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4th P2P Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| audience | the people who watch |
| author's perspective | in informational text |
| character development | a character's motivations |
| cite | to speak or write words taken from a particular writer or written work |
| conflict | a struggle between two opposing forces or characters |
| explicit | so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning |
| point of view | in literary texts |
| primary source | sources |
| secondary source | sources created by someone who did not experience firsthand or participate in the event(s) |
| Examples: textbooks | journal articles |
| technique | a way of performing a skillful activity |
| valid | of a source |
| develop | to grow or cause to grow more mature |
| support | information and evidence used to prove or corroborate something |
| counterclaim | an opposing claim; a claim made in reply to another claim and different from it |
| claim | to say that something is true or is a fact |
| hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally |
| metaphor | compares two very different things without using like or as |
| organize | to put things into a particular arrangement |
| personification | representing a thing or idea as a person (figurative language) |
| plot | The plan or main story (of a dramatic text or literary work) |
| revise | Dealing with the text as a whole |
| root | a word or part of a word from which other words are obtained by adding a prefix or suffix |
| summarize | to express or cover the main points briefly |
| affix | a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning; a prefix or suffix |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more words |
| author's purpose | The author's reason (purpose) for writing the text. Author's commonly write to persuade |
| central idea | the most important or central thoughts unifying elements of a text |
| conclusion | to end something such as a speech |
| evidence | source-based information including facts |
| idiom | a phrase that means something different than its literal meaning |
| Ex: It's raining cats and dogs. | |
| infer | to form an opinion from evidence |
| logical | according to a proper or reasonable way of thinking according to what is reasonably expected |
| perspective | a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something |
| relationship | the way in which two or more people or things are connected |
| research | careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhymes that poets use when writing poems (examples include rhymed verse and free verse) |
| sequence | a series of related things or events |
| simile | comparing two unlike things using like or as (Example: The teacher was busy as a bee.) |
| source | a person |
| structure | to plan |
| theme | the underlying message or big idea of a talk |
| transition | to shift from one thing to another smoothly and without interruption |
| expository | of |
| figurative language | language expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another with which it may be regarded as analogous |
| phrase | a group of two or more words that express a single idea but do not usually form a complete sentence |
| context | the situation within which something exists or happens |
| relevant details | related to a subject or to something happening or being discussed |
| text features | the components of a story or article that are not the main body of text |
| fact | a thing that is known or proved to be true |
| opinion | a view or judgment formed about something |
| identify | to recognize or be able to name someone or something |
| illustration | a picture or diagram that explains or decorates |
| multimedia | using |
| narrative | something (as a story) that is told in full detail |
| retell | to tell again or differently |
| setting | the time |
| syllable | any one of the parts into which a word is naturally divided when it is pronounced |
| topic | someone or something that people talk or write about |
| explain | to make clear; to give the reasons for or cause of |
| distinguish | to notice or recognize a difference between people or things to know the difference |
| demonstrate | to show or make something clear |
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