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7th G Chapter 1-3+7 English Terms Flashcards

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Cause

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something that brings out an effect or result, such as an event or action.

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Characterization

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the way a writer reveals a character’s words and behavior descriptions of the character’s appearance, thoughts, and feelings, and comments made about the character by others in the story.

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Compare

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to look for similarities between people, places, events or passages

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Context Clue

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a word or phrase near an unknown word that helps the reader determine the meaning of the unknown word

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Contrast

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to look for differences

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Details

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facts, statistics, explanations, data, and other evidence to help convey the main idea of a text

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Effect

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the result of a cause

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Evidence

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information that an author provides to support his/her opinion including statistics, case studies, anecdote, and expert opinions

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Genre

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a category of writing

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Historical Fiction

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a genre of writing that includers historical facts and characters in a fictional story

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Indirect Characterization

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letting the reader know what a character in a story is like

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Inference

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a conclusion made about a text based on stated information about a specific subject

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Main Idea

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what a story is mostly about

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Plot

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the sequence of events in a story that includes the characters, actions, a conflict and a resolution.

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Point of View

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the perspective in which a story is told

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Setting

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the time, place, and circumstances in which a story occurs

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Summarize

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to briefly restate a story

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Supporting Details and Reasons

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info a writer provides to back up his/her opinion and to make his/her main point clear

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Theme

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the moral of the story

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Word Choice

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the words or phrases selected by an author to convey meaning, mood, and tone

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Complex Sentence

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a group of words that includes a main clause and one or more clauses

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Concise Language

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words used to state info clearly and without repetition

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Conclusion

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the end of a piece of writing that sums up the text’s main points and sometimes leaves the reader with something to think about.

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Dependent Clause

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a group of words that can’t stand alone as a sentence, even if it has a subject and a verb

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Glossary
a collection of specialized terms and their meanings; often at the end of informational references
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Independent Clause
a group of words that includes a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence
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Introduction
the beginning of a piece o writing that captures the reader's attention
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Reason
the basis for a claim or opinion
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Response to Literature
a type of writing in which an author describes and analyzes some aspect of a literary work
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Supporting details and reasons
info a writer provides to back up his/her opinion and to make his/her main point clear
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Thesaurus
a reference book that lists words, their synonyms, and their antonyms
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Author's Point of View
how an author feels about a particular topic/idea
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Author's Purpose
the main reason and author has for writing a text, most commonly to inform, entertain to explain, or to express and opinion.
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Compare
to look for similarities between ideas, people, places, events, pr passages
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Connotation
the feeling or idea that a word expresses
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Context Clue
a word/phrase near an unknown word that helps the reader determine what the unknown word's definition.
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Contrast
to look for differences between ideas, people, places, events or passages
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Denotation
the dictionary definition of a word
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Details
facts, statistics, explanations, data, and other evidence that help to convey the main idea of a text
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Draw Conclusions
to make decisions about all, or part of a passage based on info from the text, inferences, and prior knowledge
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Evidence
info an author provides to support his/her opinion, including statistics, case studies, anecdotes, and expert opinions
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Figurative Language
a word or phrase that means something other than its literal definition
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Idiom
a type of figurative language with a commonly understood meaning that's different from its literal meaning
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Inference
a conclusion made about a text based on state info and prior knowledge
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Literal Language
a word or phrase that means the same as its dictionary definition.
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Literary Nonfiction
a genre of writing that uses actual facts to tell stories
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Main Idea
what a story is mostly about
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Persuasive Techniques
the ways in which an author tries to influence the reader to think or act in a certain way
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Summarize
to briefly restate the most important ideas of a passage in your own words
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Supporting Details and Reasons
info a writer provides to back up his/her opinion and to make his/her main point clear
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Text Structure
the way an author organizes and presents information and ideas in a text
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Tone
the feeling a writer evolves with the specific use of language
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Word Choice
the words or phrases selected by an author to convey meaning, mood, or tone
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Alliteration
two or more words that being with the same sound that appear together in a text, used to create a sound effect
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Cite Details
to point to examples in a text that support the central idea
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Compare
to look for similarities between ideas, people, places, events, or passages
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Figurative Language
a word/phrase that means something other than its literal definition such as a simile, metaphor, analogy, personification, etc.
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Idiom
a figurative expression with a commonly understood meaning that's different from its literal definition
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Imagery
a word/phrase that appeals to the senses; see also sensory language
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Mood
the overall emotion created by a literary work
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Personification
a type of figurative language that attributes human qualities & characteristics to non-living things
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Poetry
a genre of writing that's separated into lines & stanzas in which an author uses sound devices such as rhyme and rhythm to create meaning and evoke emotion in the reader
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Poetry Structure
the way a poem is organized in lines & stanzas
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Rhyme Scheme
the pattern of end rhymes a poet chooses for a poem that can be represented by a string of letters
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Rhythm
the number of beats in a line of poetry
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Theme
the central message of a text usually a generic idea about life; moral of the story
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Tone
the feeling a writer evokes with the specific use of language; the attitude a writer takes toward a subject

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