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