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