Grades 7-8 Literary Terms And Reading Strategies

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scenario

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A written outline of a movie, novel, or stage work giving details of plot and individual scenes.

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Determine

Back 2

To decide after study

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Representation

Back 3

The act of showing or symbolizing something again, in this case with visuals or pictures on a map.

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Central Idea

Back 4

Main idea or theme of a story.

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Inference

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An educated guess based on what you know.

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Reasoning

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Thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

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Analyze

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To study something carefully.

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Develop

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To create something over a period of time

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Point of View

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The perspective through which the story is being told.

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Contrast

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To tell how two things are DIFFERENT from one another.

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Characters

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Any person participating in the action of the story being told.

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Gathering Text-Based Evidence

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Providing proof from the text to support your answer.

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Littered

Back 13

To make a place untidy with garbage or by not putting something away.

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Rebels

Back 14

People who are against the government.

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Hesitated

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To pause or stop before saying or doing something.

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Scurried

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To move hurriedly in quick, short steps.

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Protested

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To disagree with what someone has said or done.

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Objected

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To express disapproval or disagreement.

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Culture

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The way of life in a particular society or group.

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Identity

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Who someone is; the qualities that make a person different from others (unique)

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Influence

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To affect someone or something; to cause something to happen

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Aimless

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Having no purpose, direction, or goal

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Droned

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To make a low humming sound; to speak in a low, repeating tone

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Cite

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to mention something as proof

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Horizon

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The line where the earth and sky seem to meet.

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Gourd

Back 26

A large edible fruit with hard skin.

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Ritual

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A religious or spiritual ceremony.

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Grueling

Back 28

Extremely tiring and difficult.

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Artillery

Back 29

Large guns used in warfare on land.

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Annotations

Back 30

Notes or comments added to text.

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Engage

Back 31

To be involved or to participate in something.

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Entrenched

Back 32

Very involved in something (stuck).

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Dehydration

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When the body doesn't have enough water.

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Effectively

Back 34

To be done well.

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Sorghum

Back 35

A type of grain or cereal.

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Terrain

Back 36

A large piece of land.

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Stunted

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Prevented (stopped) from growing or developing.