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15 Cards in this Set
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Returing to an earlier time in a story for the purpose of making something clearer in the present.
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Flashback
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A suggestion in a story of what is to come later by giving hints and clues.
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Foreshadowing
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A tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crops
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sharecropper
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To gain through experience; come by: acquired a growing dislike of television sitcoms.
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acguire
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To make a continuous low dull humming sound: Somewhere an electric fan droned without end.
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drone
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prompted by or resulting from or as if from instinct; natural; unlearned: an instinctive will to strive
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instinctively
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with hesitation; in a hesitant manner; “he finally accepted hesitantly”
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hesitantly
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a temporary substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
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makeshift
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A set of mental pictures or images.
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imagery
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The person or animal around which the action in a story occurs.
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character
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A statement which reflects the gist, or total message, of a selection.
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main idea
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An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another.
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biography
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The time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
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setting
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To convey the main idea and a few details from a selection in a short paragraph.
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summarize
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Ideas that support, or back up, the main idea of a selection
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Supporting Details
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