Reading Review Terms
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- Folk tale
- a simple story of the past. Supernatural events resolve conflicts. Often events in folk tales happen in threes.
- Nonfiction
- writing that is based on facts. It is meant to inform the reader.
- Poem
- concentrated words which express strong feelings
- Tall Tale
- a funny tale common on the North American frontier
- Propaganda
- a writing style which tries to influence a person to believe/think like the author or buy the product advertised
- Novel
- any extended fictional narrative almost always written in prose
- Romance
- stories that describe extravageant places, remote locations, heroic events, and passionate love
- Generalization
- a type of inference in which you apply information in one story to a new or different situation
- Epic
- a long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters in adventures and always having one main hero
- Myth
- a story with supernatural characters and events ued to explain religious beliefs or rituals
- Title page
- title of book/name of author/copyright/place of publication
- Preface
- introductory statement to the book, telling the book's purpose or plan
- Bibliography
- references/citations the author used while writing the book
- Argument
- a valid argument contains good logic, evidence, and clear reasons for supporting the information
- Fallacy
- (FALSE) a fallacy contains poor logic, and faulty reasons why a person should support it. A fallacy wants a person to only see one point of view.
- Science Fiction
- a story in which scientific facts, assumptions, or hypotheses form the basis of adventures in the future, on other planets, or in other times or space
- Hyperbole
- exaggeration to create an effect
- Prediction
- (another type of inference) Predictions use thoughts or actions that continue beyond the passage. You use information in the story to think about "what happens next"
- Conclusions
- drawing a conclusion is a type of inference skill. A conclusion is a judgment or opinion based of the details in a story
- Appendix
- additional information in the book like charts, tables, photographs, etc. (usually at the end of the book)
- Testimonial
- famous person endorses a product
- Circular Argument
- part of an argument used as evidence to support it.
- Mystery
- a term used to designate a work in which mystery or terror plays a controlling part
- Index
- containst the most important topics, headings, and subheadings in alphabetical order with the page number (located at the end of the text)
- Opinion
- a judgment or viewpoint of a person. It is what a person thinks about something.
- Fable
- a brief tale told to demonstrate a moral...the characters are usually animals
- Jumping to conclusion
- tries to support with little proof
- Legend
- story associated with some period of history of a people or a nation
- Table of Contents
- chapter titles/page numbers
- Rhyme
- words that end in the same sound
- Fantasy
- a written work tht takes place in an exaggerated world with bizarre characters in it
- Inference
- educated guess based on facts and details in the passage (however, an inference is not directly stated)
- alliteration
- repetition of the same consonants in lines of poetry
- Autobiography
- the story of a person's life written by that person.
- Fact
- a true statement that can be proven by observation, statistics, or research.
- Either-Or Fallacy
- there are only two sides to the issue when really there are more
- Glossary
- dictionary for specific words in the text
- Onomatopoeia
- words whose sound suggest their meaning
- Ad Hominem
- attacking a person rather than his/her ideas
- Allegory
- a device used to convery a deeper meaning based on the actions of the characters
- Euphemisms
- using mild words to describe something offensive
- Biography
- a written accound of a person's life; a life history written by someone else.