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