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English Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
alliteration the repition of initial consonant sounds in words in a sentence.example sweet smell of success.
antagonist principal charecter in opposition to the protagonist. sometimes not a person but an obsticle such as force and nature.
antonym a word that is the opposite of another word.
authors purpose why did the athor write the selection? Is the purpose to entertain, to inform or to persuade? skim the selection and attempt to determine the athors purpose before you read the selection.
autobiograph the story of a persons life written by the person
biography the story of the persons life written by another person.
cause and effect cause statments stem for actions and events, and the effects are what happen as a result of the event or action.
charecterization the mehtod and the author uses to communicate information about the charecters to the reader. the meothods include the charecters apperence, the charecters actions, and the charecters thoughts and conversations.
climax the movement when the action of the stor comes to the highest point. this usually occurs at the end of the story just before the resolutuion it is the part of the story when your preety sure you know what is going on.
compare and contrast compare means to show similarities and contrast means to show differences.
conclusion the end of the story selection.
conflict struggle between the opposing forces in literature.
charecter vs charecter a conflit between two carecters such as a family conflict.
charecter vs nature a conflict between a chareter and a force in nature such as a tornado, avalanch or extreme weather.
chareter vs self this is a conflict because the struggle takes place in a charecters mind. for example a charectermay have to decide between right and wrong or between two solutions in a problem.
connection text to self,world,or text. the rreadrer can connect what he has read with out the with somthing else.
context clues information within the treading selection that helps the reader figure out the meanings of a challengeing words.
diaolage the acual words that the charecter speaks.
evaluate TO EXAMINE AND JUDGE.
EXPOSITION the background information that the author provides about the setting, plot, charecter.
expository text text written to explain and convey information about a specific topic.
fable a narrative intenended to aconvoy a moral or lesson to the reader.
fact vs opinion is it something that can be proven to be true, or is it just someone else point of view.
falling action the part of the story following the climaxe where there is a sharp decline in dramatic tensionoccus before the resolution.
fiction any story that is the product of imagination ratther than fact.
figurtive language language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect.
flashback technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlie time, flashback is often used to provide additional information to the reader.
folktales stories passed through generations.
foreshadowing a written technique that gives readers clues about events that will happen later in the story.
generlizations when you make assumptions about different events and or chareceters and aplly them to new situations.
genre categoris of literature mystery , horror,suspense,sports,adventure.
graphic orginization a diagram that is used to represent information venn diagram, t chart, cuase and effect.
homonym two or more words that are pronouced alike but have different meaning.
hyperbole an exaggerated statment used to make a strong effect. exim dying of thirst.
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