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| compare | placing together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing fratures in literary selections |
| conclusion | the ending of the story or the summarization of ideas or closing argument in nonfiction texts |
| conflict/problem | a struggle or chlas between opposing characters, forces, or emotions |
| content specific words | core vocabulary that is peculiar to an academic discipline or subject |
| context clues | information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words |
| contrast | to compare or appraise differences |
| dialogue | the conversation between people in a literary work |
| epic | a long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero of great historic or legendary importance |
| exaggeration | to make an overstatement or to stretch the truth |
| explicit | referring to specific text that is included in the reading passage or in the directions |
