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