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