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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repitition of initial consonant sounds in words in a sentence. |
| antagonist | principal character in opposition to the protagonist. |
| antonym | a word that is the opposite of another word. |
| author's purpose | why did the author write 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 & effect | cause statements stem for actions and events, and effects are what happens as a result. |
| 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 & 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. |
| connections | text to self; world; or text. |
| context clues | information within the reading selection that helps the reader figure out the meanings of challenging words. |
| dialoge | the acutal words that the characters speaks. |
| evaluate | to examine and judge. |
| exposition | the background information that the author provides about the setting. |
| expository text | text written to explain and convey information about a specific topic. |
| fable | a narrative inted to convey a moral or lesson to the reader. |
| fact v.s. 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 a story following the climax where there is a sharp decline in dramatic tansion. |
| fiction | any story that is the product of imagination. |
| figurative language | language that cannot be taken literatly since it was written to create a special effect. |
| flashback | technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time. |
| folktales | stories passed through generations. |
| foreshadowing | a writing technique that gives readers clues about events that will happen later in the story. |
| generalization | when you make assumptions about different events and/or charaters and apply them to new situations. |
| genre | categories of literature. |
| graphic organizer | a diagram that is used to represent information. |
| homonym | two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different meanings. |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect. |
| imagery | words and phrases used specificaly to help the reader to imagine each of the senses. |
| inference | reading between the lines. |
| 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 if something is good or bad. |
| 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. |
| onomatopeia | words whose sounds express their meaning. |