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English 4
chapter 1 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plot | the sequence of connected events that make up the story in a book, movie, or play |
| sub-plot | a secondary storyline that runs parallel to the main plot in a book, movie, play, or television show. |
| conflict | a serious disagreement, fight, or clash between people, groups, ideas, or forces |
| climax | the highest, most intense, or most exciting point of a story, experience, or process |
| resolution | a firm promise to do something, the act of solving a problem, or the level of detail in a digital image |
| resolved | a problem or question that has been successfully solved or answered, or a person who feels a firm, strong determination to do something |
| protagonist | the main character in a story, book, or movie |
| antagonist | a character, group, or force that goes against the main character (protagonist), creating the central conflict in a story. |
| Foreshadowing | author uses it to give a hint or a clue about something that will happen later in a book, movie, or play |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that compares two different things by stating that one thing is actually another |
| symbolism | the practice of using an object, person, situation, or word to represent a larger, more abstract idea beyond its literal meaning |
| synonym | a word or phrase that has the same, or very nearly the same, meaning as another word or phrase in the same language |
| mood | a temporary state of mind or feeling |
| theme | A theme is the main subject, central idea, or underlying message |
| fiction | a made up story |
| Non-Fiction | a true story based on real events |
| simile | a figure of speech that compares two different things |
| suffix | a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning, grammar, or part of speech |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem that form a single unit. |
| Context clues | hints and extra information in a sentence, paragraph, or passage that help a reader figure out the meaning of a new or difficult word without using a dictionar |
| setting | he time, place, and general environment where something happens, or where a story takes place. |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point |
| Genre | a category of art, writing, music, or film |
| 1st person point of view | a storytelling style where a character in the story narrates the events from their own perspective, using pronouns like "I", "me", "my", and "we". |
| tone | quality of sound in speech, |
| imagery | the use of descriptive or figurative language in literature and art that appeals to the human senses, painting a vivid mental picture for the reader. |
| moral | a practical lesson taught by a story. |
| personification | a figure of speech where human traits, emotions, or actions are given to non-human things like objects, animals, or ideas. |
| chromelogical | arranged in the order that events actually happened in time, starting with the earliest and going to the latest |
| thesis statement | a single sentence at the beginning of an essay or research paper that states the main idea, argument, or position. |
| imagery | the use of descriptive or figurative language in literature and art that appeals to the human senses, painting a vivid mental picture for the reader |
| onomatopeia | a word that copies or mimics the natural sound of the thing it describes |
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