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Lesson 1
Lesson 1 Journeys
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| publisher | prints many copies of books |
| manuscript | author's first draft of a story |
| disclose | to reveal an event |
| maze | a confusing path |
| literary | someone whose business is books and writing |
| editor | corrects (or edits) early versions of a book |
| pressure | urge |
| revisions | changes to writing |
| wry | finding humor in something difficult |
| muted | quiet, silent |
| realistic fiction | genre of literature that has characters and events that are like people in real life |
| simile | compares two unlike things using like or as |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more characters |
| short story | genre of literature , fictional narrative short enough to be read in one sitting |
| mystery | genre of literature, suspenseful story about a puzzling event |
| fantasy | genre of literature, includes elements such as super powers and magical creatures |
| science fiction | genre of literature, set in the future, includes technology, robots, time machines |
| biography | genre of literature, story of a persons life written by another person |
| prefix | a word part that has meaning and can be added to the beginning of a base word to form a new word |
| suffix | a word part that has meaning and can be added to the end of a base word to form a new word |