SLO Vocabulary Terms

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person place or event

Question 2

Imagery

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descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions

Question 3

author’s purpose

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the author’s intent either to inform or teach someone about something to entertain people or to persuade or convince his/her audience to do or not do something

Question 4

context clue

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words and phrases in a sentence paragraph and/or whole text that help reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word

Question 5

Alliteration

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The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words

Question 6

Differentiate

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Distinguish tell apart and recognise difference between two or more items

Question 7

Evaluate

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

Question 8

Fact

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A piece of information provided objectively presented as true

Question 9

Figurative Language

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Lagnuage that cannot be taking literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling

Question 10

foreshadowing

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an organizational device used in literature to create expectations or to set up an explanation of later developments

Question 11

Satire

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A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness

Question 12

personification

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an object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form

Question 13

inference

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A judgement based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement a conclusion based on facts or circumstances understanding gained by reading between the lines

Question 14

Main Idea

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The author’s central thought the chief topic of a text expressed or implied in a word or phrase the topic sentence of a paragraph

Question 15

simile

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the comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison(like or as) are used

Question 16

how to find the main idea

Answer 16

find the topic first
use clues in the story
look for a sentence that states the main idea
reversal transitions
it won’t always be stated directly
test to see if it is the main idea
read specific statements
repeated ideas
ask yourself if this is what the author wants to tell you or teach you
look at the topic sentences

Question 17

Connotation

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giving different emotions/ feelings toward an object or word sets the tone and the theme for the passage could be different for different people

Question 18

Denotation

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literal meanings of objects or terms

Question 19

rythm

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movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent,

Question 20

rhyme scheme

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a poet’s deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza

Question 21

enjambment

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a poetic technique that describes a sentence that spans over more than one poetic line without a punctuated break

Question 22

stanza

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an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.

Question 23

free verse

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a poetic style that does not feature a set meter or rhyme scheme.

Question 24

blank verse

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a poem with a regular meter and no rhyme scheme

Question 25

sonnet

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three quatrains (4-line stanzas) followed by a rhyming couplet.

Question 26

couplet

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a unit of poetry containing two lines of verse that form a singular thought or ide

Question 27

line break

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the point where a line of text ends and a new line starts

Question 28

illusion

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a misleading image presented to the vision

Question 29

effect of first person pov

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intimacy it creates between the reader and the narrator

Question 30

effect second person pov

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make the audience more active in the story or process

Question 31

effect of third person pov

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the narrator still exists outside the events of the story but does not know the motivations or thoughts of all the characters

Question 32

opinion

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A personal view attitude or appraisal

Question 33

point of view

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The position of the narrator in relation to the story as indicated by the narrator outlook from which the events are depicted