Essential Vocabulary Pretest

main character in a story

• protagonist

• static character

• motivation

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a method an author uses to let readers characterize a character

• inciting incident

• sensory details

• style

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a method of narration in which present events are interrupted by earlier events

• flashback

• imagery

• suspense

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

• foreshadow

• visualize

• perspective

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action

• mood

• allusion

• dystopia

• dynamic character

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change

• static character

• motivation

• tone

• utopia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

event that introduces the central conflict

• inciting incident

• sensory details

• text feature

• style

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

author's use of descriptive language

• imagery

• suspense

• irony

• propaganda

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

author's use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a story

• foreshadow

• visualize

• perspective

• historical context

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the feeling or atmosphere the author creates for the reader

• mood

• allusion

• dystopia

• autobiography

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4