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