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English
6th Grade
09/20/2011

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Newspaper
Definition
daily or weekly publication with reports on local, national, and international events, as well as opinions and features
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Nonfiction Book
Definition
book on a specific subject based on facts: usually written by experts on the subjects they are about
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Object Pronoun
Definition
a word that takes the pace of the object in a sentence
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Opinion
Definition
a statement that cannot be proven
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Paraphrase
Definition
to put someone else's words into your own words
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Parentheses
Definition
punctuation that encloses a word, phrase, or sentence that serves as an afterthought
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Period
Definition
punctuation that ends declarative and imperative sentences and is used after abbreviations
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Periodical
Definition
weekly or monthly publication about a topic; examples are magazines, academic journals, and newsletters
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Personification
Definition
giving human qualities to an animal, objct, or idea
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Persuasion
Definition
a way to change how a reader thinks, acts, or feels about something
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Persuasive Writing
Definition
writing that tries to convince the reader of the writer's argument
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Picture
Definition
a visual representation fo what something looks like
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Plot
Definition
a series of events in a story
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