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Reading
Terms and Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds in the words in a sentance. |
| Antagonist | principal charater in opposition to the protagonist. |
| Antonym | a word that is the opposite of another word. |
| Autobiography | the story of a person's life written by the person. |
| Biography | the story of a person's life written 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. |
| Characterization | the method an author uses to communicate information about the characters to the reader |
| climax | the moment when the action of the story comes to its highest point. |
| Compare and Contrast | compare means to show similarities and contrast means to show differences. |
| Conclusion | the end of the reading selection. |
| Conflict | struggle between opposing forces in literture |
| Character vs. Character | a conflict between characters such as family conflict |
| Character vs. Nature | a conflict between a character and a force in nature such as a tornado |