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21 Cards in this Set
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a comparison based on a similaryity in some detail between things that are otherwise unlike
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analogy
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words that mean opposite things
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antonyms
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the people for whom a peice of writing is intended
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audience
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a writers reason for creating a work
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authors purpose
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the persons,action,or event that makes something else happen and what happens as a result of the event or action(2 terms)
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cause and effect
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animals,people, or imaginary creatures that take part of an action of the story
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characters
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the arrangement of details in time order
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chronological order
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the most exciting and important part of the story
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climax
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pointing out similarities between two or more things
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compare
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an overall opinion that you form after rading a passage
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conclusion
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main problem facing a story's main character or characters; useally introduced at the beginning of a story
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conflict
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meanings that a word has acquired through use
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connotation
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the words that come before and after particular word in a passage
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context clues
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pointing out differences between two or more things
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contrast
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the dictionary meaning of a word
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denotation
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the conversations carried on between characters in a piece of writing
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dialogue
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a statement than can be proven true of false
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fact
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a story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact
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fiction
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language used in writing to make it more expresive
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figurative language
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in this point of view, the story is told by on of the characters
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first person
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a graphic organizer that shows sequence
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flow chart
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