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Vocabulary 21
Compare and Contrast
Term | Definition |
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Text Structure | how an author organizes their writing |
Sequence | explains how things happen in order; chronological order |
Cause/Effect | the author explains how one event leads to or causes another |
Problem/Solution | the author identifies a problem and offers one or more solutions |
Descriptive | the author offers a main idea and supports it with details; also known as main idea |
Compare/Contrast | the author explains how things are similar or different |
Compare | to say that something is similar to something else |
Similar | features that are the same |
Contrast | a person or thing showing differences when compared with another |
Contrary | the opposite; thing that is the opposite of another |
Struct | to build |
Jur/juris | judge/oath/law |
Log/logue | word or study |
Aggressive | a person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people |
Ancient | very old, or having existed for a long time |
Annually | happening or appearing once a year; yearly |
Carnivore | an animal that eats meat |
Oxymoron | a word or phrase that expresses two opposite ideas |