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