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ELAR Subject 5
Subject Specific
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| graphic features | pictures and other images that accompany a text to enhance its meaning for the reader |
| graphic organizer | a visual display that demonstrates relationships between facts, concepts, or ideas |
| graphical elements | visual elements a poet uses to change the meaning, emphasis, or flow of a poem (e.g., punctuation, capitalization, line length) |
| Greek roots | morphemes of Greek origin that cannot stand alone but that are used to form a family of words with related meanings |
| group dynamics | the processes involved when people in a group interact with each other |
| heading | something (as a title or an address) at the top or beginning (as of a letter) |
| historical fiction | literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting in the past |
| homonym | one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning |
| hyperbole | intentional and extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect |
| induction | inference of a generalized conclusion from particular instances |
| infer | to arrive at a conclusion, generalization, or prediction based on the examination of various details and pieces of information |
| inferences | acts of deriving logical conclusions from evidence and/or experience, whether directly stated or implied |
| informational text | nonfiction writing, written with the intention of informing the reader about a specific topic |
| initials | first letters, such as in a word or a name |
| inerview | meeting where people ask questions and discuss to obtain information |
| introduction | the part of a written work that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part |
| introductions | the act of making a person known to others by name |
| irony | literary technique used to create meaning that seems to contradict the literal meaning or events |
| journal | brief record (as in a diary) of daily happenings |
| journaling | entering or recording daily thoughts, experiences, etc. in a journal |