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FULL FINALS VOCAB
Mrs. Kind 6th grade Vocab for finals on 6/18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plot | The sequence of events in a story--beginning, middle, and end |
| Exposition | The beginning of the story where the main characters and initial conflicts are introduced. The setting of the story. |
| Rising | Events that lead up to the climax. They help create tension, emotion, and suspense, there may be more conflicts. |
| Climax | The turning point of the story; the moment of tension, emotion, or suspense that determines the resolution. The main conflict is addressed. |
| Falling action | Eases the tension and shows how the main character resolves the conflict. |
| Resolution/Conclusion | The end of the story is typically where the main conflict is resolved. |
| Idiom | A phrase or expression that says one thing, but means something else. |
| Allusion | A reference to something outside of what you are reading- a place, person, or event. |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration. |
| Simile | A comparison between two different things using the words "like" or "as". |
| Metaphor | A direct comparison of two different things without using "like" or "as". |
| Personification | Describing nonhuman animals, objects,pr ideas as though they possess human qualities or emotions. |
| Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds. |
| Theme | The central idea or message about life that is expressed in the story. |
| Point of View | First person, second person, and third person. The perspective in which the story is being told. |
| Foreshadowing | Hints or clues about future events, problems, fights, or struggles between characters, society, nature, or internally within. |
| Character vs. Character | This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with another character, human or not human. |
| Character vs. Nature | This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with the forces of nature, which serve as the antagonist. |
| Character vs. Society | This type of conflict has the main character in conflict with larger group; a community, society, culture, school, etc. |
| Character vs. Self | In this type of conflict, the main character experiences some kind of inner conflict like making a difficult decision or dealing with a personal problem. |
| Setting | Where and when the story takes place (including the time, place, weather, culture, customs, and traditions) -The central characters opponent (creates conflict). |
| Protagonist | The central character is usually involved in a conflict against the antagonist. May also be known as the hero. |
| Climax | The point of tension, emotion, or heightened suspense (the turning point). Determines the resolution. |
| Author's Purpose | The reason why the author writes: Entertain, Inform, Explain, and Persuade. |
| Mood | The feelings the reader gets from reading the authors words. |
| Tone | The attitudes and feelings of an author/speaker toward a subject. |
| Characterization | Means through which an author reveals a characters personality. Characterization may be direct or indirect. |
| Direct Characterization | The author tells the reader what the character is like. |
| Indirect Characterization | The author shows the reader what the character is like through how a character looks, what the character does, what the character says, what the character thinks, or how the character affects other characters. |
| Dynamic Character | A character who undergoes a significant internal change throughout the story. This may be a change in understanding, values, insight, etc. |
| Static Character | A character who does not undergo a significant change throughout the story. |
| Noun | Names a person, place, thing, or idea/concept. |
| Common Noun | A general name for a person, place, thing, or idea/concept- not capitalized unless its the first word of a sentence. |
| Proper Noun | The name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea/concept-begins with a capital letter. |
| Singular Noun | Names ONE person, place, thing, or idea/concept. |
| Plural Noun | Names more than one person, place, thing, or idea/concept. |
| Action Verb | Tells about action. Sometimes you can see the action (physical actions). |
| Linking verb | Does not show an action, instead, they tell you that something is, or they link the subject with a word or words in the predicate. |
| Adjectives | A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. the answer to the questions: What kind, which ones, and how many. |
| Adverbs | Modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They are commonly formed by adding -ly. They answer the questions: How, where and when? |
| Pronouns | Is used in place of a noun. |
| Roots= Spect- | To see or look at. |
| Roots= audio-, phone- | Hear, sound, listen. |
| Roots= dict- | Word, voice, or to speak. |
| Roots=scrib-/scrip-, graph- | Write or record. |
| Roots=soc- | Being part of a group. |
| Roots=mem- | Remembering. |
| Prefix= de- | Lowering (with prefixes). |
| Prefix=sub- | Under or below. |