Question

english regents vocabulary matching #2
directions: write the word from the word bank next to its definition.

allusion adage analyze alliteration
alignment analogy antonym affix
central idea claim clause connotation
counterclaim denotation describe dialogue
diction evaluate evidence explain
fable figurative language figures of speech first person
flashback genre idiom inference
interpret irony literal main idea
metaphor mood narrative writing narrator
nuance parallel structure

1. ______ an arguable statement.
2. ______ to make clear by describing in more detail or giving relevant facts or ideas.
3. ______ spoken and written language that departs from literal meaning in both pattern and usage (e.g., personification, metaphor, hyperbole).
4. ______ the general or literal meaning of a word (e.g., home is a place where a person lives).
5. ______ a story involving events, characters, and what the characters say and do.
6. ______ the main point, message, or concept an author wants to convey to the reader through a piece of writing, acting as the unifying element around which the texts details and elements revolve. its a concise summary, often in a single sentence, that captures the essence of the entire work and provides the reader with a broad understanding of the authors perspective.
7. ______ the technique of disrupting the order of events in a story by shifting to an earlier time in order to introduce information.
8. ______ a word having the opposite meaning of another word (e.g., cool : warm).
9. ______ words or expressions with meaning other than the literal interpretation.
10. ______ to make judgments about the value of ideas, purposes, or claims of a text based on criteria and standards.
11. ______ the emotion(s) expressed by an author or artist in the rhetoric, structure, and/or perspective of his or her work.
12. ______ a group of words containing both a subject and a predicate (e.g., when she went to the store, he sang)

Explanation:

1. A claim is an arguable statement.
2. To explain means to make clear by describing in more detail or giving relevant facts or ideas.
3. Figurative language is spoken and written language that departs from literal meaning in both pattern and usage (e.g., personification, metaphor, hyperbole).
4. Denotation is the general or literal meaning of a word (e.g., home is a place where a person lives).
5. A narrative writing is a story involving events, characters, and what the characters say and do.
6. The central idea is the main point, message, or concept an author wants to convey to the reader through a piece of writing, acting as the unifying element around which the text's details and elements revolve. It's a concise summary, often in a single sentence, that captures the essence of the entire work and provides the reader with a broad understanding of the author's perspective.
7. A flashback is the technique of disrupting the order of events in a story by shifting to an earlier time in order to introduce information.
8. An antonym is a word having the opposite meaning of another word (e.g., cool : warm).
9. Idioms are words or expressions with meaning other than the literal interpretation.
10. To evaluate is to make judgments about the value of ideas, purposes, or claims of a text based on criteria and standards.
11. Mood is the emotion(s) expressed by an author or artist in the rhetoric, structure, and/or perspective of his or her work.
12. A clause is a group of words containing both a subject and a predicate (e.g., when she went to the store, he sang)

Answer:

1. Claim
2. Explain
3. Figurative language
4. Denotation
5. Narrative writing
6. Central idea
7. Flashback
8. Antonym
9. Idiom
10. Evaluate
11. Mood
12. Clause