Definition - When the words in a sentence or line of poetry
begin with the same sound, often the same letter. Example - Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck
of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Symbol - AAAAAA ALLITERATION
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Definition: - An authors reason for writing a passage, such as
to entertain, teach a lesson, describe, instruct, or share
thoughts. Example: - The purpose of having a history book is to
teach us about the past events. Image AUTHORS PURPOSE
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Definition: - An event (cause) has an effect ( a change) on the
outcome of events and characters in a story. Example: - A girl hit
the wall because she wasnt paying attention. Image: CAUSE AND
EFFECT
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Definition: - The people in the story. Example: - In the Three
Little Pigs, the characters are the three little piggies and the
wolf. Image: CHARACTERS
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Definition - How a character thinks or behaves that helps a
reader get to know a character. Example: - Mary baked cookies for
the homeless. Readers Thoughts: Mary seems very generous. Image:
CHARACTER TRAITS
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Definition What moves the character into action. Example - The
young boy enjoy football, he decided to try out for football. Image
CHARACTER MOTIVATION
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Definition The turning point of a story. Example - When
Cinderella places her foot in the glass slipper and achieves a
perfect fit, she wins the marriage of the prince. Image CLIMAX
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Definition A statement made by the reader based on information
provided by the writer. Example - Cheetah top speed is an amazing
70 mph (110 kmh). Conclusion by reader: They run very fast. Symbol
- In conclusion. I do believed in the endFinallyI thinkMy opinions
on the situation. CONCLUSION
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Definition - Usually light and amusing; making fun of things
that are serious; comedies rely on human error to create characters
and situations that are humorous. Example: -When Jerry threw pie at
Tom face. Image: COMEDY
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Definition - To examine the similarities and the differences
between two ideas, objects, or characters and events. Example -
Cupcakes and cakes: Both are pastries but cakes are bigger than
cupcakes. Image COMPARE AND CONTRAST
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Definition -The problem facing the main character in a story.
Example - Peter forgot to get the birthday cake for his mom. Image
CONFLICT
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Definition - The parts of a sentence and paragraph surrounding
a word or paragraph that may make its meaning clearer. Example -
His crime was heinous. He killed a man in cold blood. Heinous most
likely means wicked or evil. Image CONTEXT
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Definition -Words or sentences around an unfamiliar word that
offer clues to its meaning. Example - When Rex had a bone, a warm
spot to lie, and someone petting him, he was in paradise. Image
CONTEXT CLUES
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Definition - A drawing or graphic design that explains a
concept or idea by using visual elements instead of words. Example
Image DIAGRAM
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Definition - A conservation between characters. Example - Blah,
blah, blah, you complain too much yelled Sally to Mike. Mike
responds, You talk to much to Sally. Symbol - .. DIALOG
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Definition - A story that is meant to be performed before an
audience Example - The Giver Image DRAMA
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Definition - Special kind of nonfiction reading in which the
author gives information or an opinion about a topic Example - A
five paragraph page about monkeys Image ESSAY
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Definition - Short stories that teach a lesson, with characters
that are either human or animal personified Example - The Tortoise
and the Hare and The Boy Who Cried Wolf Image FABLES
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Definition - A statement that can be proven Example - The first
president of the United States was George Washington. Symbol -
Fact: Can this statement be proved? - Opinion: Does this tell a
thought or feeling and would the statement be true all of the time?
