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