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1st Person Point of View |
The narrator is a character in the story. The story is written using "I" and "me".
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3rd Person Point of View
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The narrator is not a character in the story. The story is written using "he", "she", and "they".
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alliteration
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
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Antonym
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Words with opposite meanings |
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Author's Purpose
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The reason the author has for writing. (inform, persuade, entertain)
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Caption
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Brief explanation or description of an illustration
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cause/effect
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A text structure that presents the reason something happens and the result of it happening
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Chronological
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Arranged in order of time
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Climax
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The turning point in the story...this is when the characters face the conlfict, undergo some type of change as a result of this. The highest point of interest/tension in the story
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Denouement
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The final resolution of the main complication within a literary or dramatic work
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Conflict
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The main problem the character(s) face(s)
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Details
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Ideas that support the main idea
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Dictionary
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Book filled with definitions for words
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Prediction
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Guessing about what might happen in the future
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Prefix
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One or more letters added to the beginning of a root word
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Problem/solution
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A text structure that presents a problem and offers solutions to solve the problem
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Dialect
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Using words that are associated with a particular area or region
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Rising action
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All events leading to the climax
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Root
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Main part of a word
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Stanzas
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The paragraphs of poetry
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Style
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The way a writer uses language
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Suffix
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One or more letters added to the end of a root word
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Summary
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Highlights the most important parts of a story/text
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Synonym
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Words that have the same meaning
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Text features
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Things such as headings,bulleted lists ,and graphics that help a reader find important information
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Text structures
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The way in which an author presents the information in his/her story or article.Some of the most common text structures are:chronological order,problem and solution, cause and effect, compare and contrast
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Thesaurus
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Gives synonyms and sometimes antonyms for words
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Excerpt
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A passage taken from a book
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Exposition
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Characters, setting, and main situation are introduced
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Fact
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A statement that can be proven
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Flashback
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When a portion of the story goes back in time
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Glossary
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Gives the list of important vocabulary and their definitions used in a book
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
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Inference
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Using your prior knowledge and evidence from the story to draw conclusions
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Main idea
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What a paragraph or passage is mostly about
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Mood
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The feeling created by a literary work or passage
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that imitate sounds
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Opinion
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A personal belief or personal judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
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Organized
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How the author puts together the events in the story or passage
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Outline
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Graphic organizer that orders events with a main idea and details
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Paraphrase
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Express the same message in different words
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which an object,animal, or idea is given human feelings,thoughts, or attitudes
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Tone
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The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters(ex. ,serious or humorous)
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Logical appeal
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In persuasion, ideas that appeal to the brain;facts, statistics,percentages,charts/graphs
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Emotional appeal
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In persuasion, ideas that appeal to the heart; personal stories...uses loaded language
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Loaded language
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Words that are full of emotion to create a feeling;used in persuasive writing
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Faulty reasoning
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Ideas that are presented in persuasive writing that doesn't match the claim;it does not follow
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Audience
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In persuasive writing ,who is the message for?
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Claim
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The message or idea that is being presented in persuasive writing
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Sequence
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A pattern of nonfiction text in which ideas are presented step-by-step
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Cause and effect
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A pattern of nonfiction text in which the relationship between an event and the reasons why the event occured are presented
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Fiction
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Writing that is not true
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Non-fiction
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Writing that is true
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Biography
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The story of a person's life as told by someone else
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Autobiography
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The story of a person's life that is told by that person himself/herself
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Memoir
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An emotional autobiographical story
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Myth/folktale
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A fictional story (usually with animals)that teaches a lesson
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Moral
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The lesson of a myth or folktale
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Drama
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A type of literature that is meant to be acted on a stage; A play
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Bias
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Basing a conclusion on personal opinion rather than facts
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Plot
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A series of events that present and resolve a problem;it tells a story
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Character
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A person in a story
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Protagonist
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The main character in a story
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Antagonist
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The opposition to the main character in a story; the enemy of the main character
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Man vs man
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One person is in conflict with another person
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Man vs self
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Internal conflict;a conflict within a character
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Man vs nature
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A person is in conflict with a blizzard,tornado,river,etc
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Falling action
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The result of the climax,leading to denouement
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Setting
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The time and place a story occurs
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Theme
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The author's message to the reader; the lesson the author wants the reader to understand
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Informative writing
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Writing that gives information to the reader:a textbook,directions,newspaper article
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Writing for Entertainment
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Writing that is for pure pleaure; storylike, narrative, drama
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Persuasive writing
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Writing with the intent to change the reader's mind
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Context clues
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Hints in the text that help a reader understand a difficult or unusual word(usually bold or underline)
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Dialogue
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The words that are spoken by the actors in a play
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Stage directions
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The words that give the actors instructions on what to do in a play
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Foreshadowing
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Events that help predict what will happen later in a story
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Script
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The written form of a play
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Cast of Characters
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Found in the beginning of a script; May contain brief background information on characters
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Free verse
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Does not have a rhyming pattern; does not rhyme
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