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Reading vocabulary
terms and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words in a sentence.EX:sweet smell of success, a dime a dozen, bigger and better, jump for joy |
| Antagonist | principal character in opposition to the protagonist. Sometimes not a person but and obstacle such as a force of nature, society of inner conflict. |
| Antonym | A word that is the opposite of another word. |
| Autor's purpose | Why did the author write the selection? Is the purpose to entertain, inform, of pusuade? Skim the section and attempt to determine the author's purpose before you read the selection. |
| Autobiography | the story of a peorson's life written by the person |
| Biography | the story of a person's life written by another person |
| Cause and Effect | cause statements sten for actions and events, and effects are what happen as a result of the event or action |
| Characterization | The method an autor uses to communicate information about the characters to the reader. |
| Climax | the moment of the story when the action of the story comes to its highest point.This usually occurs right befor the resolution. |
| Compare and Contrast | Compare means to show similarities and contrast means to show differences. |
| Conclusion | The end of the reading selection. |
| Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces in literature. |
| Character vs. Character | a conflict between characters such as family conflict, trouble with a bully or diffucluties in romance |
| Character vs. Nature | A conflict between a character and a force in nature such as a tornado, avalance, extereme weather conditions or any type of natural disaster. |
| Character vs. Self | this is an internal conflict because the struggle takes place in the mind. |
| Connections | Text to self; world; of text. The reader can connect what he has read with something else. |
| Context Clues | Information within the reading selection that helps the reader figure out the meanings of chalenging words. |
| Dialogue | The actual words that the character speaks. |
| Evaluate | To examine and judge. |
| Exposition | The backround information that the author provides about the setting, plot, character, or other essential story elements. |
| Expository Text | Text written to explain and convey information about a specific topic. |
| Fable | =A narrative intended to covey a moral ofr lesson to the reader. |
| Fact vs. Opinion | Is it something that can be proven to be true, or is it just someone elses point of view? |
| Falling action | the part of the story following the climax where there is aa sharp decline in dramatic tension; this occurs just before the resolution |
| fiction | Any story that is the product of imagination rather than fact. |
| figurative Language | language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect |
| flashback | technique in which the author intterupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time; flashback is often used to provide additional information to the reader. |
| folktales | stories passed through generations. |
| foreshadowing | a writing technique that gives the reader clues about events that will happen later in the story. |
| Generalizations | When you make assumtions about different events and/or characters and apply them to new situations. |
| Genre | Categories of literature- mystery, horror, suspense, realistic, sports, historical, adventure, etc. |
| Graphic organizer | A diagram that is used to represent information- venn diagram, t-chart, Cause-Effect chart, etc. |
| Homonym | two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different meanings. |
| Hyperbole | An exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect. EX: "I'm dying of thirst!!" |
| Imagery | Words and phrases usesd specifically to help the reader imagine each if the senses: smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste. |
| Inference | reading between the lines. talking about what the author wrote and adding it to what you already know about to make an assumption. |
| Irony | a tone that is created when the speaker intends to mean that which is opposite to the words they are saying. |
| Judge | to say if something is good or bad- if you like it or not. |
| Limerick | light or humorous verse. |
| Meataphor | a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as. EX: Joe is a lion on the playing field. |
| mood | the overall feeling created by the author's words. |
| narrator | the speaker of thestory. |
| Nonfiction | Writing that is true and the purpose is to inform. Nonfiction communicates knowledge about real people, events, and/or situations. |
| onomatopoeia | Words whose sounds express their meaning. EX:"buzz," Crash," "whirr," "clang," "purr," "squeak," "mumble," "hush," "boom." |
| oxymoron | Putting two contradictory words together. EX: "Jumbo shrimp," "plastic glasses," "terribly please," "pretty ugly." |
| Paraphrase | Resate in your own words. A paraphrase is a retelling of the reading selection that includes more than just the main ideas. |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects. EX: "Planets danced their orbit. |
| Plot | The events othat occur in the story beginning with the setting and ending with the resolution. |
| Poetry | Writing that expresses ideas through rythmic patterns and figurative language. |
| Point Of View | prespective from which the story is being told. The main points of view are first person (uses the pronoun I, Third person limitedand third person omniscient (uses the pronouns he she it they). |
| Third person limited point of view | The story is told from the view point of a character; as a result the reader is only exposed to what that charater experiences. |
| Third person omniscient point of view | "all knowing" instead of being a character in the story, the narrator is outside the story so thoughts of all of the characters are present. |
| prediction | making an educated guess as to what will happen next. |
| Prefix | letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. |
| Protagonist | the central character in a story that is the "good guy." |
| reaction/react | offer your own opinion of the reading material |
| Resolution | occurs at the end of a story and includes the story's action after the climax. |
| Rising Action | The part of the story, including th exposition, which builds to the climax. |
| Root Word | A word to which prefixes and suffixes are added. |
| Sequential Order | order in which the eventsin the story are presented to the reader. |
| setting | the enviroment of time and place where the action of a story occurs. |
| simile | a comparison betveen two unlike things by using the words like or as. |
| Suffix | letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning |
| summarizing | a concise explanation of a reading selection. A summary contains only the main ideas. |
| Supporting details | details that support the main idea of the passage |
| suspense | techniques used by the autor to keep the readers interested in the story and wondering what will happen next. |
| symbol | an image, object, character, or action that stands for an idea beyond its literal meaning. :) = smile or happy |
| synonym | two or more words that have highly similar meanings. EX: slim/skinny/lean/thin |
| theme | the underlying message of the selection that the author is trying to convey or communicate to the reader. |
| tone | the clues of the story that suggest the writer's omn attitude toward elements in the story. |
| Visualization | the ability to "see" what you are reading. |
| voice | woice is the author's style, the quality that makes his or her writing unique. |
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