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