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| delicate; weak and fragile |
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| struggle between opposing forces |
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| character's struggle against an outside force |
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| struggle within a character |
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| one event brings about another |
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| a racial, national or cultural heritage |
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| short form of nonfiction that expresses the author's thoughts and feelings about one subject |
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| people, animals or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a story |
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| sequence of events in a story |
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| the story of a person's life told by that person |
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| full of enthusiasm or joy |
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| less important characters in a story |
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| a logical guess or conclusion based on evidence |
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| words or phases that can help a reader understand what is happening in a story |
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| moving from place to place |
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| something that must receive attention first |
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| well-known; widely recognized |
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| order in which events happen in time |
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| the story of a person's life written by another person |
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| the person who writes the story of another person's life |
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| to summon or call, usually by a gesture or nod |
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| something written, carved, or engraved on a surface |
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| a state of freedom reached after a struggle |
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| in a clever way that is meant to trick or deceive |
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| to become conscious; wake up |
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| when a writer gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea |
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| using what you know to draw a conclusion |
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