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| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words in a sentence
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| Antagonist | Principle person or obstacle that is in opposition with protagonist
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| Antonym | A word that is the opposite of another word.
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| Author's purpose | The reason an author writes a piece.
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| Biograpy | The story of one's life, written by another.
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| Cause and effect | Cause statment stem for actions and events, Effects are what happens as a result of ethe event or action.
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| Characterization | The method an author uses to communicate information to the reader.
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| Climax | Moment when action of story reaches highest point.
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| Compare and Contrast | Compare- to show similarities. Contrast- to show differences.
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| Conclusion | End of the reading selection.
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| Conflict | Struggle between opposing forces in literature.
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| Connections | Reader connects book with something else.
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| Context clues | Info in selection that helps reader figure out meaning of tough words.
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| Dialouge | Character's words.
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| Evaluate | To examine and judge
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| Exposition | Background info provided by author.
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| Expository text | Text written to explain & convey info about a certain topic.
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| Fable | Narrative intended to convoy moral or lesson to reader.
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| Fact vs. opinion | Is it something provable or a point of view?
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| Falling action | Part of story following climax with sharp decline in dramatic tention; just before resolution.
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| Fiction | Story not real.
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| Figurative Language | Language written for special effect.
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| Flashback | Plot is interrupted to tell of something that happened a while ago.
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| Folktales | Stories passed through generations.
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| Foreshadowing | Gives readers clues about what will happen later in the story.
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| Generalizations | Making assumptions about different events/ characters and applying them to new situations.
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| Genre | Categories of literature- mystery, horror, suspense, realistic, sports, historical adventure, biography, science fiction, nonfiction, etc.
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| Graphic organizer | Diagram used to represent info.
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| Homonym | 2 or more words with different meanings, like pronunciations.
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| Hyperbole | Exaggeration 4 effect.
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| Imagery | Words and phrases used to give the reader a good image.
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| Inference | Reading between the lines.
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| Judge | To decide if it is good or bad.
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| Limerick | Light or humorous verse.
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| Metaphor | Comparisom beetween 2 unlike objects without like or as.
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| Mood | "Feeling" of story.
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| Narrator | Speaker of story.
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| Nonfiction | A true story.
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| Onomatopoea | Use of words to mimic sounds.
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| Oxymoron | 2 contradictory words together.
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| Paraphrase | Restate in one's own words.
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| Personification | Lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects.
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| Plot | Events in a story.
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| Poetry | Figurative and/or rhythmetic writing expressing ideas.
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| Point of view | Perspective of story.
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| Prediction | Educated guess.
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| Prefix | Letters added 2 begining of word to change meaning.
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| Protagonist | "Good guy"
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| React | Offer opinion of story.
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| Resolution | Solution to conflict.
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| Rising action | Builds suspense.
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| Root word | Word 2 which prefixes & suffixes are added.
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| Sequential order | Order of events.
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| Setting | Time & place where action of story occurs.
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| Similie | Comparison of unlike things with like or as.
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| Suffix | Letters at end of word to change meaning.
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| Summarizing | Concise explanation of reading piece.
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| Supporting details | Details supporting main passage.
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| Suspense | Used to keep reader reading.
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| Symbol | Used to represent something.
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| Synonym | Similar meanings of words.
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| Theme | Message of book.
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| Tone | Clues of story suggesting author's mood.
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| Visualization | "Seeing" the story.
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| Voice | Author's style.
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