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Must Know Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Author's Purpose | PIES , persuade, inform, entertain, share |
| Author's Point of View | 1st - Narrator is a character in the story(one point of view) 3rd - Narrator is an outsider telling all points of view |
| Theme | The lesson or moral of the story. Told in a sentence |
| Claim or Thesis Statement | A clear one sentence statement about what you believe. |
| Imagery | Descriptive words used to form a picture or movie in your mind |
| Irony | The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think will happen |
| Direct or explicit characterization | The author literally tell the audience what a character is like. |
| Indirect or implicit characterization | The audience must infer for themselves what the character is like through actions of those in the story. |
| Simile | Using like or as to compare two things |
| Metaphor | Comparing two things without using like or as |
| Personification | Giving human or 'person' qualities to something not human |
| Hyperbole | An over exaggeration! |
| Alliteration | Repeating sounds in a sentence |
| Symbolism | A symbol used to mean something |
| Sequence | In a story the events that happen in order |
| Cause and Effect | Cause is the REASON something happens. Effect is the RESULT of what happens. |
| Compare and Contrast | If you compare you find similarities. If you contrast you find differences. |
| Inference | An idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence or reasoning. |
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