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Unit 3 Literary Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| author's purpose | the reason an author is writing a text: persuade, inform, entertain |
| key idea/main idea | the central point or most important concept that an author wants to convey in a text, paragraph, or section |
| claim | a statement, often used to support an argument or a point of view, and can be either factual or a judgment |
| prefix | letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning |
| counterargument | an argument or set of reasons to oppose an idea or theory developed by the author |
| synthesize | to combine or create something new by combining different elements, ideas, or materials |
| point of view | fiction: the narrator's position in relation to a story being told nonfiction: the position from which something or someone is observed |
| personification | giving non-human object human-like qualities |
| mood | the overall feeling or atmosphere a piece of writing creates in the reader |
| theme | the message or lesson taught by the end of the text |
| imagery | the use of vivid and descriptive language to create mental pictures or sensory experiences for the reader (often including the five senses) |
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