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7th Grade Vocabulary
7th Grade Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | -The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected word |
| Analogy | A comparison between two things typically on the basis of their structure & for the purpose of explanation or clarification |
| Antagonist | A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something;adversary |
| Antonym | A word opposite in meaning to another (bad & good) |
| Autobiography | An account of a persons life written by that person |
| Biography | An account of someones life written by someone else |
| Conflict | A serious disagreement between two (2) people |
| Context | The circumstance that forms the setting for an event statement or idea & in term of which it can be fully understood & assessed |
| Diction | The choice & use of words & phrases in speech or writing |
| Excerpt | Take a short extract from a film,broadcast, or piece of music or writing |
| Fact | Information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article |
| Fiction | Prose Literature,esp. short stories & novels, about imaginary events & people |
| Flash back | A sudden & disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past,typically as result of psychological |
| Foreshadowing | Be a warning of indicator of a future event |
| Genre | A category of artistic composition,as in music or literature, characterized |
| Inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence |
| Main Idea | The point the author is making about the topic |
| Metaphor | A firgure of speech |
| Moral | A lesson, esp. one concerning that it can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience. |
| Narrative | A spoken or written account of connected events. |
| Narrator | The Person who tells the story. |
| Non-fiction | Prose writing based on facts, such as biography or history. |
| Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. |
| Opinion | Your point of view. |
| Personification | Adding human feature to something fake. |
| Plot | A plan. |
| Point-of-view | The way you see everything around you. |
| Protagaoniat | A major character in a drama, movie, novel. |
| Setting | The place where a event is taking place. |
| Sequence | In a precise order. |
| Simile | A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing. |
| Suspense | What keep the crowd want to no whats going to happen next. |
| Synonym | Kind of alike. |
| Theme | The subject of a precise piece. |