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| Word that refers to more than one person or thing (shoes, mice) |
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| Two words are shortened by putting together and using an apostrophe where the left out letter should be (isn’t, he’ll) |
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| Word that shows ownership (Cindy’s dog, boys’ hats) |
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| Word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea (Bill, office, fun) |
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| Word that expresses action of state of being (run, is) |
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| Word that describes a noun or a pronoun (tall three) |
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| Word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (gently, easily, very) |
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| Words used in the place of nouns (I, him, them) |
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| Big word that is made up of two smaller words |
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| A unit of spoken language that contains a vowel sound; suffixes and prefixes are often called common syllables |
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| The part of the book that names the chapters or sections in the book and give the page numbers. |
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| The design and size of the typing in a text including bold and italic. |
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| The way something is arranged or organized |
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| The words, phrases or sentences that come before and after a word that help explain its full meaning. |
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| A group of words that are grouped together because of common characteristics or meanings. |
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| A word that means the same or almost the same as another word (pretty/lovely) |
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| A word that means the opposite of another word (hot/ cold) |
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| Words with the same spelling OR sound (read/read AND plain/plane) |
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| Words that are spelled alike but have different meanings. Reader must use context to determine what meaning the author is using. |
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The reason the author wrote the passage
Explain (how to writing), entertain (narrative),
Inform (reports), persuade, essay (opinion) |
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| The way the author sees a situation or the facts |
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| First Person Point of View |
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| The author is writing about himself/herself (I) |
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| Second Person Point of View |
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| the author is writing to someone else (you) |
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| Third Person Point of View |
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| author is writing about someone else (they, he, she) |
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| One of the people in a book or story |
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| Time and place of a story |
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| Events in a story, usually with a problem and solution |
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| A shortened version with the main points |
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| The use of language to create a particular effect or to bring to mind memories or feeling for the reader |
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| comparing something or someone with words that are not meant to be literal (e.g., Poetry is rainbow words and star bursts.) |
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| A comparison using “like” or “as” (e.g., as white as a sheet) |
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| A poetic sound created by using several words that begin with the same consonant sounds, The busy bee was bouncing. |
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| Words that imitate sounds (e.g., hiss, buzz) |
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| Words that make pictures in your imagination (e.g., metaphors, similes) |
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| The order in which the events happen |
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| Details that give sight, sounds, and smells |
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| Text tells why things happen |
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| Showing how things are alike--Venn Diagram is often used |
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| showing how they are different--Venn Diagram is often used |
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| A short description about a picture |
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| A diagram or table that shows detailed information |
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| The title for a paragraph, section, or page |
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| A traditional story, legend, myth, fable that has been retold by one generation to another |
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| A story of past events and characters that is partly true and part imaginary. |
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| The story of someone’s life told by someone else |
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