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24 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
Comparing 2 unlike things using "Like" or "As" |
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Metaphor |
Comparing two unlike things not using "Like" or "As" |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words that make the sound of the word itself. |
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Hyberbole |
An exaggeration |
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Personification |
Giving inanimate things human-like characteristics |
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Alliteration |
Repeating of the same beginning letter or sound |
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Idiom |
When we say one thing but it means something else |
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Conflict |
Problem or stuggle |
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Setting |
Time and place a story takes place |
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Theme |
Lesson or message the author wants you to get |
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Rising action |
Events that lead to the climax |
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Falling action |
Events that follow the climax and come before the resolution |
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Climax |
The highest point of intrest in the story where the conflict is solved AHH-HAA Moment |
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Foreshadowing |
Clues thet tell us that somethings coming |
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Flashback |
Telling a story in the present time and then going to a time in the past |
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Authors purpose |
The reason the author writes the book, article, ... To: Inform, Persuade, Entertain |
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Fact |
Something that can be proven |
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Opinion |
Something that cannot be proven |
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Root |
The main part of a word |
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Prefix |
A word added to the beginning of a word |
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Suffix |
A word part added to the end of a word |
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Synonym |
Word that means the same |
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Antonym |
Words that mean the opposite |
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Mood |
The tone or feeling a story gives you |