FACT
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Definition - The events after a storys climax is reached
Example - Cinderella and the prince prepare to get marry Image
FALLING ACTION
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Definition - A form of literature about events that did not
actually happen Example - To Kill a Mockingbird Image/Symbol
FICTION
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Definition - Simple stories that have been passed down from one
generation to the text. Example - How the Snake Got Poison and Ali
Baba and the Forty Thieves Image FOLK TALES
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Definition - A brief scene in which the reader is shown
something that happened in the past Example - The main character
had a sudden flashback when her grandmother past. Image
FLASHBACK
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Definition - A board, sweeping, statement that can be either
true or false Example - Everyone loves Italian Ice Image
GENERALIZATIONS
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Definition - A diagram, graph, table, or chart that organizes
information so thats it is easy to understand Example Image -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
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Definition - Words that are spelled the same but have different
meanings and ( sometimes )different pronunciations Examples -
Wave(move the hand in greeting) Wave (sea water coming into shore)
Image HOMOGRAPHS
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Definition - Words that are spelled alike and may sound alike,
but have different meaning s Example - Blue (the color) Blue (the
feeling of sadness) Image HOMONYMS
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Definition - Words that sound alike but have different meanings
and spellings Examples - Sail, Sale See, Sea Image HOMOPHONES
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Definition - Wild exaggeration Example - Your big as a
elephant! Image HYPERBOLE
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Definition - Assumptions about story, based on what is in the
story and what the reader already knows Example - Just because the
famous actor was seen in a jewelry store, all the tabloids inferred
he's going to ask his singer girlfriend to marry him Image
INFERENCES
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Definition - Text that tells the reader different facts and may
include charts, diagrams, graphs, maps, and tables Example Image
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
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Definition - Written directions that tell the reader how to do
something Example - Making Tea 1.Warm water in tea cup 2. Once warm
pour water into tea 3. Soak teabag for a couple of seconds 4. Drink
and enjoy Image INSTRUCTIONS
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Definition - A contrast between what is expected to happen and
what does happen. Example - The Titanic was known as the unsinkable
and yet the ship sank on its voyage. Image IRONY
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Definition - Stories that are about someone who may or may not
have lived and that mix fact with fantasy Example - Legend of King
Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and Legend of Sleepy
Hollow Image LEGENDS
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LITERARY DEVICES Definition - The methods an author uses that
contribute more than a simple fact to the text, such as sensory
detail, simile, rhythm, repetition, metaphors, alliteration, and
personification. Example - A simile uses words like or as, a
metaphors does not. Simile- He looks like a pig. Metaphor- Hes a
pig Image
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Definition - The character that plays the most important part
in the story Example - In the Wonderful Wizard of Oz Image MAIN
CHARACTER
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Definition - The biggest, most important thought in a passage
Example - If a paper is about saving the environment, this would be
also be the main idea. Image MAIN IDEA
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Definition - A comparison between two things which states that
one thing is something else; usually contrasted with a simile.
Example - She is the shining star in her class Image METAPHOR
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Definition - Traditional stories usually with supernatural
characters, about how the world works. Example - Baucis and
Philemon and Medusas Head Image MYTHS
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Definition - Text that is true and based on fact Example -
Articles, autobiographies, biographies, essays, memoirs, nature
writing, profiles, reports, sports writing, and travel writing are
all nonfictions Image NONFICTION
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Definition - Words that represent information in the text to
help you remember and understand the text Example - When reading a
history book, you would take notes of important date and people.
Image NOTES
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Definition - Someones thoughts or feeling s about a topic
Example - Spiders are the most scariest thing Image OPINION
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Definition - Different ways an authors arranges her or his
ideas; examples are: causes and effect, compare and contrast, and
proposition and support Example - In Ann Franks Diary, the story is
organize by time Image-----------> ORGANIZATION PATTERNS
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Definition - A plan of organization that sketches the main
points of a text in chronological order to help the reader
understand about at a glance what the text is Example -Paragraph 1:
Detail Image OUTLINE
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Definition -Speaking or writing of something nonhuman as if it
had human qualities. Example -The lightning danced across the sea
Image PERSONIFICATION
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Definition -The main event that happen in a story Example -In
Cinderella she is a maid for her stepmother and sisters, she goes
to the ball dances with the prince, she has to go and one of her
slipper falls, prince finds the slipper and searches for the girl
she dance with (Cinderella), stepmother locks her up once the price
comes to see if the slipper fits, Cinderella escapes, the slipper
fits, Cinderella and the prince lives happily ever after. Image
PLOT
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Definition -The character that tells the story. Example -I love
dogs First person or one of the character in the story Image POINT
OF VIEW
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Definition -A piece of writing that makes use of expressive
language to create an emotional experience ; often uses rhythm;
sometimes rhyme; has short lines instead of paragraphs Example
Southside Chicago Blues: Stumbled out of bed this mornin' Don't
know where I been. Don't know what the haps last night But it must
have been a sin. Cause today I got the lowdown blues, The Southside
Chicago mind-numbin' blues -George Hunter Image
---------------------------------------------> POETRY
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Definition -Educated guesses; a learning tool in which the
reader tries to figure out what is going to happen by using clues
in the text and his or her own insights and knowledge Example -I
predict it will rain today because the clouds are dark and gloomy.
