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Term | Definition |
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Paraphrase | when you reword written or spoken text using words that help you clarify and understand the text. |
Summarize | when you create a statement of the main ideas or essential information in the text. |
Genre | a category or type of literature, such as short story, folktale, poem, novel, play. |
Antonyms | are words with opposite meaning. |
Synonyms | are words with similar meanings. |
Point-of-View | the perspective from which a story or poem is told. |
Diction | refers to a writer's or speaker's word choice. |
External Conflict | the character struggles with an outside force. |
Internal Conflict | the character struggles with his or her own needs or emotions. |
Narrative | tells a story or describes a sequence of events. |
Characterization | the act of creating characters. |
Setting | is the time and place where the story takes place. |
Conflict | is a struggle between characters or opposing forces. |
Personal Narrative | A story based on one's own life and told in the first person. |
Sequence | the order in which events happen. |