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claim

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A statement or assertion that is open to challenge and that requires support

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thesis

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And argument, an expression of the claim that the Raiders speaker is trying to support. An essay, an expression of the main idea or purpose of the piece of writing.

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support

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back up with details and evidence

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hook

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attention device used to gain readers interest

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transition

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A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph

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MLA

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modern language Association; guidelines for documenting and citing sources during a research project

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parenthetic citation

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MLA in text citation typically consisting of the source authors name and page number in parentheses or in the case of no author, a keyword from the title. (Smith 19)

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works cited

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an alphabetical list, and Emily format, that gives the full bibliographic information for all the sources you have cited in your paper. It is there for a reader who wants to go find articles you read

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formal diction

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usually found in academic essays and formal discussion. Were choice that is more dignified and professional; less personal. No slang, no casual language, no contractions, and no clichés

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common noun

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General name of a person place or thing

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proper noun

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names a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Mrs. Smith, Walled Lake Western, Mustang, Metaphysics

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compound noun

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two or more words used together as a single now. Basketball.

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collective noun

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a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things

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antecedent

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something that comes before; every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun

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personal pronoun

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represents a specific person place or thing (we, you, it)

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indefinite pronoun

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A pronoun that does not refer to a specific person place thing or idea; Examples: everyone, everything, everybody, anybody, many, most, few, each, some, someone, all, nothing, nobody, and no one

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reflexive pronoun

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refers to the subject and directs the action of the verb back to the subject. Example: the soccer player kicked himself in the ankle

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intensive pronoun

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emphasizes its antecedent; adds emphasis to pronoun or named noun; examples: I myself will go

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demonstrative pronoun

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A word that points out a specific person place or thing: This, that, these, those

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interrogative pronoun

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introduces a question: Who went with you?

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adjective

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A word that modifies a noun or pronoun

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predicate

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one of the two main parts of a sentence or clause, modifying the subjects including the verb, objects, or phrases governed by the verb

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adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Austin adverbs end in ly

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action verb

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A verb that expresses either physical or mental activity; run, jump, think, dream

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linking verb

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connects the subject to a word that renames or describes it, state of being verbs. The students are smart. The flowers smell nice

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helping verb

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helps the main verb express action or state of being; the boys will run the race. I have done my homework

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verb phrase

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contains the main verb and helping verbs

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direct object

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The object that receives the direct action of the verb, gets the action done to it. The dog ate my homework. What got eaten? Homework

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transitive verb

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an action verb that had a direct object; the dog ate my homework. (transitive verb ate)

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indirect object

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A noun, pronoun, or word group that often appears and sentences containing direct objects. Tells to home or to what the action of a transitive verb is done. Usually comes before the direct object. The teacher gave the students their homework. Students is a indirect object because they are being given the homework(direct object)

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fiction

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a story that is not true or is made up

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non-fiction

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a type of literature that tells about real life people, places, events, things, etc.

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expository

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The purpose of the author is to inform, explain, describe, or define his or her subject to the reader

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argument

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A single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer

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summarize

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to capture all the most important parts of the original story, but express them in a much Shorter space, and in readers own words

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analyze

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breakdown in order to bring out the essential elements or structure. To identify parts, relationships, and interpret information to reach conclusions.

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theme

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A central message, concern or insight into life expressing a literary work. a main idea the author wants to share with his readers

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setting

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the context in time and place in which the action if a story occurs

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point of view

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in literature, the perspective from which a story is told. (first person, third person, omniscient)

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complex characters

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round characters, characters that are more fully developed and three-dimensional. They tend to be more realistic and appeal to our emotions. George and Lennie are both complex characters

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flat characters

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characters who are simple and one-dimensional. We don’t see many size of their personalities. Curley was a flat character

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static characters

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characters that remain the same throughout the story

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dynamic characters

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characters would change significantly are called dynamic characters. Usually they have some sort of realization that changes them. Candy was a dynamic character. He realizes that he should have shot his dog himself. He begins to take control of his own life

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plot

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sequence of events in a story, the action

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exposition

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background information presented in a literary work

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rising action

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A series of events that builds from the conflicts. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax

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internal conflict

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A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

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external conflict

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The character struggles against some outside force: another character, society as a whole, or some natural force

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climax

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that point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest; usually the point just before the conflict is resolved

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falling action

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events after the climax, leading to the resolution

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