Set 2

Question 1

An author’s choice of words, phrases, sentence structures and figurative language which combine to help create meaning and tone

Answer 1

Diction

Question 1

Distinguish, tell apart, and recognize differences between two or more items

Answer 1

Differentiate

Question 2

The genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage; a work to be performed by actors on sate, radio, TV, or a play

Answer 2

Drama

Question 3

The written text of a play, which includes the dialogue between characters, stage directions, and often other expository information

Answer 3

Dramatic Script

Question 4

To make a judgement or decision based on reasoning rather than direct or implicit statement

Answer 4

Draw Conclusion

Question 5

Traits that mark a work as imaginative or narrative discourse (ex. plot, theme, symbol)

Answer 5

Elements of Fiction

Question 6

Traits that mark a work as reportorial, analytical, informative, or argumentative (ex. facts, data, charts, graphics, headings)

Answer 6

Elements of Nonfiction

Question 7

Examine and judge carefully; to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of something; to assess

Answer 7

Evaluate

Question 8

To make understandable, plain or clear

Answer 8

Explain

Question 9

Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text

Answer 9

Explicit

Question 10

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the character and their circumstances

Answer 10

Exposition

Question 11

A piece of information provided objectively, presented as true

Answer 11

Fact

Question 12

The part of literary plot that is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot’s conflicts and complications

Answer 12

Falling Action

Question 13

Any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact. Characters and events in such narratives many be housed in read life but their ultimate form and configuration is a creation of the author

Answer 13

Fiction

Question 14

Language that can not be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling

Answer 14

Figurative Language

Question 15

The “First Person” or “Personal” point of view relates events as thy are perceived by a single character. The narrating character may offer opinions about the action and characters that differ from those of the author

Answer 15

First Person

Question 16

As organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current (present) time of the story.. Flashbacks are introduced as the dreams of recollections of one or more characters

Answer 16

Flashback

Question 17

The center of interest or attention

Answer 17

Focus

Question 18

An organizational device used in literature to create expectations of later developments

Answer 18

Foreshadowing

Question 19

A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person

Answer 19

Generalization