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50 Cards in this Set
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Predict
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to say what will happen in the furture
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Preview
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to view something before doing something
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Affix
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Can be prefix or suffix
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Prefix
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What is added to the beginning of the base word
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Context clues
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hints that the author gives to help the reader define an unknown word
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Plot
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the sequence of related event that make up a story or drama
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Exposition
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the beginning of a story exposes the main character and the setting
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Conflict
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the problems that exist inside the story
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Rising action
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the events leading up to the climax
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Setting
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the time and place in which event of the story takes place
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Character
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person or animal in a work of literature
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Static character
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a character who stays the same through out the story
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Dynamic character
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a character personality or attitude changes through out the story
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Protagonist
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the main character in the story
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allie
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Atagonist
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the person or force of who opposes the protagonist
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not an allie
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Draw conclusion
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to gate information
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Cite evidence
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is to take words from the text and pt it in your answer
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Interpret
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to make something understandable o to be able to understand
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Analyze
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is to think about the text
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Compare
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To see if there is anything in common
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Contrast
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To tell if there is any difference
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Point of view
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the view point from which a story is told
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Climax
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the highest moment of suspense and excitement, the turning point of the story
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Falling action
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the results of the climax; events that occurs afterwards
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Foreshadowing
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hints an purposely drops through out the story to suggest its outcome/ending
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Mood
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felling risen within the reader due to the authors word choice and style of writing
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Tone
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the overall attitude of the author
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Cause and Effect
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Cause is why something happened
Effect is what happened |
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Compare and Contrast
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Shows how to or more things have in common and differences
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Problem and Solution
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tells about a problem and then gives one or more possible solution
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Chronological
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starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occured
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Main idea
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A word or phrase that tells what the paragraph is mainly about
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Supporting detail
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a sentence or phrase that further explains the topic and the main idea
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First person
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narrators tells a story about him or herself using the word I,ME ,WE,and US
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Third person
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narrator tells a story about someone else
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Second person
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is a point of view which the narrator tells the story to another character
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not really used
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Characterization
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is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character
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Character analysis
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is when examined thoroughly a characters traits
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Character Motivation
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a reason that explains a characters thoughts,felling,action and speech
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Character vs Nature
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when a character must overcome some natural obstacle or condition
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problem w/ wheather
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Character vs Society
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a struggle against society
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state laws and more
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Character vs Character
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when a character has a problem against another character
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Story element
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begin,mid,end
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Flashback
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interrupts the normal events to tell about something that happened in the past
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Identity
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the fact of being of who or what person or a thing is
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Resolution
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a decision to or not to do something
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Determine
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cause something to occur in a particular way
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Text structure
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to look at the words and think about the way the text is set up or organized
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Text elements
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means to look at the bolded words,titles,picture,etc.
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Suffix
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what is added to the end of the base word
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