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| To look at something closely. |
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| Argue; convince; defend one side of an issue; give your point of view. |
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| Identify how things are alike or similar. |
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| Identify how thing are different. |
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| Retell the most important, points. Keeping it short. |
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| Step-by-step procedure on how to do something. |
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| Present a clear picture; using adjectives and adverbs. |
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| Tell who, what, when, where, why, and how. |
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| Write or tell your understanding in your own words. |
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| Reading between the lines; the answer is not written but inferred (suggested using clues). Tell what you think is being said. |
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| A person/animal who takes part in the action of a story. |
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| The time or place where an event takes place. |
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| The series of events that tell the story. |
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| Events that happen before the climax. |
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| The highest point of interest where the conflict is resolved. |
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| The events that happen after the climax and leads to the end of the story. |
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| The struggle or problem the main character encounters, usually with another character. |
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| The perspective from which a story, poem, or play is being told or narrated. |
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| Comparing two unlike things NOT using the words 'like' or 'as'. |
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| Comparing two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'. |
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| A word or phrase that is commonly used which means something different from what it says. |
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Giving human characteristics to something that is not human. |
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| A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. |
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| A word that imitates the sound it represents. |
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| The repeated use of the initial sound (or first letter) in several words. |
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