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22 Cards in this Set
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GENRES
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BIOGRAPHY
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BIOGRAPHY
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work written about a person, the "subject" about his or her own life.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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usually deals with the writer's entire life or a large part of it
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MEMOIR
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usually focus on memories of a particular time, event, place or relationship
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MODERN FANTASY
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Stories that include magic and the struggle between good and evil.
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SCIENCE FICTION
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A fantasy text that involves and/or is based on scientific principles
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HISTORICAL FICTION
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Realistic fiction set in the past. Usually focused on social and political issues of the time and how the characters see them.
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REALISTIC FICTION
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Realistic fiction set in current day settings. Usually presents problems typical for the age of the characters. Stories that are drawn from the writer's imagination but could have happened.
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POETRY
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often have rhythm and rhyme
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CHARACTERS
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are the people, animals, or objects that appear in the story. Readers learn about the _____ through the writer's descriptions, what the ____ think or say, what the _____ do, and what others say or think about them.
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SETTING
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is the time and the place in which the action happens
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PLOT
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refers to the action of the story. This includes a problem
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THEME
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IS THE BIG IDEA OF THE STORY
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COMPREHENSION
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the thinking readers do before, during, and after reading
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SIMILE
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a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another using the words like or as
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METAPHOR
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an implied comparison...saying one this IS another
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FACTS
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are items of information that are true (or that we believe are true)
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GENRE
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different types of written texts
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STYLE/LANGUAGE
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particular ways that the writers use language to communicate about the characters, plot, setting, and theme
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TONE
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The writer's communication of an overall feeling about or attitude toward the book's subject, content, or topic
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POINT OF VIEW
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the perspective from which the story is told
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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All graphics that accompany a text-drawings, photographs, paintings
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