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Act (drama)
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One of the main divisions of a play
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Affix
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A word part added to a base, or root, word; prefix, suffix
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Alike
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The same or similar
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Alliteration
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The repeating of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words
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Analogy
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Similarity between like features of 2 things; comparison of 2 things
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Analyze
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To examine something by breaking it into parts
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Apply
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Put to use; use
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Article
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A nonfiction written composition, usually in a newspaper or magazine
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Audience
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Who a piece of writing is written for
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Author
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The person who wrote the composition, article, story, etc.
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Author's Purpose
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Why an author writes something such as to persuade, inform, entertain, or instructs
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Autobiography
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The story of a person’s life written by that person
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Base Word
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The most meaningful part of a word
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Beneficial
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Helpful
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Biography
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The story of a person’s life written by another person
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Bulleted List
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A list of words with bullets, or dots, in front of the items.
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Caption
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Words under a photograph or picture that tell about the photo
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Cast of Characters
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The list of characters in a drama, or play
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Category
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Division or class
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Cause
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The reason for something; something that creates an effect
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Cause and Effect
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The reason why something happens and the result of that action
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Change
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Something that happens that is different
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Character
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The main person or animal in a story, drama, poem, etc.
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Characteristic
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A distinguishing feature or quality; something that sets someone or something apart
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Character Trait
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A unique quality of a person
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Chart
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A table or graphic with information in it
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Chronological Order
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The order in which something happens based on time
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Common
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Regular, usual
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Compare and Contrast
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Give similarities and differences, tell how items are alike and different
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Comparison
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Tell how items are alike
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Compose
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To write
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Comprehension
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To understand
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Conclude
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To reach a decision or form an opinion
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Conclusion
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A judgement or decision reached by reasoning; the closing or ending of a performance or written selection
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Conflict
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The opposition of persons or forces that brings about action important to the plot of a literary selection
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Connection
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An association or relationship between 2 or more topics or texts
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Context
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The part of a text that surrounds a particular word
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Context Clues
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Hints about the meaning of a word found by reading the other words in the sentence or paragraph
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Convince
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To cause someone to believe a certain way; persuade
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Costumes
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The outfits actors wear during a play
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Create
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To make, form, or produce
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Define
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To state or write the meaning of
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Definition
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The meaning of a word or phrase
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Demonstrate
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To explain by use of examples or experience; to show
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Describe
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To use words to tell or write about something
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Details
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Small parts of a whole; specific information about the main idea
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Determine
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To settle or decide on
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Diagram
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A chart or graph that explains something; a labeled illustration
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Dialogue
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A conversation between 2 or more people
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Dictionary
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A reference book containing an alphabetical listing of words with information given for each word including the pronunciation and meaning
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Difference
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A way in which something is unlike something else
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Different
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Partly or completely unlike another
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Display
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To show
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Document
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A piece of writing
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Drama
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A literary work that tells a story through action and speech and is intended to be performed
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Draw Conclusion
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To combine several pieces of information to make an inference
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Effect
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The result of a cause
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Elaborate
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To give more details
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Elements of Drama
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The basic and most important parts of a dramatic selection; setting, characters, scenes, acts, descriptions, stage directions
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Elements of Fiction
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The basic and most important parts of a fictional story; theme, setting, characters, plot
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Elements of Nonfiction
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The basic and most important parts of a literary nonfictional piece based on facts; table of contents, diagrams, glossary, index, bold words, headings/subheadings
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Elements of Poetry
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The basic and most important parts of poetry; rhythm, rhyme, stanza, line, white space, rhyme pattern
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Emphasize
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To stress or give importance
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Evaluate
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To make a judgement based on evidence
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Event
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An occurrence; something that happens
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Evidence
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Something that shows, proves, or gives reasons for making a judgement
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Exaggerate
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To say something that is larger or greater than it is; to "stretch the truth"
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Excerpt
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A selection or passage taken from a larger work such as a book, film, or poem
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Explain
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To make clear; to provide the reason or cause for
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Explanation
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A statement that makes something clear
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Express
