Unit 6 Lesson 7: Context

Question 1

context

Answer 1

the set of circumstances in which an event or situation takes place, which affects the behavior and reactions of the people involved and that can help explain and interpret what is happening and why

Question 2

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figurative language

Answer 2

expressions used for a descriptive effect that are not literally true but imply ideas indirectly

Question 3

historical fiction

Answer 3

a type of fiction in which a made-up story is set during a real historical time or event

Question 4

historical setting

Answer 4

people, places, and situations from a past time that are used as the setting in which a story takes place

Question 5

hyperbole

Answer 5

a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to emphasize an idea or emotion

Question 6

imagery

Answer 6

the use of descriptive language that creates a vivid picture in the reader’s mind and may evoke an emotional response

Question 7

onomatopoeia

Answer 7

use of a word that imitates the sound associated with it

Question 8

personification

Answer 8

an animal, object, or idea is given human characteristics

Question 9

simile

Answer 9

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between seemingly unlike things using like or as

Question 10

allusion

Answer 10

an implied reference that calls something to mind without naming it

Question 11

cultural setting

Answer 11

the social and cultural environment of the setting of a text, particularly as it pertains to the beliefs, values, and practices of the people who live there

Question 12

idiom

Answer 12

a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be figured out from the individual literal meaning of the words but instead have a figurative, nonliteral meaning when taken as a whole