| A | B |
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| Generalization | Broad statements that are true MOST of the time, but not all of the time |
| Fact | Statement that can be PROVEN |
| Opinion | Statement that someone feels or believes, that CANNOT be proven |
| Invalid | A word meaning 'not true' |
| Graphic Aids | Maps, Tables, Charts, Graphs, Time lines, diagrams used to make info. easy to understand |
| Context | The surrounding words and sentences that provide clues to a word's meaning |
| Double negative | A sentence with two negative words (words meaning "no" or "not) in it. We DON'T want these. |
| Paraphrasing | Restating something in your own words |
| Thesaurus | A resource book used to find better or more interesting words to replace a word |
| Synthesizing | Combining the ideas in two or more sentences or paragraphs |
| Persuasive Essay | A piece of writing to convince the reader to think or act a certain way. |
| Run-on sentence | A sentence that keeps going even after a complete thought has been expressed |
| K-W-L Chart | A chart used to show what you KNOW, what you WANT to know, and what you've LEARNED after reading |
| Preposition | A word that relates the noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. |
| Homophones | Words that sound alike but have different meanings (I and eye) |
| Positive Connotation | Words that have a positive meaning (pretty) |
| Negative Connotation | Words that have a negative meaning (notorious) |
| Drawing Conclusions | Using the reading and what you already know to tell what the author means without saying it directly |
| Personification | When the author gives HUMAN characteristics to something that is NOT human (September burned the grasses.) |
| Idiom | An expression where a group of words have a special meaning different from the meanings of the seperate words ("kick the bucket", "hang your head") |
| Interjections | Words that express STRONG feeling (ex: "Whew!", "Oh, no!") |
