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| when you_______, you look at the information the author provides to make logical assumptions about what the author leaves unstated |
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| to make inferences,________ that the author provides as clues. |
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| is the perspective from which a story is told. |
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| The narrator participates in the action of the story and can tell only what he or she sees,know,thinks, or feels. This kind of narrator uses the pronoun "I" when speaking about himself or herself |
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| The narrator is not a a character in the story, but tells events from the "outside." This kind of narrator uses pronouns such as "he,she, and they" to describe all the characters. |
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| v. give evidence to prove an argument or statement false. He presented facts the lawyer could not ______. |
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| v. conceal or hide. On mountain roads, fog can ______ the road. |
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| adj. inward looking;thoughtful. ________ people keep diaries of their ideas. |
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| an________ is a logical assumption about information based on ideas that the writer suggests but does not state directly |
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| is its central idea,insight,or message. |
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| is expressed directly in the story |
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| More often, a theme is ______, or ______. You infere the theme from characters' experiences and from story events |
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| adv. in a consistent way. He loved everything big; his house was ____________ large. |
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| adj. determined; resolved. In spite of setbacks, he remained _______. |
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| n. strong belief; certainty. Her _____ about her opinions was clear. |
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| the poetic language language that uses images- words or phrases that appeal to the senses of sight,hearing,touch,taste, or smell. |
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| when you read a poem with humorous imagery, imagine the sights,sounds,smells,feelings,or tastes of these images as you read. |
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| adj. capable of being seen through; clear. The water in the lake was so ________ you could see every rock. |
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| n. people or animals that live in a specific region. Many _______ of beverly hills are movie stars |
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| adj. swelling or surging. _______, dark clouds preceded the storm. |
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| adj. burning or smoking without flame. After the fire, the house was nothing but a ______ shell. |
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| adj. graceful and rhythmic,especially in speech. Her ______ voice was perfect for radio announcing. |
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