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reading
terms and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | constant sounds in words |
| Atagonist | character in opposition to the protagonist |
| Antonym | the oppostite of another word |
| Author's purpose | skim the selection |
| autobiography | story of a persons life written by the person |
| Biography | story of a persons life written by another person |
| Cause and Effect | cause statements stem for actions and events |
| Characterization | the method an author uses to communicate information |
| Climax | the moment when the action of the story comes to the highest point |
| Compare and Contrast | show similarities/show differences |
| Conclusion | end of a story |
| Conflict | problem in the story |
| Character vs. Character | conflict between characters |
| Character vs. Nature | conflict between character and a force |
| Character vs. Self | internal conflict |
| Connections | text to self |
| Contex Clues | info within the reading |
| Dialogue | actual words the character speaks |
| Evaluate | examine and judge |
| Exposition | background info |
| Exposition Text | text written to explain and convey info |
| Fable | a narrative intended |
| Fact vs. opinion | something that can be proven to be true |
| Falling Action | following the climax |
| Fiction | story that isn't true |
| Figurative Language | language not taken literally |
| Flashback | author interrupts the plot |
| Folktales | stories passed through generations |
| Foreshadowing | a writting technique that gives the readers clues about events |
| Generalization | make assumptions |
| Genre | catagories of literature |
| Graphic Organizer | a diagram that is used to represent data |
| Homonym | two or more words that are pronounced alike |
| Hyperbole | an exaggerated statement |
| Imagery | words or phrases |
| Inference | reading between the lines |
| Irony | a tone that is created |
| Judge | to say if something is good or bad |
| Limerick | humerous |
| Metaphor | comparison between two unlike things |
| Mood | feeling of a person |
| Narrator | speaker of a story |
| nonfiction | true story |
| Onomatopoeia | Words whose sounds expresses their feelings |
| Oxymoron | putting two words together |
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sk8erboy15