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Knowledge Map 46-60
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Grammar
7th Grade
01/19/2010

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theme
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_____ is the authors MESSAGE/PERCEPTION about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work
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first person
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_____ ______ point of view is where the story is told by a character in the story and uses the PRONOUN "I"
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third person limited
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In ____ _____ _______ point of view the narrator focuses on the THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS of a single person sing pronouns he, she, they
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third person omniscient
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In _____ ______ ______ point of view the narrator plays no part in the story and posseses a g-d like perspective (SEES AND KNOWS ALL) using pronouns he, she, they
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subjective
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An authors voice is _______ when he or she includes OPINIONS
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objective
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An authors voice is ______ when it is FACTUAL, expressed without and OPINION
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literary criticism
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_____ ______ is the ability to ANALYZE several responses to literature and determine how the literary elements SHAPE those responses
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composition; transitions
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WELL ORGANIZED ESSAYS balance all aspects of the ________ and use effective ________ to unify and connect sentences and paragraphs
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attention getter; hook
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techniques an author can use as an ______ ________/____ include DIALOGUE, RHETORICAL QUESTIONS, ACTION, DESCRIPTION, STATISTICS, ANECDOTE or QUOTATIONS.
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rhetorical question
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a _________ __________ is a thought provoking question that you DON'T expect an answer to
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thesis statement
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a _____ ________ (1-2 sentences) is the CONTROLLING IDEA and is the major argument(s)that support the main idea for an essay and is included in the INTRODUCTORY paragraph
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topic sentence
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the _____ ______ tells the reader what the PARAGRAPH will be about
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supporting statements
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__________ ________ and claims with anecdotes, description, facts, quotes, and statistics help to create CLEAR, COHERENT essays
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anecdote
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an _______ is a BRIEF NARRATIVE/STORY told to illustrate a point
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quotation
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a _________ is a group of EXACT WORDS a character says or lifting or copying the original words the author uses
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