Image PREDICTIONS
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Definition -Sets of letters, that are at the beginning of words
Example -Reread- re Depart- de Preschool- pre
Image-------------------> PREFIXES
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Definition -Often used in essays; writers state the main
opinion or idea in the opening paragraph and then prove the idea in
the paragraph in the paragraphs that follow. Example -All men are
mortal. Socrates is a man. Socrates is mortal. Image PROPOSITION
AND SUPPORT
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Definition -Information that you already know before you read a
story or essay. Example - If the topic of the story or essay is
about cats you are about to know some of the information written
because of your prior knowledge about cats Image PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE
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Definition -The way the characters solve the problem presented
in the text that is resolved Example -Cinderella is married to her
prince charming and doesnt have to be boss around by her stepmother
or sister anymore Image RESOLUTION
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Definition -When the ending word of two or more lines of poetry
that sounds the same. Example -Hey Diddle Diddle Image - RHYME
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Definition -Made from the patterns of sounds or inflection in a
poem or other work Example -The drums beat can contain rhythm Image
RHYTHM
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Definition -The chain of events that leads to a storys climax
Example -In Cinderella, the rising action is when she is ready to
go to the formal party. Image RISING ACTION
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Definition -The order in which events happen in a story Example
-Child rides bike, then falls off, elbow is scratched, moms put
bandage on elbow, child continues to ride bike. Image SEQUENCE OF
EVENTS
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Definition -Where and when the story takes place Example -Our
environment is surrounded by trees. The battle field was a barren
wasteland. -Image SETTING
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Definition -A comparison made between two things using the
words like or as; usually contrasted with metaphor Example -She was
tall like a giraffe Image SIMILE
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Definition -A piece of writing with characters, plot, setting,
and conflict. Example: -Twilight, Eleventh Plague, Little Red
Riding Hood Image STORY
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Definition - Sets of letters that can be added to the ending of
words to make new words Example -De-part Good-ness Image
SUFFIXES
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Definition -A short description of what the text is about,
including the main ideas Example -The Three Little Pigs is about
three pigs that go off to build their homes, the first two pigs
build their houses but fails when the big bad wolf comes an
destroys it, the third pig build his house so the wolf does not
destroy. The wolf can not destroy it and goes home. Image
SUMMARY
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Definition -The characters that are in the background of the
story Example -In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's dog, Toto is an
example of a supporting character Image SUPPORTING CHARACTER
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Definition - Details that give information that will help you
understand a story or an article. Example - Roughly 50 million
water bottles end up in landfills. Image SUPPORTING DETAILS
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Definition -The use of one, usually concrete, thing to stand
fro another, usually abstract thing. Example -The United States
flag represents independence Image SYMBOLISM
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Definition -Information organized in rows and columns; a visual
aid to help the reader understand the information Example Image
TABLE
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Definition -The central idea or meaning of a story, the insight
and author wants to convey Example -The theme of The Three Little
pigs is hard work and patience pays off in the end Image THEME
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Definition -A story that ends with the characters death or
other misfortune Example -Romeo and Juliet Image TRAGEDY
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Definition -Word origins and development in meaning Example
-Google, Google is a company but it can also be referred as a verb,
Just Google it. Image WORD ETYMOLOGIES
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Definition -Part of a word that contains the basic meaning or
definition Example -Rereading Image WORD ROOTS
