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Reading And Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A writing piece where the writer is trying to convince or persuade the reader to agree with him or her
Fact
Persuasive Writing
Informational Writing
Flashback
2. Using surrounding words or phrases to help you understand the meaning of a word
Context Clues
Antonym
Synonym
Fiction
3. One of the five domains of writing: detailed examples - sophisticated sentences; etc.
Secondary Sources
Resolution
Organization
Content
4. Identical or very recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of the lines
Organization
Cause
Contrast
Rhyme
5. How the author thinks or feels about a particular topic
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6. Time and place in which a story unfolds
Antonym
Author's Viewpoint
Setting
Homophone/Homonym
7. Technical language of a particular group
Jargon
Character Traits
Primary Sources
Autobiography
8. A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say
Third Person Point of View
Rhyme
Idiom
Opinion
9. To restate the information in your own words
Idiom
Personification
Effect
Paraphrase
10. Conversation between two characters in a story
Dialogue
Autobiography
Generalization
Foreshadowing
11. Story that is true; a product of factual information
Context Clues
Inference
Nonfiction
Autobiography
12. A comparison of two things without like or as
Metaphor
Main Idea
Rhyme
Bias
13. The similarities
Compare
Personification
First Person Point of View
Bias
14. Words pronounced the same but have a different meaning and spelling
Rhyme
Foreshadowing
Resolution
Homophone/Homonym
15. Sound effect words
Cause
First Person Point of View
Conventions
Onomatopoeia
16. A repetition of beginning sounds of two or more words
Alliteration
Author's Purpose
Stanza
Style
17. A statement that is true and can be proven
Hyperbole
Stanza
Secondary Sources
Fact
18. Having an opposite meaning to the word
Nonfiction
Focus
Author's Purpose
Antonym
19. One of the five domains of writing; transition words - paper has a flow to it; beginning - middle - and end; sequencing
Setting
Organization
Effect
Secondary Sources
20. What someone thinks or feels and can be argued
Style
Nonfiction
Foreshadowing
Opinion
21. Text or first-hand account of an event; example: interview
Simile
Primary Sources
Author's Viewpoint
Onomatopoeia
22. A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic
Contrast
Generalization
Nonfiction
Effect
23. An idea - object - or animal given the characteristics of a person
Setting
Personification
Synonym
Poetry
24. The result; happens second
Effect
Text Organization
Climax
Metaphor
25. How the author organizes the information in the story: by main ideas and details - by sequence of events - or by cause and effect - etc.
Rhyme
Primary Sources
Effect
Text Organization
26. Each character in the story is referred by the narrator as 'he' or 'she'
Paraphrase
Idiom
Simile
Third Person Point of View
27. Sources which are taken from an original work; example: books
Secondary Sources
Resolution
Hyperbole
Plot
28. A tendency to favor one side; a prejudice
Main Idea
Bias
Climax
Hyperbole
29. The differences
Contrast
Summarize
Hyperbole
Third Person Point of View
30. The solution in the story
Resolution
Author's Purpose
Inference
Metaphor
31. The components of a narrative story: setting - characters and plot (problem and solution)
Story Elements
Character Traits
Flashback
Onomatopoeia
32. A writing piece that tells a story that has a beginning - middle - and end; has characters - setting - problem & solution
Narrative Writing
Author's Viewpoint
Fact
Nonfiction
33. The introduction of a past event into a story
Plot
Character Traits
Stanza
Flashback
34. The effects of rhythm; the use of meter - imagery; examples: haiku - cinquain - etc.
Story Elements
Focus
Context Clues
Poetry
35. The story of a person's life written by himself or herself
Summarize
Metaphor
Fact
Autobiography
36. A comparison of two things using like or as
Plot
Autobiography
Simile
Onomatopoeia
37. Having a similar meaning to the word
Fiction
Context Clues
Synonym
Plot
38. One of the five domains of writing: adding figurative language - buzz words - sentence variety and your voice into your writing
Inference
Simile
Style
Persuasive Writing
39. The authors hints or clues about what is going to happen in the story
Foreshadowing
Alliteration
Flashback
First Person Point of View
40. A writing piece that informs or explains something
Content
Setting
Primary Sources
Informational Writing
41. A passage taken out of a book
Excerpt
Onomatopoeia
Context Clues
Effect
42. A verse of a poem
First Person Point of View
Informational Writing
Stanza
Fact
43. The story is relayed by a narrator who is also a character in the story; uses 'I' throughout the story
Focus
Poetry
Synonym
First Person Point of View
44. The action or event - happens first
Cause
Opinion
Conventions
Dialogue
45. Personalities of a character: honest - determined - loyal - etc.
Personification
Character Traits
Effect
Fiction
46. The author's intent: to persuade - to entertain - to inform or teach
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47. The structure of a story; includes the problem and solution
Biography
First Person Point of View
Summarize
Plot
48. An exaggeration or overstatement
Resolution
Main Idea
Summarize
Hyperbole
49. A judgment based on reasoning rather than a direct or explicit statement
Author's Purpose
Paraphrase
Inference
Contrast
50. Stating in your own words the important things you have read
Summarize
Excerpt
Hyperbole
Primary Sources