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Reading Terms Final Exams
Final Exams Reading Terms
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6th Grade
05/15/2012

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Onomotopoeia
Definition
sound (moo,buzz)
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Alliteration
Definition
sally sales sea shells by the sea shore (tongue twisters)
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Personification
Definition
animals with human characteristics
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Character
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person
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flashback
Definition
go back in time
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allusion
Definition
reference to another book or movie (Balto: Isicle is E.T.
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Theme
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Lesson
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Pun
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Play on words
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conflict
Definition
problem or trouble in book or movie
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point of view
Definition
relationship between story and story teller
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setting
Definition
where and when the story takes place
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plot
Definition
main events
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fore shadow
Definition
predicting what will happen in the future scene (part) if the book or movie
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dialoge
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conversation
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repetition
Definition
repeating a word
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climax
Definition
most exciting part
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fable
Definition
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters
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myth
Definition
a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature
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folktale
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a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people
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tall tale
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An exaggerated, unreliable story
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science fiction
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a form of fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc.
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historical fiction
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type of fiction with real events that happened in the past shown in characters, plot, and setting
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realistic fiction
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fiction with plot events and a setting in real life
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encyclopedia
Definition
a book or set of books containing articles on various topics, usually in alphabetical arrangement, covering all branches of knowledge or, less commonly, all aspects of one subject.
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dictionary
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a book, optical disc, mobile device, or online lexical resourcecontaining a selection of the words of a language, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies
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atlas
Definition
book of maps
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newspaper
Definition
a publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, comment, features, and advertising.
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magazine
Definition
a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains essays, stories, poems, etc., by many writers, and often photographs and drawings, frequently specializing in a particular subject or area, as hobbies, news, or sports.
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nonfiction book
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nonfiction book
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simile
Definition
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” Compare metaphor.
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figurative language
Definition
language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.
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