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