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| ALLITERATION | the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words |
| ALLUSION | an implied of indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event |
| ANALYSIS | the process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationship to one another |
| ANTONYM | a word that is opposite of another word |
| CHARACTERIZATION | the method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities |
| COMPARE | place together characters, situations, or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections |
| CONTEXT CLUES | information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words |
| CONVENTIONS OF LANGUAGE | mechanics, usage, and sentence completeness |
| EVALUATE | examine and judge carefully |
| FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE | language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling |
| FLUENCY | the clear, easy, written or spoken expression of ideas |
| FOCUS | the center of interest or attention |
| GENRE | a category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique, or content |
| GRAPHIC ORGANIZER | a diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships |
| HOMOPHONE | One or two words pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning |
| HYPERBOLE | an exaggeration or overstatement |
| IDIOMATIC LANGUAGE | an expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally |
| IRONY | the use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning |
| LITERARY CONFLICT | the struggle that grows out of the interplay of the two opposing forces in a plot |
| LITERARY ELEMENTS | the essential techniques used in literature, such as setting, plot, theme |
| LITERARY DEVICES | tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to writing |
| LITERARY STRUCTURES | the author's method of organizing text, ex. foreshadowing |
| METAPHOR | the comparison of two unlike objects in which no words of comparison are used |
| METER | the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| NARRATIVE | a story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in writing |
| PARAPHRASE | restate text or passage in other words, often to clarify meaning or show understanding |
| PERSONIFICATION | an object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form |
| PHONICS | the relationship between letters and sounds fundamental in beginning reading |
| POINT OF VIEW | the way in which an author reveals characters, events, ideas in telling a story; the vantage point from which the story is told |
| PUBLIC DOCUMENT | a document that focuses on civic issues of public policy at the community level and beyond |
| READING CRITICALLY | reading in which a questioning attitude, logical analysis and inference are used to judge the worth of text |
| READING RATE | the speed at which a person reads, usually silent |
| RESEARCH | a systematic inquiry into a subject or problem in order to discover, verify, or revise relevant facts or principles having to do with a subject |
| SATIRE | a literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness |
| SELF-MONITOR | know when what one is reading or writing is not making sense |
| SEMANTICS | the study of meaning in language |
| SIMILE | a comparison of two unlike objects in which a word of comparison such as like or as is used |
| SUBJECT AREA | an organized body of knowledge; a discipline |
| STYLE | how an author writes |
| SYNONYM | one or two or more words in a language have highly similar meanings |
| SYNTAX | pattern or structure of word order in sentences, clauses, and phrases |
| THEME | a topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work |
| THESIS | the basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it; the subject or major argument of a speech or composition |
| TONE | the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters |
| VOICE | the fluency, rhythm, and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer |
