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29 Cards in this Set
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Prediction |
A logicalguess or assumption about something that has not yet happened |
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Inference |
A logical guess or conclusion based on observation, prior experiance, or textual evidence |
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SUbordinate |
Means under or below in rank. EX: a subordinate at work is someone below your level. A private is subordinate to a captain |
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Perspective |
Refers to point of view, describing one’s opinion or outlook about a topic |
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Interpret |
To explain the meaning of something. An interpretation is an explanation of meaning |
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Bibliography |
A list of sources used in research |
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Annotations |
Notes |
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Annotated Bibliography |
A bibliography and annotations/notes with a summary or evaluation of each source used to research a topic |
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Imagery |
Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures. It is created by details that appeal to one or more of the 5 senses |
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Motif |
A recurring element, image, or idea that has symbolic significance in a work of literature. A novel with the title Tangerine might make use of this image many times and in different ways |
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Setting |
Is the time and place in which a narrative occurs. Details of setting often create atmosphere , the feeling created by a literary mood or passage. Atmosphere contributes to the mood, the overall emotional quality of a work, which is created by the author's language and tone and the subject matter |
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Flashback |
Is the time and place in which a narrative occurs. Details of setting often create atmosphere , the feeling created by a literary mood or passage. Atmosphere contributes to the mood, the overall emotional quality of a work, which is created by the author's language and tone and the subject matter |
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Foreshadowing |
Is the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot |
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Hyperbole |
Is an exaggeration that is used for emphasis. EX:The bus ride took forever |
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Idiom |
Words or phrases that cannot be taken literally. EX: He kicked the bucket, the test was a piece of cake, break a leg, raining cats and dogs |
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Personification |
Is giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. EX:The wind whispered through the trees |
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Simile |
Is a comparison using words like or as |
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Onomatopoeia |
Is the use of the word that sounds like its meaning. EX: Buzz, snap, crackle, pop |
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Metaphor |
Is a comparison of 2 unlike things without using “like” or “as”. It says 1 thing IS another. EX: Mom was a rock through the hard times |
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Alliteration |
Is the repeating of beginning sounds. EX: She sells seashells by the seashore |
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Tone |
Attitude in the writting |
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Theme |
The moral, the lesson learned, the message, and the central idea |
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Point of veiw |
The perspective from which a story is told |
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In 1st person |
The teller is a character in the story, telling what he/she knows |
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In 3rd person |
The narrator is someone outside of the story |
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Conflict |
A struggle |
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Allusion |
A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event that is real or fictional |
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Biography |
An account of a person's life written by someone else |
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Autobiography |
An account of a person’s life written by that person |
