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