Biography Vocabulary

1.

1 point

fictional adaptation

focuses on the chronology of the writer's entire life

the way a piece of literature is organized:compare/contrast, cause and effect, sequential order, problem/solution

based on a real event-the adaptation can be fictional, true, or an elaboration of the original text. This may be written in the same style as an autobiography or diary

showing similarities and differences

2.

1 point

based on one specific aspect of the writer's life

diary

autobiography

memoir

biography

3.

1 point

a belief accepted as true

rapidity

assumption

captivate

character

4.

1 point

to understand

comprehend

prehend

organizational patterns

rapture

5.

1 point

having too much confidence

consume

presumptuous

recipient

sum, sumpt

6.

1 point

to seize, to grasp, to take

rapidity

sumptuous

prehend

rapture

7.

1 point

take, use up, buy

rapidity

memoir

captivate

sum, sumpt

8.

1 point

a struggle between opposing forces. Man vs. Man, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Himself, and Man vs. Nature.

apprehend

character

conflict

autobiography

9.

1 point

showing similarities and differences

diary

apprehend

compare/contrast

consume

10.

1 point

captivate

to seize; to arrest

to use up, devour

speed; quickness

to interest greatly; to charm

11.

1 point

speed, quickness

apprehend

capacity

rapt, rap

rapidity

12.

1 point

an ability;potential

capacity

consume

rapt,rap

sum,sumpt

13.

1 point

a state of intense joy

capacity

conflict

rapture

sum, sumpt

14.

1 point

focuses on the chronology of the writer's entire life

biography

autobiography

fictional adaptation

recipient

15.

1 point

cap, capt, cip

to use up

speed;quickness

to seize,take get

take, use up, buy

16.

1 point

to seize

autobiography

comprehend

rapt, rap

captivate

17.

1 point

character

a struggle between opposing forces. Man vs. Man, Man vs. society, Man vs. himself; Man vs. nature

a person, animal or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work

having too much confidence

to interest greatly; to charm

18.

1 point

To seize; to arrest

compare/contrast

diary

prehend

apprehend

19.

1 point

To use up, devour

apprehend

recipient

sumptuous

consume

20.

1 point

the way a piece of literature is organized

compare/constrast

organizational patterns

conflict

capacity

21.

1 point

A personal, daily account of an individual's experiences and feelings.

autobiography

diary

memoir

character

22.

1 point

very luxurious or rich

sumptuous

memoir

captivate

prehend

23.

1 point

a person who gets something

autobiography

recipient

prehend

consume