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26 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Prefix
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a word placed before the root word that changes the meaning
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Suffix
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a word placed after the root word that changes the meaning
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Character
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a person in a piece of literature
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Main Idea
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what the story is mostly talking about
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Setting
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the time and place
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Idiom
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a phrase that means something else or has an underlying meaning
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Adages and Proverbs
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a phrase that means something else and includes a piece of advice
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Stanza
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a paragraph in poetry
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Alliteration
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the repetition of a sound within poetry
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Inference
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to make an educated guess using clues in a story
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First Person Point of View
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when a story is written from the narrator's point of view. The word "I" is often seen.
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Simile
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a comparison of two things using the words like or as
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Metaphor
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a comparison of two things without using the words like or as
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Free Verse
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poetry that does not have a pattern or rhythm
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Homonym
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words that are spelled the same but have more than one meaning
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Homophone
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words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings
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Mood
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the general feeling or atmosphere in a story
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Theme
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the general message or lesson of a story
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Author's purpose
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the reason why an author wrote something (PIEE- Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain)
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Personification
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when human characteristics are given to non human things
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Author's Viewpoint
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the author's opinion about a topic
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Chronological Order
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events are placed in the order in which they happened
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Cause and Effect
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the reason behind a problem and what happens because of a problem
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Third Person point of view
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when a story is written from a person outside of the story
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Rhythm
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often seen when poetry rhymes and has a "beat"
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Plot
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the way problems are faced and solved in a story
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