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| preview | look at title, pictures |
| RAP | Read, Answer, Prove |
| constructed response | how to answer questions |
| imagery | vivid language |
| context clues | words around a word that help figure out its meaning |
| symbolism | using objects to represent meanings |
| mood | "soul" of a work: peaceful, joyful |
| tone | writer's attitude |
| irony | difference betw/what is expected and what happens |
| satire | human faults are attacked using wit, irony, and sarcasm |
| figurative speech | figures of speech like similes and metaphors |
| allusion | reference to a specific place, historical event, famous person |
| theme | message, lesson learned by a character |
| auhor's purpose | why writer writes, e.g., to inform, entertain |
| argument | statement of reasons for or against something |
| generalizations | statements that are unclear |
| fallacies | statements that can be proven untrue |
| assumptions | broad beliefs that are accepted without actual proof |
| style | author's unique way of expressing |
| credentials | evidence that someone is an expert |
| bias | strong personal feelings for one argument over another |
| tone | a way to find bias, e.g., angry, serious |
| expository | written to explain |
| persuasive | written to convince |
| objective | without bias |
| fact | can be proven |
| opinion | expresses a viewpoint |
| setting | place, time for story |
| character | person in story |
| point of view | writer's perspective |
| plot | events in a story |
| narrator | person telling a story |
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | person in conflict with the protagonist |
| conflict | struggle between characters |
| rising action | increasing tension in the story |
| climax | turning point in a story |
| falling action | events after turning point |
| resolution | ending of the story |
| charts, graphs | visual aids to texts |
