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