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34 Cards in this Set
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analyze |
to break down into parts to closely examine; to explain in detail |
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inference |
educated guess based upon what the text gives you and what you already know; assumption |
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prediction |
guess about what may happen in the future |
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author's purpose |
Why the author wrote/made their text: persuade, inform, entertain |
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first person point of view |
where the narrator is a character; I, me, my, etc. |
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second person point of view |
the narrator speaks directly to the reader/audience; usually only in persuasive pieces or ads |
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third person limited point of view |
the narrator is not a character and focuses only on one character's thoughts and feelings |
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third person omniscient point of view |
the narrator is not a character and focuses on all of the characters' thoughts and feelings; all-knowing |
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setting |
when and where the story takes place |
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theme |
the overall lesson or message in the story |
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dialogue |
used when characters are speaking; in quotation marks |
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plot |
organized sequence of events in a story; what happens |
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metaphor |
a comparison that does not use like or as |
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simile |
a comparison that uses like or as |
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personification |
when nonhuman objects are given human-like qualities |
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stanza |
lines that are organized/separated together in poetry |
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imagery |
details that allow a reader to experience and relate to the text more; uses sensory details |
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hyperbole |
an exaggeration |
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idiom |
a phrase or saying that means something different that its literal words |
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mood |
the way that the reader/audience feels about a text |
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tone |
the way that an author feels about the subject of their text |
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alliteration |
the repetition of beginning sounds |
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TDA |
Text Dependent Analysis; a type of essay that depends on a text for its answer. Will have evidence in the form of a quote and an explanation of the answer in detail |
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main/central idea |
the primary point of a text; overall detail or topic of a text |
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conflict |
problem or issue in the text |
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author's craft |
the decisions that an author makes on purpose when writing the text |
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style |
the way a text is written |
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structure |
the way a text is set up or organized |
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evidence |
example from the text or quote |
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climax |
the most interesting part of the text; turning point |
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resolution |
end of the text or conclusion |
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summary |
an outline of the main points or happenings of a text |
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explicit |
directly stated or shown in the text |
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implicit |
not directly stated or shown in the text; has to be inferred |
