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Lit terms and definitions

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Antonym   A word that is the opposite of another word.  
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DESCRIBE   tell about the character's personality or how they look  
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CHARACTERS   People and animals the book is about  
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AUTHOR'S PURPOSE   the reason for writing the selection is this purpose to entertain, to inform, or to persuade? Skim the selection and attempt to determine the authors purpose before you read the selection  
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BIOGRAPHY   The story of a persons life written by another person.  
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SEQUENCE   Order of events in a story  
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FICTION   Stories that are made up and not real.  
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NONFICTION   Stories that are true and have facts.  
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Speaker   The one telling the story  
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CONCLUSION   the end of the selection- ENDING  
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CONFLICT   The problem  
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FABLE   A narrative intended to teach a lesson,or moral, to the reader.  
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GENRE   Types of books  
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NARRATOR   The speaker of the story.  
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PREDICTION   Making an educated guess as to what will happen next.  
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SETTING   When and where is the story taking place  
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SIMILE   A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.  
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SYNONYM   Two or more words which have highly similar meanings.  
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THEME   The story's message  
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PERSUADE   convince you  
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COMPARE   SAME OR IN COMMON  
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POINT OF VIEW   PERSPECTIVE FROM WHICH STORY IS TOLD  
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FIRST PERSON   PERSON TELLING THE STORY USES I, MY, MINE  
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THIRD PERSON   NARRATOR OR AUTHOR TELLING STORY USING, HE, SHE, HIS, HER  
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TRAIT   SOMETHING THAT DESCRIBES THE PERSONALITY OF THE CHARACTER  
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PERSONIFICATION   A NONHUMAN THING IS TALKED ABOUT AS IF IT WERE A HUMAN  
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ONOMATOPOEIA   WORDS USED TO STAND FOR SOUND  
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INFERENCE   USING CLUES PLUS YOUR BRAIN TO MAKE A GUESS  
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IMAGERY   USING THE FIVE SENSES TO CREAT A "MENTAL PICTURE" FOR THE READER  
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PLOT   SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN A STORY  
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CAUSE AND EFFECT   THE REASON SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THE RESULTS  
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CAPTION   WORDS THAT EXPLAIN A PICTURE  
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MAIN IDEA   THE "BIG" IDEA OF A PARAGRAPH  
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GLOSSARY   SMALL DICTIONARY AT THE BACK OF A BOOK  
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