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Reading And Writing Vocab
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The action or event - happens first
First Person Point of View
Cause
Dialogue
Story Elements
2. How the author thinks or feels about a particular topic
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3. A judgment based on reasoning rather than a direct or explicit statement
Context Clues
Inference
Nonfiction
Foreshadowing
4. The introduction of a past event into a story
Style
Foreshadowing
Jargon
Flashback
5. A statement that is true and can be proven
Resolution
Secondary Sources
Fact
Synonym
6. The author's intent: to persuade - to entertain - to inform or teach
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7. The story of a person's life written by someone else
Biography
Onomatopoeia
Dialogue
Cause
8. Words pronounced the same but have a different meaning and spelling
Setting
Homophone/Homonym
Compare
Idiom
9. Story that is true; a product of factual information
Nonfiction
Third Person Point of View
Character Traits
Metaphor
10. A passage taken out of a book
Foreshadowing
Style
Idiom
Excerpt
11. What someone thinks or feels and can be argued
Content
Author's Purpose
Opinion
Jargon
12. Stating in your own words the important things you have read
Homophone/Homonym
Summarize
Text Organization
Informational Writing
13. A tendency to favor one side; a prejudice
Bias
Compare
Focus
Contrast
14. Text or first-hand account of an event; example: interview
Secondary Sources
Alliteration
Plot
Primary Sources
15. A verse of a poem
Stanza
Onomatopoeia
Story Elements
Excerpt
16. Using surrounding words or phrases to help you understand the meaning of a word
Nonfiction
Context Clues
Metaphor
Fact
17. The differences
Nonfiction
Antonym
Organization
Contrast
18. One of the five domains of writing: detailed examples - sophisticated sentences; etc.
Cause
Text Organization
Antonym
Content
19. Technical language of a particular group
Jargon
Metaphor
Conventions
Inference
20. Each character in the story is referred by the narrator as 'he' or 'she'
Nonfiction
Excerpt
Third Person Point of View
Setting
21. Conversation between two characters in a story
Third Person Point of View
Flashback
Dialogue
Narrative Writing
22. Time and place in which a story unfolds
Persuasive Writing
Setting
Plot
Inference
23. Personalities of a character: honest - determined - loyal - etc.
Jargon
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Character Traits
24. A story that is not true; a product of imagination
Nonfiction
Fiction
Simile
First Person Point of View
25. Sources which are taken from an original work; example: books
Compare
Secondary Sources
Poetry
Simile
26. A writing piece where the writer is trying to convince or persuade the reader to agree with him or her
Summarize
Persuasive Writing
Informational Writing
Bias
27. An idea - object - or animal given the characteristics of a person
Personification
Rhyme
Synonym
First Person Point of View
28. A writing piece that tells a story that has a beginning - middle - and end; has characters - setting - problem & solution
Setting
Biography
Contrast
Narrative Writing
29. The author's central thought; the overall idea in a paragraph or passage
Synonym
Author's Purpose
Main Idea
Summarize
30. Having a similar meaning to the word
Content
Synonym
Bias
Climax
31. The structure of a story; includes the problem and solution
Resolution
Plot
Secondary Sources
Autobiography
32. A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say
Idiom
Effect
Biography
Simile
33. Identical or very recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of the lines
Summarize
Rhyme
Hyperbole
Paraphrase
34. One of the five domains of writing: staying on topic
Rhyme
Hyperbole
Resolution
Focus
35. The components of a narrative story: setting - characters and plot (problem and solution)
Genre
Synonym
Story Elements
Organization
36. A comparison of two things using like or as
Resolution
Text Organization
Simile
Stanza
37. The similarities
Compare
Primary Sources
Rhyme
Jargon
38. One of the five domains; capitalization - punctuation - complete sentences - spelling - etc.
Conventions
Simile
Fact
Personification
39. An exaggeration or overstatement
Author's Purpose
Hyperbole
Foreshadowing
Climax
40. Sound effect words
Fiction
Flashback
Onomatopoeia
Foreshadowing
41. The story of a person's life written by himself or herself
Biography
Autobiography
Author's Viewpoint
Fact
42. The turning point in a story
Inference
Climax
Informational Writing
Autobiography
43. A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic
Story Elements
Foreshadowing
Generalization
Style
44. The result; happens second
Autobiography
Bias
Effect
Story Elements
45. One of the five domains of writing; transition words - paper has a flow to it; beginning - middle - and end; sequencing
Third Person Point of View
Author's Viewpoint
Fact
Organization
46. How the author organizes the information in the story: by main ideas and details - by sequence of events - or by cause and effect - etc.
Text Organization
Homophone/Homonym
Excerpt
Setting
47. The story is relayed by a narrator who is also a character in the story; uses 'I' throughout the story
Informational Writing
Simile
Personification
First Person Point of View
48. To restate the information in your own words
Metaphor
Setting
Paraphrase
Autobiography
49. A writing piece that informs or explains something
Informational Writing
Plot
Rhyme
Climax
50. The authors hints or clues about what is going to happen in the story
Summarize
Foreshadowing
Primary Sources
Character Traits