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a type of literary genre that tells a fictional story
What is NOVEL
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a sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph
What is TOPIC SENTENCE
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an essay that makes an assertion and explains it with details, reasons, textual evidence, and commentary
What is EXPOSITORY ESSAY/WRITING
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the time and the place in which a narrative occurs
What is SETTING
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a secondary plot that occurs along with a main plot
What is SUBPLOT
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a compelling idea or statement designed to get readers' attention in an introduction
What is HOOK
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writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people
What is NONFICTION
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a logical guess or assumption about something that has not yet happened
What is PREDICTION
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the opening paragraph of an essay, which must get the reader's attention and indicate the topic
What is INTRODUCTION
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a group of lines, usually similar in length and pattern that form a unit within a poem
What is STANZA
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in writing, evidence (facts, statistics, examples) that supports the topic sentence
What is SUPPORTING DETAILS
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descriptive of figurative language used to create word pictures
What is IMAGERY
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to identify similarities in two or more items
What is COMPARE
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a sentence, in the introduction of an essay, that states the writer's position or opinion on the topic of the essay
What is THESIS STATEMENT
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something invented by the imagination
What is FICTION
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to identify differences in two or more items
What is CONTRAST
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the ending of a paragraph or essay, which brings it to a close and leaves an impression with the reader
What is CONCLUSION
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quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
What is TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
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the process of giving or exchanging information
What is COMMUNICATION
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the process of giving or exchanging information
What is COMMUNICATION
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explanation of the way the facts, details, and/or examples in a paragraph or essay support the topic sentence
What is COMMENTARY
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a logical guess or conclusion based on observation, prior experience, or textual evidence
What is INFERENCE
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a kind of thinking and writing which seriously explores the significance of an experience, idea, or observation
What is REFLECTION
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the process of examining closely and commenting on the elements of a literary work
What is LITERARY ANALYSIS
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to combine elements from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea
What is SYNTHESIZE