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