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Reading Terms
2010
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| author's purpose | to inform or teach about something, to persuade reader to do something, to entertain or tell a story |
| bias | a judgement based on a personal point of view |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words |
| cause and effect | a form of text organization whre cause stems from acitons and events, and effect are what happen as a result of the action or event |
| climax | the turning point in a narrative |
| conflict/problem | a struggle a character or characters face |
| exaggeration | to make an overstatement or to stretch the truth |
| expository text | text written to explain and convey information about a specific topic |
| first person | point of view in which the author uses I and my |
| main idea | author's central thought of the main topic of a passage |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object |
| personification | an object that is given human qualities |
| plot | the structure of a story |
| problem/solution | text organization structure where a problem is presented and possible solutions are also presented |
| bandwagon | appeal to reader because it is popular or "everyone is doing it" |
| emotional appeal | appeal to reader by playing on emotions rather than logic |
| testimonial | appeal to reader by using a famous person to endorse product or idea |
| repetition | appeal to reader by repeating a message over and over again |
| sweeping generalization | appeal to reader by stereotyping |
| appeal to statistics | appeal to reading by using numbers, facts, or statistics |
| resolution | the outcome of a story |
| setting | the time and place in which a story unfolds |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| theme | a major idea broad enough to cover the entire story (follow your dreams, never give up, etc) |
| third person | point of view |
| rising action | events of a story leading up to the climax |
| exposition | plot structure where the setting, characters, and conflict are introduced |
| compare and contrast | text organization where the author is comparing two topics or ideas |
| sequential order | text organization where the events are in a particular order |
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