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| comparison | A statement that tells how two things are alike or different. |
| conclusion | A decision a reader makes about what is happening in the story, based on evidence |
| conflict | The problem that characters in a story are trying to solve |
| connect | Explain how ideas in a selection are similar to other texts and the real world |
| context clues | Words around an unknown word that help you figure out that word's meaning |
| contrast | Tell how two things are different |
| curtain | A movable piece of cloth separating the audience from the stage in a drama |
| descriptive writing | Writing that gives details about a person, place, thing, or action |
| dialect | A variety of English spoken by a certain group of people |
| dialogue | Words characters say to one another in a piece of writing |
| dictionary | A book of words and their definitions |
| distort | Twist the facts out of their true meaning |
| drama | A piece of writing intended to be performed by actors |
| dramatized | Changed a story into a drama |
| effect | The result of a cause |
| emphasize | Point something out as being important |
| emotional factors | Feelings that make you act in a certain way |
| encyclopedia | A book or set of books containing facts and explanations of a wide variety of subjects |
| evaluate | Judge the quality of something: decide how good or bad something is |
| evaluation | A piece of writing that tells how good or bad something is |
| event | Something that happens in a story |
| exaggeration | Stretching the truth; making something greater than it really is |
| experiences | Things that have happened in a person's life |
| eyewitness account | A description of an event by a person who was there |
| fact | A statement that can be proved to be true. |
