1. Name: _______________________________________ Date: _____________ ELA Period: 7-1 7-2 7-3 7-5 (circle one) ELA Teacher: Ms. Hines Ms. Hines/Mrs. Miller (circle one) Griffin Middle School ELACC7L6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Vocabulary Term DefinitionHow can I remember it? Narrator a _______ who tells the story of events, experiences, etc. Plot The _______ that make up a story, play, or movie. ThemeThe main ______ or overall message of a piece of literature; the overall __________ that the author wants to get across. Suspensea state of mental uncertainty or _______________, as in awaiting a decision or outcome. CharacterizationThe ______________ of the personalities of the characters in the story and the ______ in which an author reveals their personalities Flashbackan event from the _____ that appears in a narrative to fill in or ___________ Character MotivesThe reasons why characters ______, feel, or _____ the way they do Author’s PurposeThe author’s ________ for writing  To inform  To _________  To entertain  To express an __________ Dramaperformed play: a serious _____ written for performance on ________, television, or radio 1

2. Vocabulary Term DefinitionHow can I remember it? Memoir A memoir is a record of ______ written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on _________observation. Dynamic CharacterA character who undergoes a _______ because of the ______in the story Round Character Characters that are described in depth, with ______ details, are well- rounded characters. A character with _____ personalities both ______ and ________. Static Character A character whose personality _____________________ in the story. Flat CharacterA character that has very ______ information provided ______ him in the story. GenreA _________ or type of literature. Category in which a work of literature is classified Inter/Inference To form an _______ about something by making a reasonable _____ or suggestion; to make an educated guess based on what ____ _____ _____ in the text. Textual EvidenceUsing _____, phrases, etc. from a literary work (writing) to _____ your judgment or __________. ToneThe __________ of the author ______ the reader or the ______ matter of a literary work. MoodThe __________ or atmosphere that a writer _______; the way someone ________ about or thinks about something. ForeshadowingThe use of hints or __________ to suggest what will __________ later in the __________ or __________. 2

3. Vocabulary Term DefinitionHow can I remember it? DictionThe author’s ______________ of words. DenotationThe straightforward ______________________definition. ConnotationThe ideas and __________________ associated with the word  Positive: a ___________ thing  Negative: a ___________ thing  Neutral: _____________ good or bad SyntaxRefers to the arrangement – the _________, grouping and placement of words within a ___________. ImageryImagery is a ________ or phrase that __________ how something looks, smells, ______, sounds, or ______. ImageAn image is a _____ or phrase that ______ to one of our senses. SymbolismSymbols are usually _______, places, objects, or _____ that represent things that you _______ physically touch. Figurative LanguageLanguage that contains or uses _______ of speech. AlliterationRepetition of the _________ consonant Onomatopoeia____________ that are __________. SimileA way of ___________ something else by comparing it _____ “like” or “as”. MetaphorA way of describing something by comparing it to something else _______________ using “like” or “as”. OnomatopoeiaWords that are ________. PersonificationTo ____________ something that is _____ human as if it had human characteristics. 3

4. Vocabulary Term DefinitionHow can I remember it? HyperboleA big _____ or exaggeration Idioms Expressions made up of _______ that have meanings other than their literal (truthful) _________________ Analogies Shows a ______________ between _________ things Point of View Point of view is the ________from which a writer ______ a story. A writer tells a story through the ____________ of a narrator. - omniscient the narrator plays ___________________in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling - third-person limitedthe narrator plays _________________in the story but zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of ____________ character. - first person the narrator is _______________in the story and tells the story using the first-person pronoun I. Please study your vocabulary words each night! …Quiz coming soon!!! 4