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29 Cards in this Set
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Prediction
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A logical guess or assumption about something that has not yet happened.
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Inference
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A logical guess or conclusion based on observation, prior experience, or textual evidence.
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Subordinate
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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
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Refers to point of view, describing one’s opinion or outlook about a topic
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Interpret
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To explain the meaning of something. An interpretation is an explanation of meaning
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Bibliography
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A list of sources
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Annotations
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Notes
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Annotated Bibliography
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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. Its is created by details that appeal to one or more of the 5 senses. |
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Motif
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A recurring element , image, or idea that has symbolic significance in a work of literature. A novel with the title Tangerine might ues of this image many time and in different ways
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Setting
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Is the time and place in which a narrative occurs. Details of setting often create atmosphere, the feeling created by a literary work 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 |
A sudden and vivid memory of an event in the past. It is also an interruption in the sequence of events in the plot of a story to relate events that occurred in the past. |
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Foreshadowing
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Is the use of dues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
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Hyperbole |
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, it’s raining cats and dogs.
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Personification
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Is giving an inanimate object person like quality. EX. The tree danced in the wind
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Simile
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Is a comparison using the words Like or As. EX. His legs are as long as a gazelle’s
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Onomatopoeia
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Is the use of word that sounds like its meaning.EX. Snap,crackle, pop
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Metaphor
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Is a comparison of 2 unlike things without using “like” or “as”. It says one thing IS another
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Alliteration
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Is the repeating of beginning letters or sounds
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Tone
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It is the attitude in the writing
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Theme
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Is the moral, lesson learned, and central idea.
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Point of View
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The perspective of which a story is told
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In First Person
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The teller is a character in the story, telling what she/he knows
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In Third Person
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The narrator is someone outside of the story
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Conflict
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A struggle
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Allusion
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A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event that is real or fictional
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Biography
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An account of a person’s life written by someone else
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Autobiography
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An account of a person’s life written by that person
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