Reading+Vocabulary

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 * denotation || dictionary definition of words ||
 * interpret || decide the meaning of ||
 * distinguish || tell the difference between two things ||
 * recognize || to know it when you see it ||
 * fallacy || a false argument ||
 * valid argument || good, solid reasoning ||
 * fact || a statement that can be proven ||
 * opinion || a statement that cannot be proven ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">editorial || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">literature that tries to convince you to do or believe something ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">advertisement || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">type of literature that tries to convince you to buy something ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">neutral || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">having no emotion ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">positive || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">good emotions ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">negative || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">bad emotions ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">simile || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a direct comparison between two unlike thing using words such as "like" or "as" ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">metaphor || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">an indirect comparison where one thing is said to be something else ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">purpose || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the reason behind writing literature; what the author is trying to do ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">mood || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the emotions inside a story ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">analogy || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a comparison between two unlike things ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">figurative language || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">statements that have a hidden meaning ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">plot || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the parts of a story ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">setting || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">where and when a story takes place ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">character || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a person in the story ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">conflict || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a problem in the story ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">climax || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the high point of a story ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">tone || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the attitude of the writer ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">imagery || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">using pictures to create words ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">point of view || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the perspective from which the story is told ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">connotation || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">emotions attached to words ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">onomatopoeia || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">words that sound like sounds (buzz, crash, zoom) ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">audience || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the person who reads the story ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">literal language || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">statements that mean exactly what they say ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">main idea || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">what the passage is about overall ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">thesaurus || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a book with synonyms and antonyms ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">synonym || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">words that mean the same ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">antonym || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">words that are opposite in meaning ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">spatial || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">writing that is organized by placement (top to bottom, left to right, inside to outside) ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">chronological || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">in order by time ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">cause || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">what made something happen ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">effect || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the result of a cause ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">generalization || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">taking something that one person did and applying it to a large group of people ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">conclusion || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a decision based on evidence ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">almanac || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a book that lists important information and events from a particular year ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">encyclopedia || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a book that contains information about topics organized alphabetically ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">argument || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">reasons ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">glossary || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a dictionary in the back of a book ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">card catalog || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a list of books that can be searched by author, title, or subject ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">index || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a list of page references organized by topic, names, and places ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">appendix || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the part of a book that contains additional information ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">hyperbole || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">exaggeration to make a point ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">personification || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">assigning actions to a nonhuman thing that only humans can do ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">infer || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">conclude; decide; judge ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">summary || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a shorter version that contains the most important information ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">euphemism || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a type of figurative language used to make something sound less harsh (My grandmother "passed" instead of "died.") ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">idiom || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">expressions that are common in a particular area ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">slang || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">language that is popular with particular groups at a particular time ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">predict || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">to decide what will happen in a story based on the title or events that happen early in the story ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">analyze || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">break down into parts; look beneath the surface ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">compare || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">tell how things are alike ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">contrast || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">tell how things are different ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">propaganda || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">using emotion to convince someone to do something or believe something ||

Click on the link below to practice. Click "Typewriter" for a new word. Can you remember the definition? [|Typewriter Game-Propaganda Words]