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Second semester E.

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Definition
Contact   Touching communication  
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Presentable   IN proper order for the being seen or met by others  
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Barren   Empty bare  
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Correspondingly   In a consistent way  
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Resolute   Determined resolved  
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Conviction   Strong belief certainty  
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Compare And Contrast Characters   Look for similarities and differences among the people in a story  
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Characters Perspective   The way a person understands the world  
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Characters Traits   The personal qualities attitudes and values that make a character unique  
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Round Characters   Are complex showing many different character traits  
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Flat characters   Are one sided showing just a single trait  
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Distinctions   The noting of differences between things  
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Refugees   People who flee from their homes in times of trouble  
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Melancholy   Sad depressed  
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Acute   Sensitive sharp  
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Distinctness   Clarity awareness of detail  
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Ceased   Stopped  
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Derision   Contempt riducle  
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Logical   Reasonable sensible  
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Indicate   To show to hint at  
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Conclude   To decide by reasoning  
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Evidence   Facts that serve as clues or proof  
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Infer   To draw conclusions based on facts  
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Point of view   The perspective from which a story is told  
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First Person   Narrator participates in the action of the story and can tell only what he or she sees knows thinks or feels  
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Third Person   Narrator is not a character in the story but tells events from the outside  
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Refute   Give evidence to prove an argument or statement  
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Obscure   Conceal or hide  
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Introspective   Inward looking thoughtful  
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Renounced   Gave up  
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Simultaneously   At the same time  
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Incredulously   With doubt or disbelief  
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Rational Appeals   Are based facts  
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Emotional Appeals   Are based on feelings  
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Symbol   Is a person place or thing that represents something beyond its literal meaning  
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Discreet   Careful about what one says or does  
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Credibility   Believability  
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Revelation   Something not previously known  
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Authentic   Genuine real  
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Procession   A group moving forward as in a parade  
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Unseemly   Inappropriate  
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Biography   Is a life story written by another person  
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Autobiography   Is a writers account of his or her own life  
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Persuasive Writing   Meant to convince the reader to adopt a particular point of view or take a particular course of action  
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Expository Writing   Presents facts and and ideas or explains a process  
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Narrative writing   Tells the story of real life experiences  
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Reflective Writing   Addresses an experience and includes the writers insights about the events importance  
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Authors Tone   Is the writers attitude toward his or her audience and subject  
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Voice   Is a writers distinctive way of speaking in his or her writing.  
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Organization   Is the way a writer chooses to arrange and present information in a single piece of nonfiction  
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Chronological Organization   Presents details in time order first to last  
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Comparison-and-contrast Organization   Shows the ways in which two or more subjects are similar and different  
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Cause-and-effect Organizations   Shows the relationship among events  
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Problem-solution Organization   Identifies a problem and then proposes a solution  
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Main Idea   Is the central point or message conveyed in a passage or text  
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Pertinent   Relevant having a connection  
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Topic   The subject  
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Focus   Concentrate on one thing  
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Suggest   Show indirectly imply  
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Imply   Hint at suggest  
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Iimplied   Suggested  
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Synonyms   Words that have nearly the same meaning  
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Fugitives   People fleeing from danger  
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Incentive   Something that makes a person act  
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Disheveled   Untidy messy  
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Mutinous   Rebellious  
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Fastidious   Not easy to please very critical of anything crude or course  
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Devices   Techniques or means for working things out  
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Evaded   Avoided  
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Ignorance   Lack of knowledge or awarence  
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