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