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To communicate meaning
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Expression
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A familiar saying; a way of showing feelings using the voice or body gestures
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Fable
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A traditional story used to teach a lesson; often has talking animals
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Fact
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A statement that can be proven true
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Factual Information
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Knowledge or facts that can be proven
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Fairy Tale
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A fanciful, or made up, story about fairies, magical creatures, and legendary deeds
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Falling Action
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The part of a plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
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Feature
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A part of characteristic of an item or concept that sets it apart
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Fiction
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A genre of writing based on imagination and not necessarily on facts
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Figurative Language
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Words that create images by using language that has a deeper meaning than what the words actually say; idioms, similes, metaphors, hyperboles, personification
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First Person Point of View
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The point of view in which the narrator tells the story based on his/her view point using the pronouns "I" and "we"
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Folk Tale
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A traditional tale or legend passed down from generation to generation
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Foreshadow
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A technique used by an author to give hints or clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story; a warning
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Free Verse Poetry
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Poetry that does not have pattern, rhyme, or rhythm
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Genre
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A type of literature
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Glossary
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An alphabetical listing of words and their meanings found in the back of a book
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Graph
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A diagram that shows connections between 2 or more concepts
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Graphic
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A visual image such as a diagram, picture, symbol, drawing, or graph
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Heading
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A word or group of words located at the beginning of a page, section, or chapter
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Headline
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The title of a newspaper article usually printed in large, bold type
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Historical Event
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Something that happened in the past
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Hyperbole
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An exaggeration or overstatement
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Identify
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To recognize or point out
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Idiom
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An expression with a meaning that cannot be understood from the meaning of the individual words; an idiotic statement; out of the blue or raining cats and dogs
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Illustration
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A picture, diagram, drawing, or map used to explain or decorate
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Imagery
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Words or phrases that help readers form pictures in their minds
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Imagine
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To form a mental picture
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Infer
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To arrive at a conclusion or opinion through the use of reason
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Inference
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A conclusion drawn from prior knowledge, or schema, and text evidence
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Inform
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To give information; to tell; to notify
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Information
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Knowledge or gathered facts about a topic
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Informational Text
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A selection written to inform
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Interpret
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to explain the meaning of, to understand in one's
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Introduction
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a part of a book or story that explains what will
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Italics
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a style of printing with letters slanting to the right
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Judge
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to form an opinion about something
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Justify
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to demonstrate or prove that something is right,
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Label
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a word or phrase that identifies or describes; to record a
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Lesson
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a message learned from a literary selection
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Line
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a single row of words in a poem
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Line Break
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pauses that divide a poem into lines, allowing the
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Logical
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sensible and based on facts
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Logical Order
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a sequence or organization of text that is
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Logo
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a design or picture used to represent a topic, product,
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Main Idea
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the most important thought or message in a
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Meaning
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the definition of a word or phrase; the message or
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Message
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a basic theme, lesson or moral
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech that compares one thing to
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Meter
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the rhythmic structure in poetry; accents or beats
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Moral
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a lesson learned from a story or an event
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Multiple Meaning Word
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a word that has more than one
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Mystery
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a literary selection that includes plot events that are
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Myth
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a story passed from generation to generation that
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Narrator
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the person telling a story
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Nonfiction
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a genre of writing that is designed to explain or
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Obvious
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something that is clear or easy to understand
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Onomatopoeia
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the name of a sound
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Opinion
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a belief based on thoughts or feelings, not on facts
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Paraphrase
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to restate using different words; using your own words
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Passage
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a written selection
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Personification
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giving human qualities to non-human things
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Persuade
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to convince
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Persuasive Text
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an informational selection written to convince
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Playwright
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the author of a play or drama
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Plot
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the sequence or events in a literary selection
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Point of View
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the position or perspective from which an
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Predict
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to determine what will occur based on current
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Prefix
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a group of letters added to the beginning of a word
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Problem
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a question that must be solved or considered
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Props
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objects used on the set of a play
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Purpose
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the reason; the intended or desired result
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Recommend
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to suggest, to advise
