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