing brief or single paragraph responses
- 8. To examine parts of a text in more detail
- 10. A point of view in which a narrator only provides the perspective of one character
- 12. To explain how two or more items are similar
- 13. The character or voice that tells a story to a reader
- 14. The final paragraph of an essay that finalizes key points without repeating them exactly as they've been written before
- 18. A struggle between opposing forces in a literary work
- 21. The position from which a narrator tells a story (first, second, or third person)
- 23. To use reasoning and evidence to draw a conclusion that is not directly stated in a text
- 24. The main character in a text whose actions and decisions drive the plot forward
- 25. The emotional atmosphere of a text that is created through an author's language choices
- 26. The paragraphs that form most of an essay and include multiple instances of supporting evidence with explanations
- 28. The location of each piece of evidence that is used in a piece of writing
- 29. To offer specific detail about how a piece of evidence supports a writer's claims/ideas