Georgia Milestones Vocabulary Review

Question 1

Analyzing two things such as characters or stories in relation to each other.

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Compare

Question 2

_________ refers to the actual meaning of a word or phrase

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Literal

Question 3

The author’s intention for his or her piece.

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Author's purpose

Question 4

Analyzing the differences between two things such as two different characters or stories

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Contrast

Question 5

The order in which a series of events happened

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Chronological order

Question 6

The way in which a piece of writing is structured.

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Organization

Question 7

The series of events that form a story in a specific order.

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Plot

Question 8

The opinion of the author.

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Author's point of view

Question 9

Something that proves or demonstrates the truth of something else.

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Evidence

Question 10

Type of figurative language that makes comparisons using a linking word such as like, as,than

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Similes

Question 11

A statement that can be proven

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Fact

Question 12

A category of passages, such as fiction and nonfiction.

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Genre

Question 13

This is a relationship where one thing causes another thing to happen.

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Cause and effect

Question 14

An overview of a text that does not give all of the details and does not include opinions.

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Summary

Question 15

To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in text.

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Inference

Question 16

How ideas influence individuals or events or how individuals influence ideas or events.

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Interactions

Question 17

Lessons or messages of literary text

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Theme

Question 18

The use of the same sound to start several words in a row.

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Alliteration

Question 19

The _________ is the solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict.

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Resolution

Question 20

A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word.

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Connotative meaning

Question 21

The perspective from which a story is told is?

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Point of view

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