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Kite Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Third person limited | Focus on all characters |
| Third person omniscient | Focus on all characters |
| Phrase | A cluster of words with meaning |
| Transition/ transitional phrase | A word or a group of words that bridge ideas in writing |
| Central theme | A lesson or an overarching idea in a story |
| Central idea | Main idea |
| Revision/revised | Redo of your original version |
| formal and in formal tone | Formal is saying something in a professional way and informal is not as professional |
| Concise/precise | Precise means exact and concise means straight to the point |
| Objective summary | Concise version of the text that has no opinion |
| Conclusion | End or inference |
| Claim or counterclaim | Opposing viewpoint |
| Perspective | Your opinion or interpretation |
| Point of view | Who is telling the story |
| Primary purpose | The main reason it was written |
| Relevant and irrelevant | Relevant means implacable and irrelevant means not applicable |
| Primary or primarily | The main reason |
| Connotation | The emotion or idea that goes with the meaning of the word |
| Emphasis | Special importance, value, or prominence given to something |
| Contibute | To help to cause or bring about |
| Inference | A conclusion reached on the bases of evidence and reasoning |
| Analogy | Extended metaphor |
| Allusion | A reference |
| Interrogative | To be questioned |
| Indicative | A statement |
| Subjunctive | Wish |
| Imperative | Command |
| Conditional | Under right conditions, something will happen |
| Maintain Focus | Keep on focus |
| Acknowledge an opposing viewpoint | Identifying a counterargument, and demonstrating an understanding of different perspective |
| Convey meaning | To communicate in a way that helps you understand what something means |
| Active vs passive voice | Active is when the thing or someone is doing something while passive is it already happened |
| - | erupt change in the story |
| ... | pause in the story, omit information, and separation of listed items |