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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Theme | the message,moral, or lesson in a story |
| main idea | what the text is mostly about |
| summarize | to retell a piece of text, using only the most important details |
| infer | use the text to figure it out |
| author's purpose | the reason an author writes |
| text structure | the way a text is organized |
| climax | the most exciting part of a story |
| setting | when and where a story takes place |
| chronological | text organized in time order/sequence |
| simile | a comparison of two things using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison of two things that doesn't use like or as |
| personification | giving human qualities to an animal or thing |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| idiom | a common expression that doesn't make literal sense |
| conflict | the problem in the story |