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35 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
uses like or as |
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Main Idea |
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger text. |
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Topic Sentence |
The first sentence in a paragraph that tells what the paragraph is about. |
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Context Clue It is very gray outside. This might mean that it is.......... |
Storming or a cold front is coming through. |
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Synonyms |
Words that have the same meaning. Hot Warm Cold Cool |
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What is the root word in snowbound? |
Snow |
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Antonym |
Words with opposite meaning Hot Cold Nice Mean |
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Homophones |
two words having the same pronunciation
New Knew Hay Hey |
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Rover was the best dog ever! She never caused problems and always played with her master. By reading this what would be a trait that would not apply to Rover? a. That she was mean b. That she was awesome! c. That she never came out of her house. |
b. That she was awesome. This is inferred by the actions described in the two sentences. |
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Fictional Text might be |
poems, stories, plays, novels |
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Non Fictional Text might be |
newspapers, editorials, personal accounts, journal articles |
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Charlie served his country for 12 years. He saluted the flag and sang the star spangled banner every chance he could. He volunteered at the veterans hospital on every Thursday. One might infer that Charlie was |
patriotic, a good serviceman, a good citizen These things are what you know based on other things said. This is how we infer meanings that aren't said specifically. |
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Indention |
What you do at the beginning of a paragraph.
*__________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. |
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Realistic Fiction |
a non true story based on realistic events. |
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Historical Fiction |
a non true story that takes place in the past. The setting is from the past. |
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Plot |
Events that make up a story. |
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Character Traits |
all aspects of a persons behavior and attitudes that make up the Characters personality. |
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Metaphor |
Comparing two unlike objects. My brother was dependable; he was a rock. |
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Hyperbole |
An extreme exaggeration. Ive told you a million times! I was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets!!! |
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Personification |
When you assign the qualities of a person to something non human. The stars danced playfully in the moonlight. She did not realize her opportunity was knocking at her door. |
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Coconuts are found all over the world. They grow in tropical areas and in warmer climates. They are farmed and sold to people all over the world. What key word search might you do to find out more? |
KEY WORD: COCONUTS |
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Alliteration |
Repeated first consonant sounds. She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore. Danny's Dorky Dog Dove Deep into Desert! |
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Adjectives |
modify nouns or pronouns wise grandmother perfect score twelve months |
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Singular Noun |
names one person, place, thing or idea |
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Plural Noun |
names more than one person, place, thing or idea. |
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Possessive Noun |
shows ownership Cat's mouse Florida's climate Sun's rays |
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Common Nouns |
Are not capitalized and are non specific. boy duck cat dog |
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Proper Nouns |
are capitalized and are very specific New York City Oklahoma City Chicago Maryland |
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Nominative Pronoun |
serves as the subject of the sentence. Susan is very tired today. (replace Susan with she) She is very tired today. (subject) |
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Objective Pronouns |
are the objects of the action. Where are the cookies? I ate them. (object) |
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Intensive Pronouns |
emphasize the person or thing performing the action. I myself was surprised at how many people came. |
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Complete Predicate |
What the entire action part of a sentence is. The boy flew paper air planes. What did the boy do? |
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Complete Subject |
The boy flew the paper airplane. Who flew the paper air plane? |
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Thesaurus- |
where you find words that have the same meaning. You could use this to find a word that has the same meaning as Silly, -Goofy- Weird-Crazy |
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Where would you look to find a page in a book about sharks. |
You would look in the Index. (at the end) |
