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Mr. Fisher’s first name starts with K—not the C you might expect.
Kristopher
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Linguists
“Spill the beans” means reveal a secret, not ruin lunch. This expression is an…
Idiom
In “The alien danced,” this word is the noun.
Alien
Passport’s AWL isn’t an airline. These three words explain the initials.
Academic Word List
Mr. Fisher’s favorite hobby involves a grill and delicious smoke.
BBQ
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Flint

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“Knight” and “night” share a sound, not a spelling. They’re these.
“Waved politely” is this half of “The tiny alien waved politely.”
Predicate
Passport articles report real events and ideas. This broad reading category deals in facts, not invented stories.
Nonfiction
Mr. Fisher coaches this sport for the Typhoons. Cue the bats, not the vampires.
Baseball

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Facts and details that support your claim about an alien are called…
“The school printer screamed for mercy.” This device gives objects human behavior.
Personification
In “Although Elsa worried, she opened the door,” “although Elsa worried” is this type of clause.
Dependent clause
Borrowing an author’s technique—not copying their sentences—is this kind of craft practice.
Emulation
His tabletop ASA features quests, dice, and a name shortened to D&D.
Dungeons & Dragons
Clicks, gestures, and repeated light patterns belong in this Alien Intelligence Report section.
Communication

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The story reaches its highest tension: the hero finally faces the villain. This plot stage is the…
“Elsa worried, but Anna stayed.” This sentence architecture joins two independent clauses with no dependent clause.
Compound
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Five
His costume project belongs to this team: the people you call for a haunting, not missing homework.
Ghostbusters
“Keep a safe distance while testing its signals” belongs in this report section—not under observations.
Recommendations
“Deafening silence” puts contradictory terms together in this figure of speech.
Oxymoron

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“Although Elsa worried, Anna stayed, and Olaf danced.” This is its sentence architecture.