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tems and definitions
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetion of consonant sounds in words in a sentance. |
| antagonist | principal character in opposition to the protagonist. sometimes nat a person but an obstacle such as a force of nature, society or inner conflict |
| antonym | a word that is the opposite of another word |
| author's purpose | why the author wrote the passage |
| atobiography | the story of a persons life written by the person |
| biography | the story of another persons life written by another person |
| cause and effect | cause statements sterm for actions and events,and effects are what hapen as a result of the event or action |
| charcterization | the method of an author use of communication to the reader |
| climax | the moment when the action story come to the highest point |
| compare and contrast | compare means to show similarities and contrast means to show similarities and contrast means to show differances |
| conclusion | the end of the reading section |
| conflict | struggle between opposing forces in literature |
| charcter vs.charater | a conflict between charicters |
| charater vs. nature | conflict beetween chatacters |
| charater vs. self | a conflict between a charecter and a force of nature |
| connections | an internal conflict |
| context clues | thext to self;world;or text. the reader can connect what he has read withe something else |
| dialogue | the actual words |
| evaluate | to examin |
| exposition | backgrond infomation |
| expositary text | text written to explain convey information |
| fable | narrative intended to convey a moral |
| fact vs option | something that can be proven |
| falling action | after the climax |
| fiction | a story that is not true |
| figurative language | can not be taken literly |
| flashback | the auuther interups the plot of the story |
| folktales | stories passed through generations |
| foreshadowing | a writing tecnique |
| generalication | when you make an assumptions |
| generalizations | a gatogorie |
| gener | a diagramthat is used to represent info. |
| graphic organizer | a diagrame that is used to represent info |
| homonym | two or more words that are pronounced alike but mea different things |
| hyperbole | exagerated statement |
| imagery | helps the reader imagine |
| inference | reading between the lines |
| irony | a tone that is spoken when the speaker intends |
| judge | to say if somthig is good or bad |
| limerick | humerouse verse |
| medaphor | a comparison aginst to unalike things |
| mood | overall felling |
| narrator | speaker of the story |
| non-fiction | true story |
| onomatopoeia | words whos souds express their meaning |
| oxymoron | two contradictory words together |
| paraphrase | restate your words |
| personification | personification |
| plot | events of the story begining |
| poetry | writting that express ideas |
| point of view | perspective form of the story is being told |
| third person point of view | story told from the character |
| third person omniscient point of view | all knowing |
| prediccation | and educated guess |
| prefix | letters added to the begining of the word |
| protagonist | the central charicter |
| reaction/react | your own oppinion |
| resolution | occors at the end of the story |
| rising action | part of a story |
| root word | a word to whitch prefixes and suffixes are added |
| sequential order | order in events |
| setting | enviorment of time |
| similie | |
| suffix | |
| summarizing | |
| suporting details | |
| suspence | |
| symbol | |
| synonym | |
| theme | |
| tone | |
| visualization | |
| voice |
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