| A | B |
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| subordinate conjunction | links a depend & indep clause |
| suffix | word part at end of word |
| testimonial | celebrity or expert endorsed |
| thesis | opinion statement in essay |
| third-person | they,he-told by someone else |
| topic sentence | main idea of paragraph |
| transition | word that connects ideas-next |
| setting | where a story takes place |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| simple sentence | independent clause |
| Stories | characters,setting,plot, theme |
| homonyms | spelled same/diff. meaning |
| first-person | I, me, my narrator in story |
| glossary | ABCorder of terms in back |
| fiction | author's imagination |
| fable | storyw/ lesson-usually animals |
| name-calling | unfairly label another |
| myth/legend | explains why? gods or heroes |
| narrator | who is telling story |
| metaphor | comparison w/o like or as |
| person vs. technology | conflict with an evil computer |
| hyperbole | exaggeration to make point |
| irregular verb | does not follow standard rule |
| paraphrase | retelling in your own words |
| person vs. self | conflict w/ heart or mind |
| italicized words | slanted type for emphasis |
| onomatopoeia | words spelling like sounds |
| inference | info in text& what you know |
| loaded words | appeals to emotions |
| media | tech ways to get & give info |
| opinion | what someone thinks or feels |
| person vs. environment | fighting survival in wilderness |
| person vs. person | fight between two people |
| nonfiction | factual text |
| essay | factual account of real events |
| double negative | two negative words together |
| coordinate conjunction | for, and,not, but, yet |
| conflict | a struggle between two things |
| fairy tale | magicalcharacters;onceupon. |
| figurative language | not literal |
| Folktale | handed down orallygenerations |
| Genre | a category of literature |
| personification | human traits to objects |
| perp. phrase fragment | a type of sentence fragment |
| run-on sentence | 2 indep. clauses w/o punctuation |
| prefix | word part at beginning |
| picture | illustration |
| point of view | perspective story is told |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme in poem |
| primary source | eyewitness of an event |
| persuasive techniques | methods used to convince |
| prediction | guess- what happens next |
| rhyme | repetition-accented syllables |
| prepositional phrase | prep. + noun or pronoun |
| root | main word part |
| rhythm | variation- accent syllables |
| secondary source | second-hand account of.... |
