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What is plot?
everything about a character
everything that happens in a story
how you hear it
most important details in a book or story
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What is an idiom?
a well-known figure of speech
words that imitate sounds
giving animals or objects human characteristics
something that represents something else
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What is effect?
problem
what happens
what makes something happen
solution
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What is summary?
everything that happens in a story
the order in which events happen
the most important idea of the topic
most important details in a book or story
5
What is setting?
time and place
message
solution
problem
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What is cause?
logical conclusion
what makes something happen
problem
what happens
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What are multiple-meaning words?
words that have special feelings or images attached
words with more than one meaning
words around a word that tell you what the word means
words that imitate sounds
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What is denotation?
how the story makes you feel
words that have special feelings or images attached
dictionary definition
everything about a character
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What is a narrator?
problem
the storyteller of the story
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
why an author writes
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What are context clues?
words that imitate sounds
how the story makes you feel
something that represents something else
words around a word that tell you what the word means
11
What is author's perspective?
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
how you hear it
how the story makes you feel
why an author writes
12
What is author's purpose?
everything that happens in a story
how the story makes you feel
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
why an author writes
13
What is a fact?
what happens
proven statement
opposite or different
time and place
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What is an inference?
how you hear it
everything that happens in a story
an idea combining text evidence, reasoning, and prior knowledge.
everything about a character
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What is an antonym?
opposite or different
solution
a well-known figure of speech
words that imitate sounds
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What is resolution?
everything that happens in a story
problem
the order in which events happen
solution
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What is conflict?
problem
how you hear it
logical conclusion
giving animals or objects human characteristics
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What is theme?
what happens
message
the use of words that are not to be taken literally
time and place
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What is figurative language?
most important details in a book or story
the use of words that are not to be taken literally
words that have special feelings or images attached
words around a word that tell you what the word means
20
What is sequential or chronological order?
the order in which events happen
what makes something happen
most important details in a book or story
everything that happens in a story
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What is connotation?
how the story makes you feel
the order in which events happen
extreme exaggeration
words that have special feelings or images attached
22
What is main idea?
the most important idea of the topic
extreme exaggeration
most important details in a book or story
everything that happens in a story
23
What are character traits?
how the story makes you feel
the storyteller of the story
what makes something happen
everything about a character
24
What is synonym?
extreme exaggeration
a comparison between two things using like or as
something that represents something else
same or similar
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What is an opinion?
what someone thinks or feels
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
how the story makes you feel
words that have special feelings or images attached
