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Acronym

The abbreviations of words.

Alliteration

A device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound.

Analogy

A thing is compared to another thing.

Anecdote

A short and interesting story or an amusing event.

Antagonist

A person or thing that goes against another thing.

Antonym

The opposite meaning of a words meaning.

Audience

A spectator watching or reading anything.

Author's Purpose

What the author wants to accomplish in his story.

Bias

A person or group is compared to somebody, usally considered to be unfair.

Cause

What happened that made something else happen.

Chronological Order

The arrangement of anything in which it happened.

Climax

The most intense, exciting, part of something.

Compare

Note the similaritys between the to things or objects.

Conclusion

The end of a book or play.

Conflict

A series of argument, a problem in a story.

Connotation

An idea or felling the word invokes.

Context Clues

Hints that the author puts in the story to help yoy better understand something.

Contrast

To compare in order unlikeness or differences.

Denotation

The words dictionary definition.

Dialogue

A conversation between two or more characters in a story.

Effect

What happens because of the cause.

Etymology

The study of the origin of words.

Expository

Intended to explain or describe something.

Fact

A statement that that can be proven true.

Fiction

A story that isn't true, it never happened in real life.

Figurative Language

Words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

First Person Point of View

The author is in the story.

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