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English Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repitition of inital consonant sounds in words in a sentence. |
| antagonist | principle chartacter in opposition to the protagonist. something not a person but an obstacle such a force of nature, socitey or inner conflict. |
| antonym | a word that is the oppsite of another word. |
| anthors purpose | why did the author write the section? is the purpose to the entertain to inform or perswade? skim the sectionand attempt to determine the authors purpose before to read the section. |
| autobibgraphy | the story of a person life writtin by the person. |
| biography | the story of someones life writtin by another person. |
| cause and effect | cause statements stem for actions and events , and effects are what happen as a result of the event or action. |
| charactorazation | the method an auother uses to comminunicate information about the characters to the reader. |
| climax | the movement when the action of the story comes to its highest point. |
| compare and contrast | compare means to show similaries and contract ments to show differnences. |
| conlusion | the end a the story. |
| conflit | stuggle between other forces in literature. |
| character vs character | a conflict between characters. |
| character vs nature | when the character is in extream weather conditions. |
| character vs self. | when a conflit is in someones mind. |
| connection | the reader can connect to the story. |
| context clues | info within the reading section that helps the reader figures out the meaning of hard words. |
| dialouge | the actual words that the character speaks. |
| evaluate | to examin or judge. |
| exposition | the backround info that the author provides about the setting , plot, character. |
| expository text | text writtin to explain and convey info about the subject. |
| fable | a narritive intented to conveny a moral or lession to the reader. |
| fact vs opinion | is it something that can be proven true. |
| falling action | the part of the story following the climax where there is a sharp decline in dramatic tension. |
| fiction | a story that is not true. |
| falling action | the part of the story following the climax where there is a sharp decline in dramatic tension. |
| figurative language | language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect. |
| flashback | to go back in time |
| folktales | a writing technique that gives the reader clues about the event that will later happen in the story. |
| generalzations | when you make assumptions about different events in the story. |
| genre | categories of literature. |
| graphic organizer | a diagram used to organize infomation. |
| homonym | two or more words that are pronounced the same but have a differnt meaning. |
| hyperbole | a exaggeration |
| imagery | words used to make the reader use his 5 sences. |
| inference | a edducated guess. |
| irony | saying something but it means the oppsite. |
| judge | to say if something is good or bad. |
| limerick | humorous verse. |
| metaphor | a comparison between two unlikely things without using like or as. |
| mood | the overall felling of the authors words. |
| narrator | the speaker of the story |
| nonfiction | a book that is true. |
| onomatopedia | words the use sounds. like buzz bang ect. |
| oxymoron | putting to different meaning words together. pretty ugly, plactic glasses ect. |
| paraphase | put in your own words. |
| personification | giving lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects. |
| plot | events that happen in the beggining of a story and end with the resolution. |
| poetry | expresses ideas in a rymthmic pattern. |
| point of view | main points of the story. things that standout. |
| prediction | a educated guess |
| prefix | letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. |
| protagonist | the central character in a story "the good guy" |
| reaction | you oppinion of the reading novle. |
| resoultion | occurs at the end of a story an includes the story's action after the climax. |
| rising action | th part of the story, including the exposition, which bulids to the climax. |
| root words | a word to which prefixes and suffixes are added. |
| sequential order | order in which the events in the story are persented to the reader. |
| setting | the place where the story takes place. |
| simile | a comparison using like or as. |
| suffix | letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning. |
| summarizing | to write down the main points in your story |
| supporting details | details that support the main parts in the story. |
| suspence | to keep the reader thinking what will happen next. |
| symbol | a image beyond in literal meaning |
| synonym | two or more words that have a similar meaning. |
| theme | the underlying message of the selection that the author is trying to conveny or communicate to the reader. |
| tone | the additude of your author |
| visualzation | the ability to see what you are reading. |
| voice | the author style. |
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