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Milestone key terms
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Connotative meaning | a meaning beyond the explicit or literal meaning of a word (for example, "childlike" connotative innocence as well as youth) |
| First person Point of Vieiw | when the story is told by the person in the story (I went to the store.) |
| Compare and Coontrast | an organizational structure in which similarities and differences are described or explained |
| Audience | the person who will be reading a piece of writing; it should always be considered when writing, as the author needs to communicate clearly with the audience |
| Multimedia | a variety of mediums used together to produce a single presentation (writing, art, presentations, photos, charts, videos, and more) |
| Authors Purpose | the reason for the author's writing: it can be to persuade, inform, explain, or entertain (or a combination of these) |
| Third Person Point of View | when a narrator tells the story (He went to the store.) |
| Problem and solution | an organizational structure in which a problem is introduced and solutions to the problem are then suggested |
| Formating | the way in which writing is organized on paper (such as titles, subtitles, font choices) |
| Second Person Point of View | when the story is about you (You went to the store.) |
| Sequential order | An organizational structure in which events are told in a logical order or step-by-step |
| Chronological Order | an organizational structure in which events are told in order by the time in which they occured |
| Theme | the lesson or message of story; it will be a "universal truth" that does not apply specifically to the story |
| Coordinating Adjectives | two adjectives in a row that modify a noun and usually need a comma between them (It was a bright, sunny day.) |
| Independent Clause | a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, it does NOT start with a subordinating conjunction (She is at the store.) |
| Misplaced Modifiers | a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies (describes) |
| Clause | a group of words that contains a complete subject and verb, used to construct sentences; there are two types of clauses: independent and dependent (subordinate) |
| Anology | a comparison of two things that are somehow alike or different (Just like soldiers use weapons, writers use pens) This could also be written as SOLDIERS:WEAPONS::WRITERS:PENS and read as "Soldiers are to weapons as writers are to pens." |
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