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1
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Assertive tone

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Tone that has authority

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Inference

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Brief overview of the story

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Details

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Details that stick out to the reader to help better understand the passage/story.

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4
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Theme

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Lesson learned

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5
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Central idea

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Main point of the story

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Development

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How the story changes

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7
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Refined

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To make better

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8
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Emerges

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To come up

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9
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Plot

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Twist of the story

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10
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Characterization

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Construction of a fictional character.

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11
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Conflict

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Disagreement/argument

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12
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Simile

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Comparing two using like or as

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13
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Personification

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Giving something non human human like characteristics.

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14
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Figurative language

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Language used to strengthen the authors point.

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15
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Metaphor

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A word meaning one thing then using a different word to mean the same thing

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16
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Hyperbole

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exaggerated meaning

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17
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Tone

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general character or attitude of a piece of writing

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18
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Connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word invokes.

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19
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Denotation

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Literal or primary meaning.

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20
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Complex character

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A characters with many different characteristics

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21
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Bias

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Unfair

22
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Objective summary

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Summary that does not include any opinions

23
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Analysis

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Detailed examination of the story

24
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Formal vs informal tone

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Formal; fancy proper words.
Informal; slang words

25
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Context

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statements or ideas that can be fully understood.

26
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Text structure

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Cause and effect; when there is a cause in the story and then there is an effect.
Compare and contrast; comparing and contrasting one or more things.
Description; when the author is giving a detailed description of something/someone in the story.
Chronology; when the author puts events in order.

27
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Suspense/mystery/tension.

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Suspense; excited/anxious.
Mystery; something unknown.
Tension; metal or emotional strain.

28
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Parallel plot

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each main character has a separate but related storyline.

29
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Flashback

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Remembering something that happened a long time ago

30
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Foreshadowing

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Something bad is about to happen and it creates suspense

31
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Rhetoric

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lacking sincerity

32
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Allusion

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An expression to call something to mind without mentioning.

33
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Paradox

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Pair of statements

34
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Understatement

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The presentation of something meaning smaller or worse.

35
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Logical fallacy

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An argument that may seem true when its not.

36
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Emotional appeals

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Meant to sway the audiences emotions

37
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Claim

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The main claim of the story

38
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Counterclaim

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The claim in an argumentative essay

39
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Point of view

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First person pov; i. Third person pov; he, she, it.

40
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Transitions

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When the story changes from one state or condition to another.

41
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Thesis

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A sentence in the introduction to be proved.

42
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Thesis statement

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A sentence in the introduction to be proved

43
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Formal writing style

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More objective than informal

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45
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Objective tone

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an impersonal style of writng.

46
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Alliteration

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The occurence of the same letter or sound

47
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Assonance

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Repetition of the sound of a vowel

48
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Informative Essay

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Non fiction writing piece

49
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Narrative essay

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essay that tells a personal story

50
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Argumentative/persuasive essay

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Argumentative; when the author argues against something.
Persuasive; when the author is trying to persuade his audience.

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