Reading Study Guide

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Inferences
when information is suggested,rather than stated.

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inferences

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Details
information that supports the main Idea.

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Author's Purpose
Why the author worte the story. To entertain, to persuade,To inform.

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Biography
an account of real person's life by another person.

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biography

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Main Idea
what the story is about.

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Simile
a comparison using like or as.{quick as a wink}

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Alliteration
the repetition of a consonant at the beginning of words " Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." "She sells sea shells by the sea shore".

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Narrator
who is telling the story.

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narrator

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Folk Tale
a traditional story that has been told for centuries before it was written down.

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Mood
feeling created on the reader by the author.

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mood

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Non-Fiction
Story about real people and places that actually happened.

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Tone
author's attitude toward the subject.

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tone

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Fable
a brief tale , in which the characters are often animals,told to point out a moral truth.

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Sequence
the order in which things happen.

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Autobiography
an account of a person's life written by that person .

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autobiography

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Myth
a story usually attempting to acccount for something in nature.

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Fairy Tale
a ficitious or make-believe story. "Little Red Riding Hood".

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Climax
Where the conflict builds to an emotional moment.

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climax

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Synonyms
words that meanthe same thing.

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Theme
The underlying meaning . The lesson taught. The moral, not every story has a theme.

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theme

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Stanza
groups of lines set off visally.

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Novel
A long work of Fiction. Has a complex plot.

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Novel

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Cause & Effect Relationship
one event happing as the result of anthor.

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c&e

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Short Story
Shorter than a novel. Often describes just one event. Few characters. Can usually be read in one setting

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Short Story

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Conflict
A problem or struggle of some sort.

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conflict

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Antonyms
words that have opposite meanings.

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Figurative Language
goes beyond the ordinary meaning of words in order to achieve a new effect or to express an idea in a fresh new way .

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Plot
What happens to the characters. Plot is built around a conflict {problem}.

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plot

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Intended Audienice
for whom the story is written for.

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Rhyme
The repetition of a sound in two or more words.

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Fiction
Writing from an author's imagination

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Fiction

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Rhythm
the pattern of the sounds that are stressed and not stressed.

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Poetry
literature that creates an emotional reponse through the imagnative use of words.

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Metaphor
a comparison between two unlike things. " she is a gem".

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Free Verse
Poetry that is "free" from a fixed pattern of rhythm or rhyme.

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Resolution
Events after the climax where the complications of the plot are worked out.

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resolution

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Setting
When and where the story takes place.

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setting