7th Grade Academic Vocabulary Quiz #1

Definition: The most important point the author makes; main idea

• central Idea

• Introduction

• thesis

• context clues

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition: words or sounds used more than once

• Influence

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Definition: the struggle between characters or elements in a story

• Setting

• Conflict

• Dialogue

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The time, location (place), or culture surrounding a story/ When or where the story takes place is called:

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The sequence of events in a story is known as:

• Plot

• Climax

• Setting

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

How the reader feels about the text while reading is referred to as:

• Irony

• Mood

• Theme

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Definition: to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written in quotation marks

• summarize

• summary

• quote

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Definition: a major category or type of literature

• Setting

• Theme

• Plot

• Genre

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Definition: builds over time; to expand on

• relevant

• supports

• character

• develops

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Definition: to provide evidence

• boosts

• solution

• settling

• supports

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D