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Coley Reading 7
Mid Term Review
Question | Answer |
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immensely | enormously |
cowered | crouched and trembled in fear |
valiant | brave and determined |
consolation | comfort |
impotent | powerless |
conflict | a struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces |
suffice | provide enough |
fathom | understand |
receding | moving back |
ravening | greedily searching animals to kill |
edible | fit to be eaten |
tirade | scolding speech |
transfixed | very still as if nailed tot he spot |
intelligible | understandable |
intimidated | frightened with threats or violence |
defiant | boldly resisting authority |
teleplay | a script written for tv |
screenplay | a script written for movies |
plot | what happens in a story |
complications | the characters face problems |
resolution | the last part of the story |
suspense | uncertainty or anxiety about what will happen next in the story |
captions | explain the subject of pictures |
fact | contains information that can be proven true |
opinion | contains information that cannot be proved |
matinees | afternoon performances of a play or movie |
antics | playful or silly acts |
meager | slight; small amount |
sophisticated | elegant and refined |
setting | where and when a story takes place |
point of view | the perspective from which the story is told |
theme | main idea or message of a story |
external conflict | a character struggles against another person, a group of people, or a force of nature |
internal conflict | takes place in a characters mind |
foreshadowing | hints or clues at future events |