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Literacy Terms
Question | Answer |
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advertisement | The purpose of THIS is to sell a product or service |
cause and effect | THIS is something that makes something else happen. THIS also is what happens as a result. |
dialogue | THESE are words spoken between characters. THIS is the conversation between characters |
poem/poetry | THIS is a type of literature in which ideas and feelings are expressed in compact, imaginative and often musical language. |
conclusion | THIS is a decision based on careful consideration of facts and observations. |
metaphor | THIS is a comparison of two things that are not usually thought of as alike. THIS is a figure of speech but does not use "like" or "as." |
simile | THIS is the comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as." |
prefix | THIS is a letter combination placed at the beginning of a root word. Together THIS and a root word make a new word with a new meaning. |
base word | THIS is a word to which prefixes and suffixes may be added to create new and related words. |
noun | THIS is a person, place, thing, or idea. |
alliteration | THIS is the use of repeated consonant sounds. |
news | THIS is TRUE information about recent, interesting, or important news. |
fact | THIS is something that is true. It can be shown to exist or be something that has actually happened. |
opinions | THIS is what someone thinks about something and is not necessarily true or untrue. THIS is a personal belief or judgement. |
play | THIS is a story written to be performed in front of an audience. |
inference | Authors don't usually tell us everything. Readers must use clues, thinking, and experience to make logical guesses as they read. This is called what? |
details | THESE help the reader better understand the topic senence or main idea. Anything that tells more about the topic is THIS. |
context clues | THESE help the reader to figure out what a word means by looking at the words nearby. |