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| comparisons between different objects |
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| a short way of writing a word |
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| to examine something carefully in order to understand it |
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| a word that means the opposite of another word |
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| the reason that something happens |
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| to judge one thing against another and notice similarities and differences |
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| combine two short related sentences into one sentence |
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| the main problem in a story |
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| the language around a word that helps you understand it |
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| to identify the differences between things |
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| words that sound the same but have different meanings |
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| sound the same, spelled different, mean different |
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| to start a line of writing a few spaces in from the margin |
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| a conclusion drawn after considering all the facts |
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| all the parts of a sentence such as nouns and verbs |
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| a story from the perspective of a character |
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| a word part that is added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning |
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| a change to make something better |
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| two sentences that run into each other |
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| a small piece of a sentence |
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| a word part that is added to the end of a word to change the meaning |
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| the word that means the same or nearly the same as another word |
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