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