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Reading vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| author's purpose | an author's primary reason for writing a text, most often either to inform, persuade, or entertain |
| detail | a small piece of information that contributes to a larger idea |
| theme | one message a text sends a topic |
| word choice | the writer's selection of particular words to convey tone, meaning, and theme |
| antonym | a word that has the opposite meaning of another word |
| connotation | the meaning a word suggests beyond its literal meaning |
| context | the set of words and phrases that surround a given word |
| denotation | the literal meaning or dictionary definition of a word |
| synonym | a word that has a similar meaning to another word |