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37 Cards in this Set
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BENEFIT/BENEFICIAL
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creating good or helpful results
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CAUSE/EFFECT
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someone or something that causes something a change to happen
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CHARACTERISTIC
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special thing or quality of a person or thing that makes it unique
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CONTRAST
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to find details to tell how two things are different
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CONTEXT
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words, sentences, paragraphs found in the text which help a reader to understand a word or idea
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CONTRIBUTE
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something that is given to help a person or, causes something to happen
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CUSTOM
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an action or way of behaving that is usual and traditional among the people in aparticular group or place
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CULTURE
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the beliefs, customs, arts, of a particular group,place, or time
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DISCUSS
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to talk about (something) with another person or group
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DIVERSITY
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having many different forms, types and ideas
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Opinion
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a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something
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LOCATION
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a place or position
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MAIN IDEA
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the most important point
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ORGANIZED
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to be arranged or planned for a certain outcome
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PRIVILEGES
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rights or benefits that are given to some people and not to others
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PURPOSE
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the reason why something is done or used
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REFER/REFERENCE
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the act of looking at or in something for information
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REPRESENT
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to act or speak as a leader for someone or something
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RESOURCE
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a place or thing that provides something useful
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RIGHTS
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something that a person should be morally or legally allowed to have, get, or do
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STRATEGY
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a careful plan for achieving a particular goal
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SUMMARIZE
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to briefly tell the important parts of the text in your own words
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TRADITION
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a way ofthinking, behaving, or doing something that has been used by the people in a particular group, family for a long time
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VALUE
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usefulness or importance, as to the world, to a person, or for a purpose
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HOMOGRAPH
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two words spelled alike, but they sound different, and they mean different things
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EXCEPT
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not including or other than
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related
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belonging to the same family, group, type or connected
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INVESTIGATION
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to try to find out the facts about something so that you can learn how it happened or who did it
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Author's purpose
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the reason that the author wrote the book or the text
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Prefix
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a word part added to the beginning of a base word
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Demonstrate
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to show clearly
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Character traits
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words that describe a character according to what the author tells us, the other character think about him, or what he says or does
Ex. kind, gloomy, friendly |
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Thesaurus
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a book that give a list of words and their synonyms- words that mean the same thing
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Compliment
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is a remark or act giving praise or admiration
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Infer
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to figure out something about the text that is not stated directly - reading between the lines
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Adjectives
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words that describe a noun or pronoun
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Contribution
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something that is given to help a person or, causes something to happen
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