7th Grade Summer Vocabulary List
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The_Vocab_Master on July 9, 2012
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A flashcard set made as a study tool for my 7th grade summer vocabulary list. By Johnathan Starling.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect |
| antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story |
| antonym | two words that express opposing concepts |
| autobiography | An account of the writer's own life |
| biography | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
| conflict | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) |
| context | discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation |
| diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words |
| excerpt | a passage selected from a larger work |
| fact | a concept whose truth can be proved |
| fiction | a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact |
| flashback | a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story |
| foreshadowing | the act of providing vague advance indications |
| genre | a kind of literary or artistic work |
| inference | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation |
| main idea | what a piece of writing is mainly about |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity |
| moral | concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles |
| narrative | consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story |
| narrator | someone who tells a story |
| nonfiction | writing that tells about real people, places, and events |
| onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
| opinion | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty |
| personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |
| plot | the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. |
| point-of-view | the relationship of the narrator to the story |
| protagonist | the principal character in a work of fiction |
| rhyme | be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable |
| setting | the context and environment in which something is set |
| sequence | the action of following in order |
| simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') |
| suspense | excited anticipation of an approaching climax |
| synonym | two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context |
| theme | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work |
| thesis statement | a statement or sentence that states the purpose of a paper or essay |
| bibliography | the written list of all the sources used in a report or book |
| annotation | a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work |
| primary source | text that tells a first-hand account of an event; original works used when researching (letters, journals) |
| secondary source | information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event |
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