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terms and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words in a sentence. |
| Atagonist | Principal character in opposition to the protagonist. Sometimes not a person but a obstacle such as a force of nature, society or inner conflict. |
| Antonym | A word that is opposite of another word. |
| Autobiography | A story of a person's life writen by the person. |
| Biography | A story of a person's life writen by another person. |
| Cause and Efffect | Cause statements stem for actions and events, and effects are what happens as a result of the event or action. |
| Characterization | The method an auther 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 literature. |
| Character vs. Character | A conflict between characters such as family conflict, trouble with a bully or difficulties in romance. |
| Character vs. Nature | A conflict between a character and a force of nature such as a tornado, avalanche, xtreme weather conditions or any type of natural disaster. |
| Character vs. Self | This is an internal conflict because the struggle takes place in a character's mind. |
| Connections | Text to self; world; or text. The reader can connect what he has read with something else. |
| Context Clues | In formation within the reading selection that helps the reader figure out the meanings of challenging words. |
| Dialouge | The actual words that the character speaks. |
| Evaluate | To examine and judge. |
| Exposition | The backround informationthat the auther provides about the setting, plot, character or essential story elements. |
| Expository Text | Text writen to complain and convey information about aspecific topic. |
| Fable | A narrative intended to convey 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's point of view? |
| Falling Action | The part of the story following the climax where there is a sharp decline in dramatic tension; this occurs just before the resolution. |
| Fiction | Any story that is a product of imagination rather than fact. |
| Figurative Language | Language that can not be taken literally since it was writen to creat a special effect. |
| Flashback | Technique in which the auther interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of earlier time; flashback is often used to provide additional information to the reader. |
| Folktales | Stories passed through generations. |
| Foreshadowing | A writing technique that gives readers clues about events that will happen later in the story. |
| Generalizations | When you make assumptions about different events and/or characters and apply them to new situations. |
| Genre | Catigories of literature-mystery, horror, suspence, realistic, sports, historical, adventure, ect. |
| Graphic Organizer | A diagram that is used to represent information-Venn Diagram, T-chart, Sequence Chart, Cause-Effect Chart, ect. |
| Homonym | Two or more that are pronounced alike but have different meanings. |
| Hyperbole | An exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect. |
| Imagery | Words and phrases used specifically to help the reader to image each of the sences: Smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste. |
| Inference | Reading between the lines. |
| Irony | A tone that is created whenthe speaker intends to mean that which is opposite to the words they are saying. |
| Judge | To say if someone is good or bad-if you like ti or you don't. |
| Limerick | Light or humorous verse. |
| Metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as. |
| Mood | The overall feeling created by the auther's words. |
| Narrator | The speaker of the story. |
| Nonfiction | Writing that is true and the purpose is to inform. |
| Onomatopoeia | Words whose sounds express their meaning. |
| Oxymoron | Putting two contradictory words together. |
| Paraphrase | Restate in your own words. |
| Personification | Giving lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects. |
| Plot | The events that occur in the story beginning with the setting and ending with the resolution. |
| Poetry | Writing that expresses ideas through rythmitic patterns and figurative language. |
| Point of View | Perspective from which the story is being told. |
| Prediction | Making and educated guess as to what will happen next. |
| Prefix | Letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. |
| Protagonst | 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 the story and includes the story's action after the climax. |
| Root Word | A word to which prefixes and suffixes are added. |
| Sequential Order | Order in which the events in the story are presented to the reader. |
| Setting | The environment of time and place where the action of a story occurs. |
| Simile | A comparison between 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 consice explanation of a reading selection. |
| Supporting Details | Details that support the main idea of the passage. |
| Suspence | Techniques used by the auther ot keep the readers interested in the story and wondering what will happen next. |
| Symbole | An image, object, character or action that stands for an idea beyond its literal meaning. |
| Synonym | Two or more words that have highly similar meanings. |
| Theme | The underlying message of the selaction that the author is trying to convey or communicate to the reader. |
| Tone | The clues of the story that suggest the writers own attitude toward elements in the story. |
| Visualization | The ability to "see" what you are reading. |
| Voice | Voice is the auther's style, the quality that makes his or her writing unique. |
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