Semester Exam Vocab

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of words

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Alliteration

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Repetition of vowel sounds at the start of words

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Assonance

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Reason an author writes on a topic (to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain)

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Author's Purpose

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Most exciting part of a story

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Climax

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Problem in the story

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Conflict

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Inferences based on text

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Drawing Conclusions

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Beginning of the story; introduces setting, characters, and conflict.

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Exposition

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Events that wrap up the story

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Falling Action

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Hints about future events in a story

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Foreshadowing

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Figurative language that exaggerates an idea

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Hyperbole