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NWEA vocab
Term | Definition |
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Scene | a place where something occurs in a setting or a story |
Secondary Source | a piece of information that was passed along others by one who didn't witness an event |
Tale | a story, either real or fiction, that is told |
Thesis Paper | an explanation of the topic or purpose of a research paper |
Word Play | Jokes and witty remarks |
Allusion | passing reference or indirect mention |
Appendix | supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book |
Characterization | the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features |
Contrast | the act of distinguishing by comparing differences |
Extended Metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines a poem |
Guide Word | a word printed at the top of a page indicating the first or last word entry on that page |
Homonym | same pronunciation but different meaning AND spelling |
Homograph | words with the same spelling but different meaning |
Homophone | a letter or group of letters having the same sound as another |
oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms |