Vocab & Through the Tunnel

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Universal message applicable to life or stories

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Theme

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Main point in a non-fiction text

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Central Idea

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Feeling of excitement, anxiety, or uncertainty about an event

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Suspense

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A word or object representing something else.

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Symbolism

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Time and place of a story

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Setting

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Claim defended by a writer in a paragraph or response

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Argument

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Claim defended in an essay

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Thesis

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Information clarifying a moment or situation

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Context

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Rewrite in your own words while keeping the meaning

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Paraphrase

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Polite and respectful

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Civil