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| context clues | words or phrases before or after an unfamiliar word that helps explain its meaning. |
| author’s purpose | when the author writes to entertain, explain or inform, to express an opinion, or to persuade readers to believe something. |
| synonym | comparing words that mean the same thing. |
| antonym | comparing words that means the opposite |
| homophones | one of two or more words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin and sometimes spelling. |
| homographs | One of two or more words that have the same spelling but differ in origin, meaning, and sometimes pronunciation, such as fair (pleasing in appearance) and fair (market) or wind (w?nd) and wind (w?nd). |
| homonyms | a word that is used to designate different meanings. |
| connotation | the secondary meaning of a word. The slang definition. |
| denotation | the dictionary meaning of a word |
| hyperbole | An intentional exaggeration. |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things that uses the words like, as |
| metaphor | the comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words like or as. |
| prefix | words at the beginning of a base word. |
| suffix | words at the end of a base/root word. |
| predict | to guess what will happen next. |
| compare | the process of identifying similarities. |
| contrast | the pointing out of differences between two or more things. |
| inference | a logical guess based on the information that is known. |
| summarize | means to tell briefly in your own words what the main ideas are of a piece of writing and omitting unimportant details. |
| main idea | the central point the writer is making |
| theme | the central idea or message in a work of literature (the moral of the story) |
| details | many small parts which help to tell a story. |
| cause and effect | When one event brings on the second event. |
| fact | a statement that can be proved. |
| opinion | usually reflects personal beliefs and are often debatable. |
| setting | where the story takes place |
| plot | chain of related events that take place in a story. |
| exposition | the beginning of a plot or story. |
| conflict | the struggle between two or more opposing forces. |
| internal conflict | occurs when a character has an inner struggle when trying to make decisions. |
| external conflict | a struggle between a character and any outside force. |
| complications | the plot gets more complex (series of events) |
| climax | the highest point of interest in a stroy |
| resolution | the final stage of a story in which loose ends are tied up |
| point of view | the perspective form in which a story is told |
| 1st person point of view | when a narrator is a character who tells everything in his own words (I, me, we) |
| 2nd person point of view | when a narrator uses the pronoun you |
| 3rd person point of view | when a narrator outside the action tells the story (it, he, she) |
| 3rd person limited | when the narrator perceives events only as an observer or through one character |
| 3rd person omniscient | narrator is all-knowing and knows the feelings of all characters. |
