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Coley Reading 7
Mid Term Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |