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80 Cards in this Set
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Climax
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the high point or the most exciting part of a story or a selection
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Contrast
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to show the differences between two objects or characters
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Compare
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to show the likeness between two objects or characters
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Analyze
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to examine in detail or to discover meaning
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Expression
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the process of making known one's thoughts or feelings
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Classify
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to arrange or organize
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Attitude
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an expression of feelings
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Consecutive
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following one after the other in order
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Ancient
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opposite of modern
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Effect
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the result of an action
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Column
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a vertical arrangement of text
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Italics
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slanted print that highlights certain words
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Advantages
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benefits
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Fable
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a selection that teaches a lesson; has animals as characters
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Author's Purpose
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the author's reason for writing a story or a selection. It is usually to persuade, to inform, or to entertain
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Article
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a written piece in a magazine or paper
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Imagery
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vivid descriptive language
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Contribution
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an article or illustration given to a publication
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Convey
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to communicate or make known
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Alliteration
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same sound or same letter repetition
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quotation
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a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc
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foreshadowing
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hints given by the author about what might happen later on in the story
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chronological
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arrangement by order of time or occurence
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genre
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a type of literature
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flashback
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where an author revisits a previous part of the story
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point of view
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a perspective from which a story is told
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mood
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the feeling the author wants you to have
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narrator
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the person speaking or telling the story
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inference
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to make an educated guess based on hints given by the author; to read between the lines
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predict
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to make an educated guess on what might happen later on in the story
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stereotyping
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uses common beliefs to make a blanket statement that is sometimes unfair
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opinion
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a view or judgment not necessarily based on fact
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neutral
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not taking a side in an argument or not feeling one way or another
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theme
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main idea or topic of a story
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modern
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relating to recent times or the present
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misleading
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giving the wrong idea or impression
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method
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a means or manner of procedure
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generalization
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a general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases
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mention
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to refer to something briefly
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quotation marks
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a form of punctuation used to set off dialogue
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Bold Print
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dark print used to highlight or emphasize certain words
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Approximately
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nearly, about, or a close estimate
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Characteristics
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personality traits or certain qualities
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Bi
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prefix meaning two
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Bio
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prefix meaning life
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Personification
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giving animals human-like characteristics
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Simile
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a comparison between two things using like or as
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Metaphor
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a comparison between two things not using like or as
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Sensory Perceptions
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understandings one comes to using the five senses
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Selection
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a piece of writing
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Represent
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to stand for or present
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Replace
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to take or fill the place of; to substitute for something
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Relevant Information
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necessary information to solve a problem
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Relate
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to tell or to have a sympathetic relation with another; to connect
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Reinforce
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to strengthen or support
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Referred
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to direct the attention or thoughts of
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React
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respond or behave in a particular way in response to something
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Curious
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eager to learn or know something
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Convince
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to persuade; to make someone agree with you
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Determines
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to decide or to settle
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Moral
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the lesson a story teaches
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Persuasive
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tending or having the power to make others believe something
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Motivate
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to give incentive to
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Myth
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a story that tells how something came to be; usually has a hero or elements of magic
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Influence
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an effect of one person or thing on another
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Technique
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a way of carrying out a particular task
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Qualities
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characteristics or character traits
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Impression
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a strong or favorable effect
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Strategy
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a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim
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Integrating
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combine with another so that they become one whole
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Personality
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traits; character traits
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Priorities
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rank by order of importance
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Reference
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a direction of attention to a passage elsewhere or to another book or document
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Humorous
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funny
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Passage
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the portion or section of a written work
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Potentially
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with the possibility of becoming actual
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Demonstrate
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to describe or explain through examples
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Subheading
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a heading given to a subsection of a piece of writing
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Plot
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the plan of a story
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Process
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a series of steps or actions taken to achieve an end
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