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