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Baehr L to J Vocab
Question | Answer |
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alliteration | a literary device the same sound starts a series of words or syllables like a tongue twister |
analogy | shows the relationship between two things |
antagonist | the person or thing working against the main character of the story, "the bad guy" |
anthology | a published collection of writings by an author or several authors |
antonym | a word that means the opposite of another word |
autobiography | a writer's story of his or her own life (subgenre of nonfiction) |
biography | a writer's account of some other person's life (subgenre of nonfiction) |
caption | a text feature- descriptive information adding the who, what, when and where located below or beside a picture |
cause and effect | a text structure (organizational pattern) that the reasons why something happens or the effects of something |
character | a person, animal, or creature that takes part in the action of a story |
climax | the high point or turning point of a story |
compare and contrast | a text structure (organizaional pattern) when the author shares the similarities and differences of a least two things |
conflict | the idea or issue the story is often written about or revolved around |
descriptive writing | a type of writing using details and the senses to help the reader clearly imagine a certain person, place, thing, or event |
drama | a genre that uses spoken dialogue to share its message and is meant to be performed in front of an audience |
essay | a short piece of nonfiction that expresses the writer's opinion or shares information about a subject (genre) |
expository writing | a type of writing for the purpose to explain something |
fable | a brief story with a moral, the characters are often animals with human characteristics (subgenre of folklore) |
fact | a statement known to be true and can be proven |
fantasy | a story that may be set in an imaginary world in which the characters usually have supernatural powers (subgenre of fiction) |
falling action | events that lead to the resolution or the end of the story (part of the plot) |
fiction | one of the major categories of literature when the facts, characters, events, and places are not real; the author makes it up to entertain the reader |
figurative language | writing techniques or literary devices authors use to create pictures in the reader's mind (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personifiction) |
folklore | a genre where the story was not originally written down, but was passed on orally from one storyteller to another (genre) |
foreshadowing | hints or clues that a writer gives to suggest what will happen next in the story |
free verse | a form of poetry when an author does not follow a certain rhyming or rhythm pattern |
genre | the name used to identify the category or type of literature (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, folklore) |
haiku | a form of poetry usually written about nature following a syllable pattern of 5, 7, 5 |
heading | the title given to a section or chapter; often larger and in bold print |
historical fiction | a made up story that is based on a real time and place in history, so fact is mixed with fiction (subgenre of fiction) |
hyperbole | an exaggerated statement, often humorous (type of figurative language) |
imagery | a writing technique or literary device focusing on the 5 senses and creates a picture in your mind (figurative language) |
inference | a reasonable conclusion about a character or what happened based on clues from the story and the reader's personal knowledge |
introduction | hints at what's to come that hooks the reader to the story or essay and gets their attention; also can be called a lead |
limerick | a form of poetry following both a rhyming pattern (A,A,B,B,A) and rhythm pattern (8,8,5,5,8) |
main idea | the key point or the message the author wants the reader to know |
metaphor | a comparison of two things not using "like" or "as" (type of figurative language) |
myth | a traditional story intended to explain some mystery of nature, religious doctrine, or cultural belief, the characters are often gods or goddesses (subgenre of folklore) |
narrative writing | a type of writing that shares an event or experience from the writer's personal life |
nonfiction | one of the major categories of literature full of information written using real facts, events, or people (essays, biographies) |
onomatopoeia | a literary device that uses words that sound like the noise they describe |
opinion | someone's personal belief about a topic, what someone thinks or believes |
paraphrase | putting ideas and information from a source into your own words |
personification | a writing technique that gives human traits to something that is not human (a type of figurative language) |
plot | the action or sequence of events in a story |
poetry | a literary work that uses concise, colorful, often rhythmic language to express ideas or emotions (genre) |
point of view | the view in which the story is written (first person, second person,third person) |
protagonist | the main character of the story |
realistic fiction | a type of literature where the characters think, act and behave as real people do; the setting is often a real place; the events could happen in real life today (subgenre of fiction) |
resolution | the end of the story (plot diagram) |
rising action | the series of events leading up to the climax of the story (plot diagram) |
rhythm | the pattern of syllables in a poem following a regular or flowing pattern |
science fiction | a type of literature often set in the future based on real or imaginary technological or scientific development (subgenre of fiction) |
sequence | a text structure (organizational pattern) where the steps are described in the order they occur (also known as order of importance) |
setting | when and where the story takes place |
simile | a comparison of two things using "like" or "as" (type of figurative language) |
sub-heading | a title given to a certain paragraph or paragraphs within a section |
synonym | a word that means the same thing as another word |
tall tale | a humorous, exaggerated story often based on the life of a real person (subgenre of folklore) |
text structure | different ways an author organizes the text (organizational patterns) to help the reader understand |
tone | a writer's attitude toward a subject |
ROOT- ped | foot |
ROOT- man, manu | hand |
ROOT- spec | look, see |
ROOT- dict | speak |
ROOT- ject | throw |
ROOT- sect | cut, separate |
ROOT- port | carry |
ROOT- miss, mit | send |
ROOT- scrib, script | to write |
ROOT- cred | believe |
ROOT- flex, flect | bend |
ROOT- ben, bene, bon | good, well |
ROOT- mal, male | bad, abnormal |
ROOT- struct | build |
chronological | a text structure (organizational pattern) where events are described in the order they happened (in order of time) |
flashback | an interruption in the story to show an event from the past |
oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory words like jumbo shrimp or brave wimp |
problem and solution | text structure (organizational pattern) that presents a problem and how it can or has been solved |
idiom | an expression like "It's raining cats and dogs." that can't be taken literally |