Reading Lesson 2

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What is a plot?

Back

A plot will develop or unfold throughout a story.

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What is a genre?

Back

A genre is a particular type of book, such as a mystery.

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What is a metaphor?

Back

A metaphor is a figure of speech naming one thing as something else quite different.

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Who is a narrator?

Back

A narrator tells the story.

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What does it mean to preview a book?

Back

To preview a book means to look it over before reading.

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What is prose?

Back

Prose is ordinary writing.

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What is a simile?

Back

A simile compares two unlike things using the words like or as.

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What is a synonym?

Back

A synonym is a word that means almost the same thing as another word.

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What is the theme of a story?

Back

The theme is the main idea of a story.

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What does tone show in writing?

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Tone shows the writer’s attitude toward the subject.