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Reading And Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The structure of a story; includes the problem and solution
Synonym
Content
Plot
Idiom
2. One of the five domains; capitalization - punctuation - complete sentences - spelling - etc.
Conventions
Primary Sources
Contrast
Main Idea
3. The authors hints or clues about what is going to happen in the story
Idiom
Foreshadowing
Story Elements
Setting
4. A repetition of beginning sounds of two or more words
Setting
Compare
Alliteration
Rhyme
5. The result; happens second
Rhyme
Nonfiction
Opinion
Effect
6. The author's intent: to persuade - to entertain - to inform or teach
7. The story of a person's life written by himself or herself
Third Person Point of View
Homophone/Homonym
Autobiography
Flashback
8. A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic
Generalization
Homophone/Homonym
Text Organization
Alliteration
9. The solution in the story
Author's Purpose
Resolution
Opinion
Story Elements
10. Technical language of a particular group
Plot
Jargon
Excerpt
Informational Writing
11. The introduction of a past event into a story
Fiction
Metaphor
Primary Sources
Flashback
12. An idea - object - or animal given the characteristics of a person
Personification
Setting
Bias
Focus
13. An exaggeration or overstatement
Hyperbole
Author's Purpose
Contrast
Informational Writing
14. The differences
Bias
Contrast
Secondary Sources
Informational Writing
15. Conversation between two characters in a story
Personification
Informational Writing
Dialogue
Character Traits
16. A passage taken out of a book
Excerpt
Inference
Genre
Focus
17. Sources which are taken from an original work; example: books
Secondary Sources
Nonfiction
Flashback
Persuasive Writing
18. Words pronounced the same but have a different meaning and spelling
Persuasive Writing
Homophone/Homonym
Jargon
Simile
19. Text or first-hand account of an event; example: interview
Content
Style
Character Traits
Primary Sources
20. A writing piece where the writer is trying to convince or persuade the reader to agree with him or her
Cause
Persuasive Writing
Conventions
Idiom
21. Time and place in which a story unfolds
Setting
Flashback
Focus
Fiction
22. Having a similar meaning to the word
Resolution
Cause
Poetry
Synonym
23. How the author thinks or feels about a particular topic
24. A comparison of two things without like or as
Foreshadowing
Context Clues
Main Idea
Metaphor
25. A writing piece that tells a story that has a beginning - middle - and end; has characters - setting - problem & solution
Effect
Context Clues
Metaphor
Narrative Writing
26. A verse of a poem
Simile
Fiction
Stanza
Third Person Point of View
27. The author's central thought; the overall idea in a paragraph or passage
Main Idea
Narrative Writing
Homophone/Homonym
Inference
28. A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say
Idiom
Secondary Sources
Foreshadowing
Primary Sources
29. One of the five domains of writing: adding figurative language - buzz words - sentence variety and your voice into your writing
Content
Paraphrase
Conventions
Style
30. A writing piece that informs or explains something
Informational Writing
Cause
Generalization
Setting
31. Having an opposite meaning to the word
Character Traits
Antonym
Nonfiction
Contrast
32. A statement that is true and can be proven
Simile
Informational Writing
Narrative Writing
Fact
33. Stating in your own words the important things you have read
Personification
Story Elements
Plot
Summarize
34. The components of a narrative story: setting - characters and plot (problem and solution)
Setting
Story Elements
Excerpt
Author's Viewpoint
35. How the author organizes the information in the story: by main ideas and details - by sequence of events - or by cause and effect - etc.
Foreshadowing
Autobiography
Biography
Text Organization
36. Story that is true; a product of factual information
Persuasive Writing
Nonfiction
Secondary Sources
Bias
37. A tendency to favor one side; a prejudice
Persuasive Writing
Alliteration
Bias
Effect
38. The action or event - happens first
Homophone/Homonym
Plot
Third Person Point of View
Cause
39. The turning point in a story
Secondary Sources
Resolution
Main Idea
Climax
40. A judgment based on reasoning rather than a direct or explicit statement
Inference
Informational Writing
Jargon
Poetry
41. A comparison of two things using like or as
Main Idea
Synonym
Simile
Author's Purpose
42. The story of a person's life written by someone else
Conventions
Fiction
Biography
Story Elements
43. Personalities of a character: honest - determined - loyal - etc.
Hyperbole
Character Traits
Stanza
Author's Viewpoint
44. One of the five domains of writing: detailed examples - sophisticated sentences; etc.
Climax
Content
Compare
Nonfiction
45. One of the five domains of writing; transition words - paper has a flow to it; beginning - middle - and end; sequencing
Organization
Opinion
Dialogue
Fact
46. Using surrounding words or phrases to help you understand the meaning of a word
Poetry
Genre
Context Clues
Secondary Sources
47. What someone thinks or feels and can be argued
Antonym
Jargon
Opinion
Nonfiction
48. The similarities
Story Elements
Nonfiction
Flashback
Compare
49. To restate the information in your own words
Personification
Paraphrase
Contrast
Metaphor
50. Each character in the story is referred by the narrator as 'he' or 'she'
Content
Resolution
Third Person Point of View
Primary Sources