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| show | the repeating of beginning consonant sounds in words in a sentence.Ex. sweet smell of success, a dime a dozen, bigger and better, jump for joy
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| Antonym | show 🗑
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| Antagonist | show 🗑
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| show | the author's reason or intention for writing the selection. Always ask youself- is the purpose to entertain, to inform, or persuade.
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| show | the story of a person's life written by the person
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| show | the story of a person's life written by another person
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| show | the method an author uses to communicate information about the characters.
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| show | the moment when the action of the story comes to its highest point. This usually occurs at the end of the story just before the resolution.
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| show | the end of the selection
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| show | struggle between opposing forces in literature.
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| show | information within the reading selection that helps the reader figure out the meanings of challenging words
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| show | the actual words/ conversation that the character says to another character.
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| show | text written to explain and convey information about a specific topic.
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| Fable | show 🗑
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| Fiction | show 🗑
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| Figurative language | show 🗑
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| Flashback | show 🗑
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| Foreshadowing | show 🗑
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| show | when you make assumptions about different events and/or characters apply them to new situations.
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| show | catagories of literature such as biography, mystery, historical, sports, and romance.
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| Homophone or homonym | show 🗑
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| Hyperbole | show 🗑
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| imagery | show 🗑
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| show | reading between the lines. taking what the author worte and adding it to what you already know to make an assumption.
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| show | a difference between what is expected and what actually happens.
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| Metaphor | show 🗑
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| Mood | show 🗑
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| show | the speaker of the story
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| show | writing that is true and the purpose is to inform.
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| show | words whose sounds express their meaning. Ex. buzz crash cland hiss boom hush
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| plot | show 🗑
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| show | perspective from which the story is being told
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| prefix | show 🗑
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| protagonist | show 🗑
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| show | giving lifelike characteristics to inanimated objects
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| resolution | show 🗑
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| show | the time and place where the action of a story occurs.
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| show | a comparison between two unlike things by using the word like or as .
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| show | letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning
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| show | retelling what happened in order in your own words
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| supporting details | show 🗑
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| show | an image, object, character, or action that stands for an idea beyond its literal meaning.
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| show | two or more words that have highly similar meanings.
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| theme | show 🗑
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| show | the clues of the story that suggest the writer's own attitude toward elements in the stoy.
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| voice | show 🗑
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| show | compare means to show similarities, contrast means to show differences
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| show | a conflict between characters, such as a family feud, trouble with a bully, or romantic difficulties
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| show | conflict between a character and a force of nature, such as a tornado
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| fact vs. opinion | show 🗑
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| show | the story is told from the viewpoint of a character. As a result the reader is only exposed to what that character experiences.
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| show | the narrator uses I, me, we and other first-person pronouns to relate his thoughts, experiences, and observations in a work of fiction or nonfiction.
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| show | a word to which prefixes and/or suffixes are added
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| analyze | show 🗑
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| show | a multi-paragraph writing
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| text structure: compare and contrast | show 🗑
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| text structure: problem and solution | show 🗑
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| text structure: sequential | show 🗑
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| show | the author gives great detail about a topic
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| show | the author presents something that causes something else to happen
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| line | show 🗑
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| stanza | show 🗑
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| prose | show 🗑
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| chronological | show 🗑
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| show | to make something better by changing it
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