Vocab 2

Question 1

Bias

Answer 1

Inclination to hold a particular view or
perspective; revealed through the text
structure, selected details, and word
choices; subjectivity

Question 2

Biographic

Answer 2

Relating to/telling a story about the life

of a real person

Question 3

Elements of Drama

Answer 3

Features of a drama or play (e.g., cast,

dialogue, scene, stage directions)

Question 4

Evaluate

Answer 4

To make a judgment of quality based on

evidence

Question 5

Evidence

Answer 5

Facts, figures, details, quotations, or
other sources of data and information that
provide support for claims or analyses and
that can be evaluated by others; should
appear in a form and be derived from a
source widely accepted as appropriate to a
particular discipline, as in details or
quotations from a text in the study of
literature and experimental results in the
study of science

Question 6

Fiction

Answer 6

Imaginative works of prose, primarily the
novel and the short story; although fiction
draws on actual events and real people, it
springs mainly from the imagination of the
writer

Question 7

Genre

Answer 7

Categories used to classify text (e.g.,
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama,
informational, fable, folktale, graphic novel, literary nonfiction, memoir)

Question 8

Graphic Features

Answer 8

Pictures and other images that accompany a

piece of text to enhance its meaning for the reader

Question 9

Historic Time Frame

Answer 9

Era/time period in which the plot is set;

the cultural era reflected

Question 10

Inference Vs. Conclusion

Answer 10

Inference - an assumption based on available information

conclusion - assumption developed as the next logical step for the given information.

Question 11

Key Elements or Story Elements of a Literary Text

Answer 11

May include 
• characters 
• setting 
• problem or conflict 
• plot or text structure 
• solution or resolution 
• point of view 
• theme

Question 12

Mood

Answer 12

Literature—a feeling created in the reader
which is evoked through the language of the text
grammar- verb forms used to indicate the
speaker’s attitude toward a fact or
likelihood of an expressed condition or
action

Question 13

Narrator

Answer 13

The person telling a story; narrative
viewpoints include
• first-person—narrator participating in
the action tells the story
• second-person—narrator speaks directly
to the reader
• third-person omniscient—narrator knows
the thoughts and feelings of all characters
in the story
• third-person limited—adheres closely to
one character’s perspective; more
objective, relying primarily on what can be
seen and heard to tell the story

Question 14

Point of view

Answer 14

Perspective from which something is viewed;
in a literary text, the narrator’s perception of
what is happening in the story; in
informational text, an angle from which a
speaker or writer presents information, the
stance a writer takes on a topic

Question 15

Purpose

Answer 15

The reason for which something is
presented: to explain or inform, to
entertain, to describe, or to argue

Question 16

Reflection

Answer 16

To think about and write or speak one’s
views in response to a text, presentation,
or experience

Question 17

Summary or Summarize

Answer 17

Objective restatement of the essential ideas

or major points in a text

Question 18

Synthesize

Answer 18

Integrate a number of ideas, pieces of

information, or data into a coherent whole

Question 19

Temporal Words

Answer 19

Words referring to time

First, Second, Last, Before

Question 20

Transitional Strategies

Answer 20

Devices or words in a text that smoothly
connect two topics or sections to each other;
help readers understand how paragraphs work
together, reference one another, and build to
a larger point