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