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| imagery | Descriptive language that helps to show the reader the world that the author wishes to show them.
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| conflict | The main problem that the protagonist and the antagonist have.
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| oxymoron | A figure of speech that contains seemingly contradictory words.
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| theme | The main setting. Ex. Fantasy, sci-fi, history, etc.
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| falling action | The slow in action that normally happens after the climax.
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| similie | A figure of language that uses like or as.
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| mood | The feeling created by the reader by a text.
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| exposition | The part where the setting, story, characters, and POV are set.
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| connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
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| metaphor | A figure of language that does not use like or as.
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| alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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| chararacter | A person in a novel, play, or movie.
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| first person POV | The reader knows the thoughts and actions of only 1 person and uses pronouns such as I or me.
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| denotation | The literal or primary meaning of a word.
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| diction | The choice or use of words in an article or story.
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| plot | The actual story.
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| point of view (POV) | The view in which the story is told.
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| protagonist | The main charecter of the story.
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| antagonist | The charecter opposing the protagonist.
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| personification | Giving human qualities to a plant, object, or animal.
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| resolution | The end of the story. Usually wraps every misconception in the series.(final book in the series) or hints at what will happen in the next book (if there is one)
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| foreshadowing | The action of the author giving clues to hint at what will happen later in the story.
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| rising action | The action(s) building up to the climax.
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| tone | The mood that the author sets.
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| flashback | A small part in which it is a showing of what previously happened.
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| climax | The point in the story with the most suspense or action. Typically followed by the falling action.
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| 3rd person omniscient | The narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of every character.
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| setting | The place in which the part of the story is held.
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| suspense | Stress created by the author to excite the reader about a future event.
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| 3rd person limited | The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of 1 or 2 people.
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| style | The way that the author uses words.
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| figures of speech | A word or phase that has a meaning other than a literal meaning.
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| RACE | An answering strategy in which the writer cites the text. R stands for Restate the Question, A stands for Answer the Question, C stands for Cite The Text, and E stands for Explain the quote.(Refer to the "C" in RACE)After, combine all the stuff you wrote.
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| Author's Purpose | The main purpose of the article, whether it is to persuade, entertain, or inform.
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| Narrative Form |
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| Nouns | A person, place, thing, or idea
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| Common Noun | A noun that isn't specific. Ex. rivers, malls, cities, houses.
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| Proper Noun | A noun that is specific in in a person or place. Ex. Chandler mall, Gilbert, Mississippi River, Todd, Kyle
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| Singular Noun | A noun that is 1 thing, and 1 thing only. Not referring to multiple things, just 1. Ex. car, computer, house, lake.
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| Plural Noun | A noun that is 2 things or more. Never 1. Ex. cars, computers, houses, lakes.
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| Possessive | A noun that belongs to another noun. Ex. Kyle's, Todd's. if there's already an S at the end of the name, just add the apostrophe after the S instead. Ex. Carlos', Mars'.
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| Pronouns | A noun that takes place of other nouns to show who is doing something, or to show ownership. He, She, Him, Her, Them, I, Me, You. Ownership Ex. Your, Their, His, Hers, Their, Theirs. They can also show what they're going to do. Ex. He's, She's They're.
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