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