Unit 1 Vocab-8/28-9/1/17

Question 1

Academic Word-

Context

(Surround)

Answer 1

Refers to circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation.

(From the word, ‘Context Clues’, to define a word using the words around it).

Question 2

Academic Word-

Concise

(Simple)

Answer 2

To be brief and to the point

Question 3

Academic Word-

Nuance

(Subtle)

Answer 3

Refers to a subtle difference or distinction in meaning.

Question 4

Academic Word-

Function

Answer 4

Something is telling how something is used

Question 5

Academic Word-

Negation

(Prove)

Answer 5

Showing what something is not in order to prove what it is.

Question 6

Academic Word-

Coherence

(Orderly ideas)

Answer 6

The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in paragraph or essay.

Question 7

Archetype

Character’s experience

Answer 7

A characters, symbol, story pattern, or element that it common to human experience across cultures and that occurs frequently in literature, myth, and folklore.

Question 8

Imagery

Answer 8

Description or figurative language used to create word pictures in a reader’s mind.

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

The time and place in which a narrative occurs

Question 10

Point of View (POV)

Answer 10

The perspective from which a story is told

Question 11

Conflict

Answer 11

A struggle between opposing forces, either internal or external.

Question 12

Mood

Answer 12

The overall emotion, which is created by the author’s language and tone and the subject matter.

Question 13

Plot

Answer 13

The sequence of related events that make up a story. There are five main elements of plot: Exposition, raising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

Question 14

Pacing

Time amount

Answer 14

A narrative technique that refers to the amount of time a writer gives to describing each event and the amount of time a writer takes to develop each stage in the plot.

Question 15

Epic

Answer 15

A long narrative about the deeds of heroes and gods.

Question 16

Tone

Answer 16

A writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject

Question 17

Diction

Answer 17

A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words

Question 18

Denotation

Meaning

Answer 18

The direct meaning of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it.

Question 19

Connotation

Implied

Answer 19

The implied associations, meanings, or emotions associated with a word.

Question 20

Allegory

Extending

Answer 20

A literary technique of extending a metaphor through an entire poems or story so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equaled with meanings that lie outside the text.