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