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Differentiate
What is distinguishing/to tell apart
100
Drama
What is made for the stage
100
Elements of fiction
What is traits that make a piece of writing fiction
100
Explicit
What is clearly expressed
100
Implicit
What is implied/ not outright expressed
200
Satire
What is makes fun of human weaknesses
200
Summarize
What is gathering most important information and expressing it in a shortened version
200
Author's purpose
What is author's intent for the reader: inform/entertain/persuade
200
Inference
What is reading between the lines
200
Interpret
What is conveying the meaning of the text
300
Context clues
What is words in a paragraph that help figure out meanings of unknown words
300
Defense of a claim
What is supporting something that is stated
300
Figurative language
What is not taken literally
300
Falling action
What is resolution of conflict
300
Rising action
What is increasingly complicated
400
Universal significance
What is generally accepted value/importance regardless of time period or culture
400
Allusion
What is referencing something
400
Exposition
What is the beginning of a story where you learn the background information
400
Imagery
What is figurative language using the senses
400
Key words
What is specific words that support the mood, tone and meaning
500
Propaganda
What is information that positively or negatively influences opinions
500
3rd person point of view
What is limited, objective, omniscient
500
Connotation
What is what a word or phrase could suggest
500
Allegory
What is extended metaphor
500
Syntax
What is the order of words into phrases/sentences
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