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