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Units 1 7th ELA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A specific detail, such as a fact or expert opinion, that supports a reason | evidence |
| A guess that readers make using the clues that authors give them in a piece of writing | inference |
| What the text is mostly about in 1-2 sentences. | central idea |
| To use clues in a text to make predictions about the story or to create opinions about the characters, etc... | infer |
| A word or words that tell whom or what the sentence is about | subject |
| Something that stands for something else in literature; for example, a dove may be a symbol for peace (When writers use symbols in their writing we call that "symbolism") | symbols |
| The quality that allows someone to continue trying to do something even though it is difficult. | perseverance |
| A story that is usually passed orally from one generation to another | folktale |
| Language that creates a mental picture by appealing to the senses, that makes readers see, hear, smell, taste, or feel things in their imagination; for example, "the coal-black night," "the stinging cold," "the rapping and tapping of rain on the roof" | imagery |
| The perspective from which a story is told | point of view |
| The imaginary person who speaks the words of a poem, not the poet | speaker |
| Something that stands for something else in literature; for example, a dove may be a symbol for peace | symbols |
| The emotions or feelings that are conveyed in a literary work | mood |
| The standpoint, perspective, or attitude of a narrator or character in a literary text | viewpoint |
| The reason for writing (author's write to entertain, persuade, inform, etc...) | purpose |
| The author or speaker´s attitude toward the audience or subject matter | tone |
| When a poet write a poem, they put the words into a group of lines (in a book we call this "paragraphs") | stanza |
| A figure of speech that suggests or states a comparison between two unlike things, without using such words as like or as; for example, "The cat´s eyes were emeralds shining in the night." | metaphor |
| The moral or lesson that an author wants to teach/communicate to a reader | theme |
| A quality that a person has (example-bravery, red hair, short, funny, etc...) | character trait |
| What happens in the story. When story have a beginning, middle, & end. | Plot |
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