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What is synonym?
something that represents something else
same or similar
extreme exaggeration
a comparison between two things using like or as
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What is a fact?
proven statement
time and place
opposite or different
what happens
3
What is connotation?
extreme exaggeration
the order in which events happen
how the story makes you feel
words that have special feelings or images attached
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What is resolution?
solution
the order in which events happen
everything that happens in a story
problem
5
What is theme?
message
what happens
time and place
the use of words that are not to be taken literally
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What are multiple-meaning words?
words that have special feelings or images attached
words around a word that tell you what the word means
words that imitate sounds
words with more than one meaning
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What are character traits?
how the story makes you feel
everything about a character
the storyteller of the story
what makes something happen
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What is an antonym?
solution
a well-known figure of speech
words that imitate sounds
opposite or different
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What is author's purpose?
how the story makes you feel
everything that happens in a story
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
why an author writes
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What is sequential or chronological order?
the order in which events happen
everything that happens in a story
most important details in a book or story
what makes something happen
11
What is a narrator?
the storyteller of the story
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
problem
why an author writes
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What is setting?
solution
time and place
problem
message
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What is an inference?
everything about a character
everything that happens in a story
how you hear it
an idea combining text evidence, reasoning, and prior knowledge.
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What is cause?
what makes something happen
problem
logical conclusion
what happens
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What is figurative language?
the use of words that are not to be taken literally
most important details in a book or story
words that have special feelings or images attached
words around a word that tell you what the word means
16
What is author's perspective?
how you hear it
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
why an author writes
how the story makes you feel
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What is an idiom?
a well-known figure of speech
words that imitate sounds
something that represents something else
giving animals or objects human characteristics
18
What is effect?
what happens
solution
problem
what makes something happen
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What is conflict?
logical conclusion
giving animals or objects human characteristics
problem
how you hear it
20
What is an opinion?
what someone thinks or feels
how the author thinks and feels about his topic
words that have special feelings or images attached
how the story makes you feel
21
What is plot?
everything that happens in a story
everything about a character
most important details in a book or story
how you hear it
22
What is main idea?
the most important idea of the topic
everything that happens in a story
most important details in a book or story
extreme exaggeration
23
What is denotation?
everything about a character
dictionary definition
words that have special feelings or images attached
how the story makes you feel
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What are context clues?
words around a word that tell you what the word means
words that imitate sounds
how the story makes you feel
something that represents something else
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What is summary?
the order in which events happen
the most important idea of the topic
most important details in a book or story
everything that happens in a story
