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Reading
Terms and difinitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the constant sounds in words with the same sound |
| antangonist | society or inner conflict |
| antomym | a word that is different from another |
| author's purpose | why did the auther write it |
| autobiography | the story of a person's life |
| biography | the story of a persons life by another person |
| cause and effect | cause statement and effects are what happened |
| characterization | the method the auther uses |
| climax | the turning point of a story |
| compare and contrast | compare show similarities and contrast is differences |
| conclusion | the end of a reading |
| conflict | strougle between forces |
| connections | text to self world and self |
| context clues | inform within the reading selection |
| dialogue | the words a person speakes |
| eveluate | to examin and judge |
| exposition test | text writen to expiane |
| fable | a narrative intended |
| fact vs opinion | it is something that can be proven |
| falling action | the part of the story following the climax |
| fiction | any story that is the product |
| figurative language | fake language |
| flashback | an thing that happened in the past |
| foreshadowing | a writing technique that gives clues |
| generalazations | when you make assumptions |
| genre |