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