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Terms and Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | the repetition of intitial consonant sounds in words in a sentence( sweet smell of success, a dime a dozen, bigger and better) |
| Antagonist | principal character in oppostion to the protagonist. Sometimes not a person but an obstacle such as a force of nature, society, or inner conflict |
| Antonym | a word that is the opposite of another word |
| Author's purpose | why did the author write the selection? Is the purpose to entertain, to inform, or to persuade? Skim the selection and attempt to determine the author's purpose before you read the selection |
| 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. the methods include the character's appearance, the character's actions, the character's thoughts, the character's conversations, and the reactions of others toward t |
| Climax | the moment when the action of the story comes to the highest point. this usually occurs at the end of the story just before the resolution. it is the part of the story where you are pretty sure you know what is going to happen next |
| compare and contrast | compare means to show similiarities 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. This type of conflict is external |
| Character vs Nature | a conflict between a character and a force in nature such as a tornado,avalanche, extreme weather conditions or any type of natural disaster. this type of conflict is external |
| Character vs self | this is an internal conflict because the struggle takes place in a character's mind. ex. a character may have to decide between right or wrong or between two solutions to a problem. Sometimes a character must deal with his/her mixed feelings or emotions a |
| connections | text to self, world, or 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 challenging words |
| dialogue | the actual words that the character speaks |
| evaluate | to examine and judge |
| exposition | the background info. that the author provides about the setting, plot, character or other essential story elements |
| Expository Text | text written to explain and convey info. about a specific 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 the product of imagination rather than fact |
| Figurative language | language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect.(personification, metaphor, simile,hyperbole) |
| flashback | technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of a earlier time;flashback is often used to provide additionalinfo. 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 | categories of literature-mystery, horror, suspense |
| graphic organizer | a diagram that is used to represent info. venn diagrams |
| homonym | two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different meanings. aunt/ant |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect |
| imagery | words or phrases used specifically to help the reader to imagine each of thesenses. touch, smell, sight, hearing, taste |
| inference | readin between the lines. taking what the author wrote and adding it to what you already know 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 something is good or bad- if you like it or don't like it |
| 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 author's words |
| narrator | the speaker of the story |
| 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, hiss, purr etc.) |
| oxymoron | putting two contradictory words together (opposites) (ex.jumbo shrimp, plastic glasses) |
| Paraphrase | restate in your own words. A paraphrase is a retelling of the reading selection that includes more than just the main ideas |
| personification | giving lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects (ex. planets danced in their orbits) |
| plot | the events that occur in the story beginning with the setting and ending with the resolution |
| poetry | writing that expresses ideas through rhythmic patterns and figurative language |
| point of view | perspective from which the story is being told. The main points of view are first person (uses I) third person limited and third person omniscients (uses 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 character experiances |
| third person omniscient point of view | "all knowing" instead of being a character in the story, the narrator is outside the story so the thoughts of all of the characters present |
| prediction | making an educacted 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 the exposition, which builds to 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 (ex.Her hair was as white as the snow.) |
| suffix | letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning |
| summarizing | a concise (short yet detailed) 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 author to keep 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 (ex.smiley face= happy or smile) |
| synonym | two or more words that have highly similiar 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. Theme may be thought of as the lesson or moral of the story |
| tone | the clues of the story that suggests the writer's own attitude toward elements in the story |
| visualization | the ability to "see" what you are reading |
| voice | voice is the author's style, the qualilty that makes his or her writing unique |
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