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