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| words that mean the same thing, or almost the same thing |
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| words that have opposite meanings |
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| words or phrases that help give meaning to unknown wods |
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| an item that is the same as other things in a group |
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| figurative language/an expression |
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| a phrase that doesn't mean what it says word for word |
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| what a piece of writing is mostly about |
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| a more generally stated topic concerning a passages main idea |
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| usually tells who, what, when, where, why and how |
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| briefly restates the main idea and important details of a story |
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| the person who wrote the story or article |
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| letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word |
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| letters added to the end of a word to make a new word |
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| the people or animals in a story |
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| the reason a character does or says something |
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| the time and place that a story happens |
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| the series of events taht happen in a story |
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| the conflict or trouble that the characters have in a story |
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| the turning point or point of greatest interest in a story |
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| how the problem is solved in a story |
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| the organization the author uses to show how his ideas are connected |
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| a Text Structure showing what happens first, next, and last in a story |
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| showing the events in the order in which they occur |
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| a Text Structure showing how one thing leads to another - why something happened and the result |
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| a Text Structure showing how two or more things are alike and differant |
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| a way to keep track of information - sometimes in picture form |
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| short phrases used to organize information in a story or article |
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| two overlapping circles used to compare two things - a type of graphic organizer |
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| circles connected by lines that show important information from the story - a type of graphic organizer |
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| a type of line graph that shows dates in the order in which events happen and the amount of time that passes between each event |
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| the reason the author wrote the story or article |
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| a story or article that you might read for fun |
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| a story or article that gives you information |
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| giving directions how to do something or why something happened |
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| trying to make the reader believe a certain way - to influence |
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| two stories or articles that are meant to be read together to show comparison - similarities and differances |
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| how the author sees something - his perspective - that affects the way he writes about it |
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| trying to guess what will happen next |
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| trying to figure our thing that aren't stated |
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| a statement that can be proven to be true |
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| a statement that can not be proven - it is what someone thinks for feels |
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| finding a sentence in the story to prove a conclusion |
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| a story or article that is made up - not real |
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| a story or article that tells about real life people, places or events |
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