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English
6th Grade
09/20/2011

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Revising
Definition
the stage when writers review and correct what they have written to be sure it is clear, effective, and well organized
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Root
Definition
a word part that gives a word its main meaning
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Run-on Sentence
Definition
two or more main clauses without correct punctuation
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Scene
Definition
the setting of a play and the place where teh story takes place and the characters interact
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Scientific and Technical Texts
Definition
texts that include science lessons, scientific experiments, and technical manuals
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Secondary Source
Definition
a document that relates information that is not a primary source
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Second-person point of view
Definition
when a narrator uses the pronoun YOU to tell a story
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Sentence Fragment
Definition
an imcomplete sentence
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Sequence
Definition
chronological or time order
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Setting
Definition
the time and place that a story occurs
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Simile
Definition
a direct comparison of one thing to another using the word LIKE or AS
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Slang
Definition
cery informal language or a phrase that is not usually thought of as part of our regular language
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Solution
Definition
the answer to a problem
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Spelling
Definition
the accepted arrangement of letters in words to help with pronunciation
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