| A | B |
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| appositives | identifies or renames a noun or pronoun |
| stanza | Paragraph/division in a poem |
| heading | indicates what the passage below is about |
| root | primary unit of a word |
| summarize | to make a brief statement about the essential ideas or major points in a text |
| paraphrase | using one’s own words to express the main ideas in what has been read, seen, or heard |
| text to world | connect the text to the outside world/society |
| text to self | connect text to oneself |
| text to text | make a connection between two different texts |
| onomatopoeia | bang, boom, crash |
| alliteration | repeating of a beginning sound |
| idiom | figure of speech |
| compare | to show how things are alike |
| contrast | to show how things are different |
| predict | to use context and content clues to anticipate what might happen next |
| point of view | perspective from which a story is told |
| narrative writing | writing that relates to a story of personal essay |
| descriptive writing | writing that portrays characters/places using sensory detail (imagery) |
| expository writing | informational writing |
| persuasive writing | writing that seeks to influence readers |
| simile | compares two things using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | compares two things without using like or as |
| personification | when an idea, object or animal is given human characteristics |
| infer | to read between the lines |
| analyze | to break apart |
| dialogue | talking between characters in a story |
| foreshadowing | hints and clues about what will happen in a story |
| transitions | words and phrases which help tie ideas together |
| mood | feelings a reader gets from a story |
| tone | author's attitude or feeling |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| imagery | using the sense to draw a mental picture |
| propaganda | techniques use to persuade the viewer |
| lead/hook | opening of a story/article |
| R.A.P. | Restate the question, Answer, Present Support |
| jargon | specific/technical language used by |
| dialect | representation of the language spoken by the people of a particular place, time or social group |
| slang | informal words or phrases used in casual conversation |
| symbolism | object that holds a figurative meaning as well as its literal meaning; something that stands for something else; |
