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