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terms and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The repetitio of initial consonant sounds in words in a sentence. |
| Antagonist | Principal character in opposition to the protagonist. Sometimes not a person but an obstacle such as force of nature, society or inner conflict. |
| Antonym | A word that is an opposite of another word |
| Authors 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 characters appearence,(2)the characters actions,(3)the characters thoughts,(4)the character's conversations,(5)the reactions of others towar |
| Climax | The moment when the action of the story comes to its highest point. This usually occurs at the end of the story just before the resolutions. It is the part of the story where you are pretty sure that you know what is going to happen to the main character. |
| Compare and Contrast | Compare means to know similarities and contrasts means to show differences |
| Conclusion | The end of the reading selection |
| Conflict | Struggle between opposing forces of literature |
| connections | text to delf;world;or text. The reader can connect what he has to 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 backround informationthat the author provides about the setting, plot, character or the other essential story elements |
| Expository | Text-text written to explain and convety informtion 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 |
| Fallin 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 similie,hyperbole) |
| Flashback | Technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time;flashback is often used to provide additional information to the reader |
| Folk Tales | Stories passed through generations |
| Foreshadowing | A writng technique that gives readers clues about events that will happen later on in the story |
| Generalization | When you make assumptions about different events/or characters and apply them to new situations |
| Genre | Categories of literature-mystery,horror,suspense realistic, sports, historical, adventure,etc. |
| Graphic Organizer | A diagram that is used to represent information-Venn Diagram, T-Charts, Sequence Chart, Cause-and-Effect, etc. |
| Homonym | Two or more words that are pronounced alike but but have different meanings. Example: aunt/ant or eight/ate |
| Hyperbole | An exaggerted staement used to make a strong effect |
| Imagery | Words and phrases used specifically to help the reader to imagine each of the senses: smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste |
| Inference | Reading 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 if something is good or bad- if you like it or not |
| Limerick | Light or humorous verse |
| Metaphor | A comparison between to unlike things notusing like or as |
| Mood | the overall feeling between 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 |
| Onomotopeia | words that expresses their meaning |
| Oxymoron | Putting two words together |
| Paraphrase | Restate in your own words. AS paraphrase is a retelling of the reading selection that includes more than just the main ideas |
| 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 | Writng that expresses ideas through rythmic patterns and figurative language |
| Point of View | Perspective from which the story is being told. The main points of view are first person(uses the pronoun I), third person limited and third person omniscient (uses the pronouns he,she,it,they) |
| Prediction | Making and educated 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 the story and includes the story's action after the climax |
| Rising Action | The part of the story, and including the exposition, which builds to the climax |
| Root Word | A word to which prefixes and suffixes are added |
| Sequential Order | Order in whichthe events in the story are presented to the reader |
| Setting | The enviroment of time and place where the action of the story occurs |
| Simile | A comparison between two unlike things by using the words like or as |
| Suffix | Letters placed in the end of a word to change its meaning |
| Summerizing | A short detailed paragraph |
| Supporting details | details that support the main ideas 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 |
| Synonym | Two or more words that have the same meanings |
| 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 | Thev ability to "see" what you are reading |
| voice | Voice is the authors style, quality that makes his or her writing unique |
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