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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. One of the five domains; capitalization - punctuation - complete sentences - spelling - etc.
Synonym
Informational Writing
Contrast
Conventions
2. Words pronounced the same but have a different meaning and spelling
Narrative Writing
Story Elements
Style
Homophone/Homonym
3. The similarities
Effect
Compare
Fact
Focus
4. Identical or very recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of the lines
Fiction
Secondary Sources
Story Elements
Rhyme
5. A statement that is true and can be proven
Contrast
Cause
Fact
Narrative Writing
6. A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic
Generalization
Resolution
Rhyme
Secondary Sources
7. A verse of a poem
Stanza
Personification
Focus
Excerpt
8. The solution in the story
Contrast
Character Traits
Primary Sources
Resolution
9. A story that is not true; a product of imagination
Generalization
Focus
Fiction
Author's Purpose
10. The structure of a story; includes the problem and solution
Bias
Plot
Antonym
Compare
11. A writing piece that informs or explains something
Organization
Fact
Informational Writing
Generalization
12. Each character in the story is referred by the narrator as 'he' or 'she'
Stanza
Third Person Point of View
Contrast
Antonym
13. An exaggeration or overstatement
Setting
Hyperbole
Opinion
Dialogue
14. A writing piece where the writer is trying to convince or persuade the reader to agree with him or her
Opinion
Foreshadowing
Persuasive Writing
Homophone/Homonym
15. The effects of rhythm; the use of meter - imagery; examples: haiku - cinquain - etc.
Informational Writing
Poetry
Text Organization
Paraphrase
16. Using surrounding words or phrases to help you understand the meaning of a word
Context Clues
Effect
Character Traits
Summarize
17. What someone thinks or feels and can be argued
Persuasive Writing
Opinion
Alliteration
Character Traits
18. A judgment based on reasoning rather than a direct or explicit statement
Inference
Generalization
Rhyme
Simile
19. A tendency to favor one side; a prejudice
Paraphrase
Content
Biography
Bias
20. The story is relayed by a narrator who is also a character in the story; uses 'I' throughout the story
Flashback
Synonym
First Person Point of View
Autobiography
21. The turning point in a story
Hyperbole
Climax
Cause
Secondary Sources
22. One of the five domains of writing: detailed examples - sophisticated sentences; etc.
Informational Writing
Synonym
Author's Purpose
Content
23. How the author organizes the information in the story: by main ideas and details - by sequence of events - or by cause and effect - etc.
Idiom
Dialogue
Autobiography
Text Organization
24. Sources which are taken from an original work; example: books
Secondary Sources
Simile
Compare
Alliteration
25. How the author thinks or feels about a particular topic
26. Technical language of a particular group
Excerpt
Resolution
Stanza
Jargon
27. Sound effect words
Secondary Sources
Third Person Point of View
Onomatopoeia
Fact
28. A comparison of two things using like or as
Contrast
Conventions
Alliteration
Simile
29. Conversation between two characters in a story
Onomatopoeia
Contrast
Fiction
Dialogue
30. The author's central thought; the overall idea in a paragraph or passage
Context Clues
Resolution
Main Idea
Homophone/Homonym
31. Stating in your own words the important things you have read
Summarize
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Homophone/Homonym
32. To restate the information in your own words
Primary Sources
Paraphrase
Generalization
Text Organization
33. The story of a person's life written by himself or herself
Bias
Jargon
Dialogue
Autobiography
34. One of the five domains of writing; transition words - paper has a flow to it; beginning - middle - and end; sequencing
First Person Point of View
Cause
Organization
Text Organization
35. A passage taken out of a book
Excerpt
Autobiography
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
36. An idea - object - or animal given the characteristics of a person
Third Person Point of View
Cause
Content
Personification
37. A writing piece that tells a story that has a beginning - middle - and end; has characters - setting - problem & solution
Opinion
Climax
Narrative Writing
Genre
38. The introduction of a past event into a story
Primary Sources
Focus
Content
Flashback
39. A repetition of beginning sounds of two or more words
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Story Elements
40. One of the five domains of writing: adding figurative language - buzz words - sentence variety and your voice into your writing
Character Traits
Excerpt
Style
Foreshadowing
41. A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say
Jargon
Idiom
Resolution
Conventions
42. The action or event - happens first
Contrast
Nonfiction
Onomatopoeia
Cause
43. Text or first-hand account of an event; example: interview
Fiction
Main Idea
Style
Primary Sources
44. Time and place in which a story unfolds
Fact
Autobiography
Setting
Bias
45. The author's intent: to persuade - to entertain - to inform or teach
46. Having a similar meaning to the word
Paraphrase
Simile
Story Elements
Synonym
47. A category used to classify literary works: drama - historical fiction - fantasy - mystery - realistic fiction - etc.
Informational Writing
Inference
Genre
Foreshadowing
48. One of the five domains of writing: staying on topic
Style
Homophone/Homonym
Focus
Dialogue
49. Personalities of a character: honest - determined - loyal - etc.
Character Traits
Alliteration
Generalization
Author's Purpose
50. The differences
Author's Purpose
Contrast
Rhyme
Biography