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All year r Review
Language Arts
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Education
5th Grade
05/04/2011
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Boastful
 Definition
brag
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Predicate Nominative
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noun in predicate that renames the subject
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Idiom
 Definition
words that say one thing but mean another.
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Originate
 Definition
beginning
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Paraphrase
 Definition
put in own words
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Summarize
 Definition
short version
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Accurate
 Definition
correct
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Alternate
 Definition
different
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Thesaurus
 Definition
book of synonyms and antonyms
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Complex Sentence
 Definition
Made of up IC and DC joined together by a subordinate conjunction (AAAWWUBBIS)
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Justify
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prove
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Past Perfect Tense Verb
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the helping verb HAD + an action verb
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Transparent
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See through
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Text Structure
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Organization of text
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Persuade
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convince
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Author's Purpose
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reason author writes text
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Antonymn
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opposite
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Main Idea
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mostly about
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Sequence
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order of events
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Prediction
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educated guess
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Cause/Effect
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what happened and the result
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Compare/Contrast
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alike and different
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Vivid Language
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paints a picture
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Endorsement
 Definition
uses celebrities or experts to sell a product
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Hyperbole
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statement of exaggeration
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Personification
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giving human qualities to a non human
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Infer
 Definition
read between the lines
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Predicate Adjective
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adjective in the predicate that describes the subject
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Air and Rebut
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when the other side's point of view is offered and then criticized
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Onomatopoeia
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words that imitate sounds
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Rhyme
 Definition
repetition of ending sounds
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Bandwagon
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everybody else supports the idea so you should too
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Index
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alphabetical listing of topics in a book
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Stanza
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paragraph of a poem
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Almanac
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a book of lists
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Assonance
 Definition
repetition of vowel sounds
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Atlas
 Definition
book of maps
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Dialogue
 Definition
conversation between two people
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Rhythm
 Definition
the pattern of beats in a line of poetry
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Imagery
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describes sights, smells, sounds, tastes and touches.
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Simile
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comparison using like or as
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Metaphor
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comparison not using like or as
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Edit
 Definition
make changes in spelling and punctuation
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Appositive
 Definition
words that give more information about the subject
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