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Assertive tone

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Showing your point of view in a way that is clear to the reader and or audience.

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Analysis

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Closely studying the passage and understanding its meaning

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Inference

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Making an educated guess based on evidence from the text

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Details

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Pieces of factual information from the text

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Theme

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Main message the author wants you to learn

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Central idea

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Main idea of the passage

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Development

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How the character changes overtime

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Refined

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To make more precise

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Emerges

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To come into view

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Bias

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Prejudice in favor or against on a certain topic

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Objective summary

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when the author uses only facts

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Complex character

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A character who has multiple characteristics and changes throughout the story.

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Plot

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Sequence of events in which each event affects the next one.

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Conflict

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A literary device that shows the struggle between two sides due to a disagreement in values, desires, motivational.

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Characterization

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The act of creating and describing characters in literature

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Connotation

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An implied meaning that’s associated with a word in addition to its literal

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Denotation

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The objective meaning of a word

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Figurative language

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A literary device that uses words or phrases for effect, humorous, or exaggeration purposes, instead of their literal translation

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Simile

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Using like or as to compare two unlike things

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Metaphor

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Not using like or as to compare two or more things

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Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration

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Personification

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Giving nonhuman objects human characteristics

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Tone

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How the author feels toward a topic

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Formal vs. informal tone

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Formal is proper informal is slang

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Context

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Evidence from the text

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Text Structure

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How the text is presented

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Suspense/mystery/tension

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Suspense is a feeling you feel when emotions build up.

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Parallel plot

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The writer weaves two or more dramatic plots that are usually linked by a common character and a similar theme

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Flashback

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When a character goes back in time

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Foreshadowing

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Telling us something before it happens in the story

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Rhetoric

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A style of writing used to persuade the reader

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Allusion

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An implied or indirect reference to a person place or thing

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Understatement

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A judging statement meant to be taking seriously

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Logical fallacy

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argument that may sound convincing or true but is actually flawed

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Emotional appeals

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To evoke certain emotions through writing

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Context

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The type of setting and circumstances in which a piece of writing is written

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Claim

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The main argument of an essay

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Counterclaim

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An argument that argues in opposition to the author’s claim

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Point of view

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The writer’s way of deciding who is telling the story

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Transitions

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Words or phrases that tell readers a new thought

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Thesis statement

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Identifies the topic being discussed

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Formal writing style

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An objective approach stating main ideas

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Objective tone

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Arguments use impartial language, which is not personal.

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Alliteration

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Two or more words that appear close together and have the same constant

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Assonance

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Repetitive of the vowel sounds in words that are near each other in a sentence

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Convey

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To show a thought, feeling, or idea to people

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Author’s purpose

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Reason for writing

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Informative essay elements

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Introduction, background, thesis statement, body points

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Narrative Essay (List the elements)

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Plot, characters, pov,setting, conflict and style.

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Argumentative/persuasive essay (list the element)

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Strong claims, prove a claim, provide context

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