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