Bootcamp Vocab Review

What is the central message, lesson, or moral of a literary text called?

• A) Theme

• B) Tone

• C) Mood

• D) Inference

What is the main point or most important idea in an informational text called?

• A) Central Idea

• B) Theme

• C) Tone

• D) Mood

What term describes the author’s attitude toward the subject, audience, or characters?

• Mood

• Tone

• Inference

• Theme

What is the overall feeling or atmosphere the text creates for the reader called?

• Theme

• Mood

• Inference

• Tone

What is a logical guess made based on evidence and reasoning called?

• A) Inference

• B) Theme

• C) Mood

• D) Tone

What is language that uses figures of speech, like metaphors or similes, to create imagery or express meaning beyond the literal called?

• Mood

• Figurative Language

• Inference

• Tone

What is the perspective from which the story is told (1st person, 3rd person, etc.) called?

• A) Point of View

• B) Theme

• C) Tone

• D) Mood

What is the emotional or cultural meaning attached to a word, beyond its dictionary definition called?

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Tone

• Theme

What is the literal, dictionary definition of a word called?

• Theme

• Denotation

• Tone

• Connotation

What is using symbols to represent ideas or qualities in a story called?

• Theme

• Symbolism

• Mood

• Tone