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