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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.
Paraphrase
Primary Sources
Conventions
Hyperbole
2. Technical language of a particular group
Excerpt
Alliteration
Jargon
Author's Viewpoint
3. Words pronounced the same but have a different meaning and spelling
First Person Point of View
Homophone/Homonym
Character Traits
Stanza
4. Each character in the story is referred by the narrator as 'he' or 'she'
Onomatopoeia
Jargon
Third Person Point of View
Summarize
5. The action or event - happens first
Genre
Cause
Compare
Stanza
6. A statement that is true and can be proven
Primary Sources
Personification
Main Idea
Fact
7. The components of a narrative story: setting - characters and plot (problem and solution)
Genre
Resolution
Story Elements
Plot
8. A comparison of two things without like or as
Character Traits
Metaphor
Compare
Inference
9. How the author organizes the information in the story: by main ideas and details - by sequence of events - or by cause and effect - etc.
Focus
Text Organization
Effect
Alliteration
10. Sources which are taken from an original work; example: books
Resolution
Secondary Sources
Bias
First Person Point of View
11. The similarities
Persuasive Writing
Compare
Contrast
Dialogue
12. A writing piece that informs or explains something
Plot
Content
Dialogue
Informational Writing
13. The structure of a story; includes the problem and solution
Inference
Plot
Text Organization
Persuasive Writing
14. Text or first-hand account of an event; example: interview
Primary Sources
Autobiography
Dialogue
Fact
15. Story that is true; a product of factual information
Nonfiction
Third Person Point of View
Secondary Sources
Hyperbole
16. What someone thinks or feels and can be argued
Poetry
Opinion
First Person Point of View
Setting
17. A judgment based on reasoning rather than a direct or explicit statement
Character Traits
Inference
Generalization
Main Idea
18. A tendency to favor one side; a prejudice
Poetry
Contrast
Bias
Conventions
19. The story of a person's life written by himself or herself
Biography
Autobiography
Plot
Bias
20. The solution in the story
Resolution
Style
Bias
Alliteration
21. A writing piece where the writer is trying to convince or persuade the reader to agree with him or her
Biography
Persuasive Writing
Setting
Autobiography
22. Having a similar meaning to the word
Contrast
Author's Purpose
Climax
Synonym
23. A comparison of two things using like or as
Narrative Writing
Simile
Dialogue
Summarize
24. A passage taken out of a book
Secondary Sources
Jargon
Excerpt
Author's Viewpoint
25. A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say
Idiom
Focus
Antonym
Hyperbole
26. The differences
Context Clues
Secondary Sources
Opinion
Contrast
27. Conversation between two characters in a story
Simile
Dialogue
Alliteration
Jargon
28. To restate the information in your own words
Paraphrase
Style
Conventions
Poetry
29. The author's intent: to persuade - to entertain - to inform or teach
30. One of the five domains of writing; transition words - paper has a flow to it; beginning - middle - and end; sequencing
Stanza
Content
Bias
Organization
31. The authors hints or clues about what is going to happen in the story
Secondary Sources
Summarize
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
32. The story of a person's life written by someone else
Biography
Metaphor
First Person Point of View
Paraphrase
33. A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic
Plot
Author's Viewpoint
Style
Generalization
34. How the author thinks or feels about a particular topic
35. An idea - object - or animal given the characteristics of a person
Character Traits
Resolution
Third Person Point of View
Personification
36. The result; happens second
Alliteration
Text Organization
Effect
Foreshadowing
37. Using surrounding words or phrases to help you understand the meaning of a word
Plot
Author's Viewpoint
Biography
Context Clues
38. Stating in your own words the important things you have read
Effect
Summarize
Contrast
Story Elements
39. One of the five domains of writing: staying on topic
Jargon
Style
Personification
Focus
40. Having an opposite meaning to the word
Character Traits
Antonym
Genre
Story Elements
41. A category used to classify literary works: drama - historical fiction - fantasy - mystery - realistic fiction - etc.
Stanza
Simile
Plot
Genre
42. An exaggeration or overstatement
Hyperbole
Setting
Informational Writing
Secondary Sources
43. The effects of rhythm; the use of meter - imagery; examples: haiku - cinquain - etc.
Biography
Cause
Story Elements
Poetry
44. One of the five domains of writing: detailed examples - sophisticated sentences; etc.
Setting
Metaphor
Jargon
Content
45. One of the five domains of writing: adding figurative language - buzz words - sentence variety and your voice into your writing
Simile
Autobiography
Excerpt
Style
46. Identical or very recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of the lines
Rhyme
Idiom
Fiction
Informational Writing
47. Personalities of a character: honest - determined - loyal - etc.
Rhyme
Secondary Sources
Character Traits
Author's Purpose
48. Time and place in which a story unfolds
Cause
Dialogue
Foreshadowing
Setting
49. The introduction of a past event into a story
Text Organization
Organization
Setting
Flashback
50. The story is relayed by a narrator who is also a character in the story; uses 'I' throughout the story
Informational Writing
First Person Point of View
Jargon
Persuasive Writing