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Sleepy Hollow Academic Vocabulary (match to def)

Quiz by Dr. Shanon White

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22 questions
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  • Q1
    repetition of consonant sounds, often at the beginnings of words
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q2
    force working against protagonist
    antagonist
    30s
  • Q3
    person, animal, or inanimate object carrying the action of a plot
    characters
    30s
  • Q4
    high point of plot where conflict is addressed and begins to be resolved
    climax
    30s
  • Q5
    problem driving action of plot
    conflict
    30s
  • Q6
    conflict between a character and a force outside that character in a plot; could be a struggle w/ another character, but doesn't have to be
    external conflict
    30s
  • Q7
    events in a plot that happen after the climax that help resolve the conflict
    falling action
    30s
  • Q8
    giving hints of future events in a plot
    foreshadowing
    30s
  • Q9
    exaggerating for effect or to make a point
    hyperbole
    30s
  • Q10
    synonyms: shows, demonstrates, represents, clarifies, explains
    illustrates
    30s
  • Q11
    creating sensory responses with words (sight, sound, touch, taste, hearing); making images/ pictures is most common interpretation
    imagery
    30s
  • Q12
    character struggles with self; internal problem
    internal conflict
    30s
  • Q13
    direct comparison of two unlike things; saying one this is another or describing one thing as something completely different ("Dr. White's test is a bear!")
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q14
    reader's response to a text; how a text makes a reader/ the audience feel
    mood
    30s
  • Q15
    sequence of events that make up a story
    plot
    30s

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