Reading Vocabulary Words Flashcards
(27 cards)
Whats is a Tall Tale?
A story with unbelievable exaggerations told as if it were true
What is a Atlas?
A book of maps
What is a Card Catalog?
An index of all library books in a library
What is a Almanac?
A book published annually containing facts and statistics from year to year
What is a Fable?
A short folktale that involves personified animals and teaches a lesson
What is a Dictionary?
A book of definitions.
What is a Encyclopedia?
A reference book listed in different topics.
What is a Legend?
A folktale that has some connection to a real historical person and combining facts and fictional elements
What is Mythology?
Stories about Gods and Heroes?
What does Persuade mean?
To cause someone to agree with you
What is Point of View?
The Vantage Point from which the story is told.
What is a Thesaurus?
A book containing a classified list of synonyms.
What is a Folk Tale?
A short story that has been passed down from generation to generation.
What is a Fairy Tale?
A story that takes place in a magical land ruled by royalty, evil, or good.
What is a Myth?
A folktale that explains something about the world such as frightening or mysterious natural forces.
What is The Setting of a story?
The time and place a story takes place
What is a Synonym?
Words with the same, or almost the same, meaning.
What is a Antonym?
A word with the opposite meaning.
What is a Narrative?
A story
What is the Plot of a story?
The events in the story, including conflict and resolution.
What is a Flashback?
When the author interrupts the story to refer back to something that happened in earlier times.
What is the Tone of a story?
The attitude a writer takes towards the subject or reader.
What is the Mood of a story?
How the reader feels about a passage or story.
What is realistic fiction?
The stories plot could actually happen in our world today.
