ELA - FINAL EXAM VOCABULARY STUDY GUIDE

What is the term for: Introduces the setting and the characters. Reveals the conflict or sets the stage for it.

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the term for: Introduces obstacles that make the conflict more complicated. Builds suspense as “the plot thickens”.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the term for: The turning point of the story and the moment of greatest suspense. Presents the conflict at its most intense and dramatic.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the term for: Reveals the outcome of the story’s climax. It eases the tension and shows how the main character resolves the conflict.

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the term for: Reveals the story’s final outcome. Ties up any loose ends.

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the term for: Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the term for: When the writer provides hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Irony

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the term for: The feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for readers.

• Mood

• Theme

• Plot

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the term for: The author’s attitude toward a subject, characters, or audience/readers.

• Tone

• Plot

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the term for: The time and place of the action in a story.

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C