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Reading And Writing Vocab
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The story is relayed by a narrator who is also a character in the story; uses 'I' throughout the story
First Person Point of View
Setting
Flashback
Author's Viewpoint
2. The story of a person's life written by himself or herself
Autobiography
Inference
Metaphor
Personification
3. A tendency to favor one side; a prejudice
Main Idea
Bias
Paraphrase
Content
4. The story of a person's life written by someone else
Inference
Compare
Biography
Conventions
5. Time and place in which a story unfolds
Biography
Setting
Context Clues
Opinion
6. The differences
Contrast
Focus
Setting
Author's Purpose
7. One of the five domains; capitalization - punctuation - complete sentences - spelling - etc.
Organization
Narrative Writing
Text Organization
Conventions
8. The solution in the story
Contrast
Fiction
Flashback
Resolution
9. The authors hints or clues about what is going to happen in the story
Bias
Autobiography
Foreshadowing
Narrative Writing
10. A passage taken out of a book
Excerpt
Content
Genre
Inference
11. Technical language of a particular group
Jargon
Effect
Compare
Third Person Point of View
12. Identical or very recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of the lines
Onomatopoeia
Cause
Rhyme
Plot
13. A writing piece that tells a story that has a beginning - middle - and end; has characters - setting - problem & solution
Narrative Writing
Rhyme
Contrast
Dialogue
14. A category used to classify literary works: drama - historical fiction - fantasy - mystery - realistic fiction - etc.
Effect
Genre
Bias
Autobiography
15. The components of a narrative story: setting - characters and plot (problem and solution)
Fact
Secondary Sources
Story Elements
Excerpt
16. How the author thinks or feels about a particular topic
17. One of the five domains of writing: staying on topic
Inference
Cause
Focus
Summarize
18. Text or first-hand account of an event; example: interview
Synonym
Homophone/Homonym
Primary Sources
Fact
19. An idea - object - or animal given the characteristics of a person
Narrative Writing
Effect
Resolution
Personification
20. The action or event - happens first
Bias
Text Organization
Cause
Author's Viewpoint
21. The result; happens second
Idiom
Effect
Summarize
Jargon
22. A comparison of two things without like or as
Secondary Sources
Resolution
Metaphor
Narrative Writing
23. A verse of a poem
Stanza
Hyperbole
Nonfiction
Idiom
24. A story that is not true; a product of imagination
Focus
Story Elements
Primary Sources
Fiction
25. Sound effect words
Autobiography
Text Organization
Generalization
Onomatopoeia
26. Using surrounding words or phrases to help you understand the meaning of a word
Jargon
Idiom
Context Clues
Hyperbole
27. Having a similar meaning to the word
Flashback
Effect
Synonym
Foreshadowing
28. What someone thinks or feels and can be argued
Focus
Homophone/Homonym
Opinion
Autobiography
29. An exaggeration or overstatement
Personification
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
30. The author's central thought; the overall idea in a paragraph or passage
Narrative Writing
Genre
Foreshadowing
Main Idea
31. The effects of rhythm; the use of meter - imagery; examples: haiku - cinquain - etc.
Metaphor
Poetry
Effect
Compare
32. A statement that is true and can be proven
Genre
Compare
Primary Sources
Fact
33. Conversation between two characters in a story
Nonfiction
Homophone/Homonym
Dialogue
Author's Viewpoint
34. The introduction of a past event into a story
Flashback
Fact
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
35. One of the five domains of writing; transition words - paper has a flow to it; beginning - middle - and end; sequencing
Opinion
Plot
Flashback
Organization
36. A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic
Author's Purpose
Generalization
Conventions
Inference
37. The author's intent: to persuade - to entertain - to inform or teach
38. The turning point in a story
Climax
Generalization
Third Person Point of View
Rhyme
39. One of the five domains of writing: detailed examples - sophisticated sentences; etc.
Bias
Content
Story Elements
Focus
40. Personalities of a character: honest - determined - loyal - etc.
Hyperbole
Author's Purpose
Character Traits
Poetry
41. A writing piece that informs or explains something
Persuasive Writing
Informational Writing
Author's Purpose
Synonym
42. Stating in your own words the important things you have read
Hyperbole
Text Organization
Summarize
Foreshadowing
43. Having an opposite meaning to the word
Paraphrase
Content
Setting
Antonym
44. The similarities
Compare
Cause
Homophone/Homonym
Hyperbole
45. One of the five domains of writing: adding figurative language - buzz words - sentence variety and your voice into your writing
Bias
Text Organization
Antonym
Style
46. To restate the information in your own words
Paraphrase
Narrative Writing
Genre
Character Traits
47. Sources which are taken from an original work; example: books
Conventions
Secondary Sources
Fact
Content
48. A judgment based on reasoning rather than a direct or explicit statement
Dialogue
Hyperbole
Inference
Fiction
49. Story that is true; a product of factual information
Foreshadowing
Setting
Nonfiction
Conventions
50. How the author organizes the information in the story: by main ideas and details - by sequence of events - or by cause and effect - etc.
Setting
Text Organization
Excerpt
Personification