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| ALLITERATION | The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. |
| ALLUSION | An implied or 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 relationships 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. Freedom from word-identification problems which might hinder comprehension in silent reading or the expression of ideas in oral reading |
| FOCUS | The center of interest or attention |
