Day 19: APL Terms

Question 1

a literary technique in which ideas or customs are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society

Answer 1

Satire

Question 2

the process of searching through writing for a particular fact or piece of information

Answer 2

Scanning

Question 3

a section in a play presenting events that occur in one place at one time

Answer 3

Scene

Question 4

prose writing in which a writer explores unexplained possibilities of the past or the future by using scientific data and theories as well as his or her imagination

Answer 4

Science Fiction

Question 5

secondary source presents information complied from or based on other sources

Answer 5

Secondary Source

Question 6

words and phrases that help readers see, hear, taste, feel, or smell what an author is desribing

Answer 6

Sensory Details

Question 7

order in which events occur or in which ideas are presented

Answer 7

Sequence

Question 8

the time, place, physical details, and circumstances in which a story occurs. Include: background, atmosphere or environment in which characters live and move, and usually includes physical characteristics of the surroundings.

Answer 8

Setting

Question 9

breif work of fiction that generally focuses on one or two main characters who face a single problem or conflict

Answer 9

Short Story

Question 10

figurative language that makes a comparison between two otherwise unlike objs or udeas by connecting them with the words
“like” or “as”

Answer 10

Simile