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LA terms 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adverb | A word used to describe a verb, adjective, or other adverb, often ending in "-ly". |
| argumentative essay | An essay that attempts to persuade the reader to the writer's point of view. The writer can be either serious or funny, but always tries to convince the reader of the validity of his or her opinion. |
| compound sentence | A sentence with two or more main clauses linked by a coordinating conjunction or a semi-colon. |
| diction | The author's choice of words, the vocabulary level of the story; e.g., slang, colloquial, formal. |
| evidence | Details, facts or statistics to support statements of opinion or belief. |
| falling action | Follows the climax and leads to the resolution and a sharp decline in dramatic tension. |
| inference | Combining clues in the text with prior knowledge to draw conclusions about objects, actions, locations, time, cause or effects, feelings, pastimes or occupations. |
| narrator | The speaker who tells the story; may be a character who participates in the story or may be the author of a story or poem; speaker and author are not always the same. |
| pun | The humorous use of words that sound the same or nearly the same but differ in meaning. Ex. "To make dandelion biscuits, you need two cups of flower". |
| static characters | Characters who do not change throughout the work, and the reader's knowledge of the character does not grow. |
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