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Keystone Gloss Misc
Keystone 4th Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Soliloquy | revealing inner thoughts alone on the stage |
| Style | Author’s choices regarding language |
| Suffix | Groups of letters placed after a word |
| Summarize | To capture all of the important parts |
| Symbolism | The device in literature where an object represents an idea |
| Synonym | A word that is similar in meaning to another word |
| Theme | A major idea |
| Third Person | A perspective outside of any single character’s perception |
| Tone | The attitude of the author toward the work |
| Context Clues | Surrounding words and phrases |
| Cultural Significance | The importance of a work in a culture |
| Defense of a Claim | Support of an assertion |
| Dramatic Script | The written text of a play |
| Draw Conclusion | To make a judgment |
| Elements of Fiction | Traits that mark a work as imaginative |
| Elements of Nonfiction | Traits that mark a work as factually based |
| Evaluate | Examine and judge carefully |
| Explain | To make understandable |
| Focus | The center of interest or attention |
| Generalization | A conclusion from specific information |
| sequence of steps | Presents the order in which tasks are to be performed |
| sound devices | elements of literature such as alliteration or assonance |
| speaker | the voice used by an author to tell a story |
| syntax | the manner in which words are organized |
| structure of a poem | the rhyming pattern, grammar, meter, and imagery of a poem |