Reading Rally EOG Vocabulary Review

a form of reasoning based on info given & what you already know through your own experiences

a brief work of fiction with a plot & characters, but takes less time to read than a novel

a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some way, but unlike in others

a daily or periodic account of events and the writer's thoughts and feelings about them

writing or speech that is not to be taken literally 

The stages of plot are ________,________,________,________,________.

story of the writer’s own life, told by the writer generally in first person

clues that hint at what might happen later in the story

literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in the reader with words & descriptions

a character or force in conflict with the main character 

author's use of words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses

a lesson taught by a literary work or the message the author is trying to convey

the repetition of initial consonant sounds, usually in a line of poetry

spoken conversation between characters 

anything that stands for or represents something else

a person or animal that take part in the action of a literary work

one of the three major types of genre written in lines and stanzas

life story of a person told by another person

the main character in a literary work

prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events

the use of words that imitate sounds

ordinary form of written language--fiction and nonfiction

a central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work

the time and place of the action of a story

a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events & relates to past events

the sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next

a speaker or character that tells a story

struggle between opposing forces; they can be external or internal

the perspective or vantage point, from which a story is told

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience