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Academic Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| memoir | *first-person point of view *specific time and place *usually short, but may be long *often historic |
| personal narrative | *first-person point of view *long or short time span *one or more settings *does not always include dialogue *usually short, but may be long *author may learn a lesson |
| autobiography | *first-person point of view *whole life story *many events and settings |
| simile | *compares 2 unlike things using “like” or “as” Ex. “From a great height, the cars are like ants.” |
| metaphor | *compares 2 unlike things without “like” or “as” Ex. “That politician is such a snake!” |
| personification | *author gives human characteristics to non-human characters or things Ex. “The wind whispered a warning as I walked through the forest that night.” |
| idiom | *a saying that makes no sense when taken literally but has a special figurative meaning Ex. “It’s raining cats and dogs.” |
| theme | -the overarching lesson to be learned from the text; a life lesson -the theme is stated as a complete sentence -a long text can have more than one theme Ex. “People and dogs can have meaningful relationships.” |
| style | -the characteristics of an author’s writing, including tone, use of figurative language, sensory imagery, or other literary devices |
| tone | -the attitude of the author toward his/her subject |
| analyze | -examine closely; pick apart and examine individual parts; detect certain characteristics through close observation |
| infer | -to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises: we see smoke and infer fire -deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements |
| metacognition | awareness or analysis of one's own learning or thinking processes |
| summary | using few words to give the most important information about something |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| relevant | having significant bearing on the matter at hand; closely related to the point or idea |
| conclude | to form a final judgment; to reach as a logically necessary end by reasoning |
| deductive reasoning | using logic or reason to form a conclusion or opinion about something |
| inductive reasoning | using particular examples to reach a general conclusion about something |
| Close reading | the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of text |
| interpretation | the action of explaining the meaning of something |
| root word | -the basic form of a word without affixes |
| affix | a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning : a prefix or suffix |
| suffix | a letter or a group of letters that is added to the end of a word to change its meaning or to form a different word |
| prefix | a letter or group of letters that is added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning |
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