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Reading
terms and definations
Question | Answer |
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alliteration | consonant sounds EX.jump for joy bigger and better |
antagonist | principle charecter in opposition to the prot agonist |
antonym | a word that is the opposite of another word |
author's purpose | why did the author write the selection Ex to entertain, Inform, to Persuade |
autobiography | the story of a persons life written by a person |
Biography | the story of a persons life written by another person |
cause and effect | cause-action Effect- result of the action |
Charecterization | author communicate information the methods include The charecters apperence,Action ,thoughts, conversations Reaction toward others |
climax | the moment where the actiom comes to the highest point |
compare and contrast | show similarities and contrast means to differences |
conclusion | the end of the reading selection |
conflict | struggle between opposing forces in literature |
text to self , world or text | connection |
information within the reading selection to find meaning of challenging words | context clues |
the actual words charecters speaks | dialogue |
the examine and judge | evaluate |
the backround information | exposition |
written information to explain a specific topic | expository text |
a narritive intended to moral or lesson | fable |
is it something that can be proven or is it a persons point of view | Fact vs. opinion |
the dramatic tension declines | falling action |
imagination rather than fact | Fiction |