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Question	Answer
alliteration	the repitition of initial consonant sounds in words in a sentence.
antagonist	principal character in opposition to the protagonist.
antonym	a word that is the opposite of another word.
author's purpose	why did the author write the selection?
autobiography	the story of a person's life written by the person.
biography	the story of a person's life written by another person.
cause & effect	cause statements stem for actions and events, and effects are what happens as a result.
characterization	the method an author uses to communicate information about the characters to the reader.
climax	the moment when the action of the story comes to its highest point.
compare & contrast	compare means to show similarities and contrast means to show differences.
conclusion	the end of the reading selection.
conflict	struggle between opposing forces in literature.
connections	text to self; world; or text.
context clues	information within the reading selection that helps the reader figure out the meanings of challenging words.
dialoge	the acutal words that the characters speaks.
evaluate	to examine and judge.
exposition	the background information that the author provides about the setting.
expository text	text written to explain and convey information about a specific topic.
fable	a narrative inted to convey a moral or lesson to the reader.
fact v.s. opinion	is it something that can be proven to be true, or is it just someone else's point of view.
falling action	the part of a story following the climax where there is a sharp decline in dramatic tansion.
fiction	any story that is the product of imagination.
figurative language	language that cannot be taken literatly since it was written to create a special effect.
flashback	technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time.
folktales	stories passed through generations.
foreshadowing	a writing technique that gives readers clues about events that will happen later in the story.
generalization	when you make assumptions about different events and/or charaters and apply them to new situations.
genre	categories of literature.
graphic organizer	a diagram that is used to represent information.
homonym	two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different meanings.
hyperbole	an exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect.
imagery	words and phrases used specificaly to help the reader to imagine each of the senses.
inference	reading between the lines.
irony	a tone that is created when the speaker intends to mean that which is opposite to the words they are saying.
judge	to say if something is good or bad.
limerick	light or humorous verse.
metaphor	a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as.
mood	the overall feeling created by the author's words.
narrator	the speaker of the story.
nonfiction	writing that is true and the purpose is to inform.
onomatopeia	words whose sounds express their meaning.

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