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reading vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words in a sentence. | alliteration |
| principal character in opposition to the protagonist | antagonist |
| a word that means the opposite of another word | antonym |
| why the author wrote the selection | author's purpose |
| the story of a person's life written by the person | autobiography |
| story of person's life written by another person | biography |
| cause statements stem for actions and events, and effects, and effects are what happen as a result of the event | cause and event |
| the method an author uses to communicate information about the characters to the reader | characterization |
| the moment when the action of the story come to its highest point | climax |
| compare means to show similarities and contrast means to show differences | compare and contrast |
| the end of the reading selection | conclusion |
| struggle between opposing forces in literature | conflict |
| text to self; world; or text | connections |
| information within the reading selections that helps the reader figure out the meanings of challenging words | context clues |
| the actual words that the characters speaks | dialogue |
| to examine and judge | evaluate |
| the background info. that the author provides about the settings | exposition |
| text written to explain and convey info. about specific topic | expository text |
| a narrative intended to convey a moral or lesson | fable |
| is it something that can be proven to be true. | fact v.s. opinion |
| the part of the story following the climax where there is a sharp decline in dramatic tension | falling action |
| any story that is the product of imagination rather than fact | fiction |
| language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect | figurative language |
| technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time | flashback |
| stories passed through generations | folktales |
| a writing technique that gives readers clues about what will happen | foreshadowing |
| when you make the assumptions about different events | generalizations |
| categories of literature | genre |
| a diagram that is used to represent information | graphic organizer |
| 2 or more words that are pronounced alike but have different meanings | homonym |
| an exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect | hyperbole |
| words or phrases used specifically to help the reader to imagine each of the senses | imagery |
| reading between the lines | inference |
| a tone that is created when the speaker intends to mean that which is opposite to the words being said | irony |
| to say if something is good or bad | judge |
| light or humorous verse | limerick |
| a comparison between two unlike things | metaphor |
| the overall feeling created by the authors | mood |
| the speaker of the story | narrator |
| writing that is true and the purpose is to inform | nonfiction |
| words whose sounds express their meanings Ex. "buzz" "crash" "boom" | onomatopoeia |
| putting two contradictory words together | oxymoron |
| restate in your own words | paraphrase |
| giving lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects | personification |
| the events that occur in the story beginning with setting and ending with resolution | plot |
| writing that expresses ideas through rhythmic patterns and figurative language | poetry |
| perspective from which the story is being told | point of view |
| making an educated guess as to what will happen next | prediction |
| letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning | prefix |
| the central character in a story that is the "good guy" | protagonist |
| offer your opinion of the reading material | reaction/react |
| occurs at the end of a story and includes the story's action after the climax | resolution |
| the part of the story, including the exposition, which builds to the climax | rising action |
| a word to which prefixes and suffixes are added | root word |
| order in which the events in the story are presented to the reader | sequential order |
| the enviornment of time and place where the action of a story occurs | setting |
| a comparison between 2 unlike things by using the words like or as. | simile |
| letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning | suffix |
| a concise (short yet detailed) explanation of a reading selection | summarizing |
| details that support the main idea of a passage | supporting details |
| techniques used by author to keep readers interested in story and wondering what happens next | suspense |
| an image,object,character,or action that stands for an idea beyond its literal meaning | symbol |
| 2 or more words that have highly similar meanings | synonym |
| the underlying message of the selection that the author is trying to convey or communicate to the reader | theme |
| the clues of the story that suggests the writer's own attitude toward elements in the story | tone |
| the ability to "see" what you are reading | visualization |
| voice is the author's style, the quality that makes his/her writing unique | voice |
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