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Reading
Terms and difinitions
Question | Answer |
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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 |