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Related
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connected
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Resolution
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the closing of the story that ties everything
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Resource
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a source that provides help or information
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Rhyme
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to have the same or similar ending sounds
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Rhyme Scheme
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the pattern of rhyming lines in poetry: AABB,
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Rising Action
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events leading up to the climax
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Role
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the function of characters based on what the characters
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Root Word
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a base word to which prefixes and suffixes may be
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Scene
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a section of a drama that describes the action that takes
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Script
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a text of words to be spoken
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Selection
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a written or spoken text
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Sensory Detail
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information that describes what is seen, heard,
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Sensory Language
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words used in literary writing that appeal
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Sequence
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In time order
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Sequential Order
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an organizational pattern that places events
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Setting
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the time and place of a literary selection
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Significant
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important
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Similar
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alike but not exactly the same
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Simile
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a figure of speech in which 2 things are compared
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Stage Directions
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instructions for actors and stage crew,
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Stanza
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a group of lines that forms a verse of a poem or a song
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Subtitle
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the smaller title that goes before a new selection of
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Suffix
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a group of letters added to the end of a base word that
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Summarize
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to write or tell the essential points and main idea
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Summary
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a brief account of the main ideas of a selection,
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Support
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to provide evidence or show to be true
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Supporting Details
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ideas that explain, describe, or define a
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Syllable
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a word part that contains a single vowel sound with
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Table of Contents
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a page at the beginning of a book that lists
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Text
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the actual words in a written selection
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Text Features
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text parts beyond the words that provide
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Theme
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the main idea or the most important idea of a written
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Thesaurus
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a reference book that contains synonyms
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Third Person Limited Point of View
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the point of view in
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Third Person Objective Point of View
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the point of view in
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Third Person Omniscient Point of View
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the point of view in
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Topic
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the main subject of a written work
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Transitional Word or Phrase
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a word or group of words
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Various
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many different types
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Venn Diagram
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a graphic organizer used to compare and contrast 2 or more items
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Verse
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a stanza of a poem or a song
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Visual
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able or intended to be seen by the eyes
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Adage
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a short saying that expresses wisdom
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Proverb
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Affect
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to influence
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Analysis
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the act of breaking something down into its parts and examining each part
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Argument
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a reason used to support a position or point of view in a persuasive text
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Assess
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To determine the value, significance, or quality of; evaluate
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Convey
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To express or communicate; to make known; to say
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Culture
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characteristics of a particular group of people defined by language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts
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Digital media
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electronic communication (blogs, e-mail, discussion groups, instant messaging, websites, Internet)
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Disadvantage
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a thing, condition or event that is unfavorable
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Distinguish
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to recognize as different
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Historical fiction
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A genre that blends actual historical events with fiction
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Media
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Ways of communicating information: newspaper,
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Origin
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How something came to be
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Outcome
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The end result
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Primary Source
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First-hand or original information such as a diary, journal, survey or interview
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Procedural Text
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Text that gives instructions for doing or making something
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Valid
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TRUE
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Advantage:
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The thing, a condition, or an event that can help or benefit something
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Advertisement
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An announcement that gives specific facts about an event or item and is designed to attract public attention; it usually answers the questions who, what, when, where, when, why
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Antonym
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A word having the opposite meaning of another word
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Application
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The act of using your understanding of a concept in a different situation
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Appropriate
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Suitable or right for the purpose
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Author's Message:
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The author's main idea, theme, or lesson expressed in a written selection
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Author's Viewpoint
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The attitude or outlook of an author in a piece of literature; the position an author takes on a topic
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Brainstorm
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To think quickly and creatively in order to generate ideas or to solve problems
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Chant:
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Words written or spoken in a rhythmic pattern
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Classify
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To sort ideas based on categories or topics
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Concept
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A general idea or understanding
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Criteria
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Standards, rules, or tests used to make a judgment or decision
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Devise
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To think of, plan, or invent
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