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40 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Synonyms
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Words that have the same meaning
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Antonyms
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Words that have opposite meanings
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Context Clues
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Words or sentences that help explain an unfamiliar word
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Figurative Language
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Language not meant to be taken literally
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Simile
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Comparison USING like or as
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Metaphor
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Comparison NOT USING like or as
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Personification
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Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
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Hyperbole
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An exaggeration
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Idiom
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A saying that does not make sense (an idiot saying)
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Alliteration
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A phrase that start with the same sound (at least 3 words in a phrase)
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Onomatopoeia
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Sound using words
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Author's Purpose
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Why the author wrote it:
1) To explain 2) To entertain 3) To inform 4) To persuade |
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Cause
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Why something happened
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Effect
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What happened, the result
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Character
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Who the story is about
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Main character
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The person the story is mostly about
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Prefix
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A word part that is added to the BEGINNING of a word and changes its meaning
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Suffix
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A word part added to the END of a root word that changes its meaning
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Root
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A base word that a prefix or suffix can be added to form a new word and change its meaning
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Dictionary
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Use to check a word's meaning, pronunication,part of speech,or where the word comes from
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Thesaurus
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Lists synonyms and antonyms
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Glossary
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An alphabetical listing of difficult words used
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Prediction
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When you guess what happens next
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Compare
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How are they alike
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Contrast
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How are they different
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Summarize
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The most important parts of a story in your own words
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Parts of a summary
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Main Idea and at least 2 or more supporting details |
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Inference
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Use story clues and prior knowledge to make a guess
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Plot
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What happens in a story
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Conflict
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The problem in the story
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Resolution
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The solution to the problem
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Sequence of Events
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The order in which events happen
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Elements of Plot
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Introduction
Rising Action Conflict Climax Falling Action Resolution |
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Setting
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Where and when the story takes place
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Point of View
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1) First Person: Narrator (I)
2) Third Person Omniscient: He/she 3) Third Person Limited: Names |
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Theme
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Life message, moral of the story
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Fact
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Can be proved
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Opinion
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Cannot be proved
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Text Features
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1) Table of Contents
2) Index 3) Glossary 4) Title/ Subheadings 5) Illustrations 6) Captions |
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Graphic Organizers
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1) Chart
2) Table 3) Diagram 4) Graph 5) Map |
