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A concise, well-known saying that expresses a common truth or general observation.

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Adage

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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A word element, such as a prefix or suffix, that occurs before or after a root or base word to modify its meaning.

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Affix

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

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The intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium.

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Audience

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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Intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, sentence structures, devices, and language to create an effective written work; author’s craft may vary by genre.

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Author’s craft

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

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The reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work.

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Author’s purpose

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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A person or thing who plays a role in a book, play, or movie.

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character

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

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The highest point in the plot where the problem or conflict reaches its peak.

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Climax

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

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In literature, the opposition of persons or forces that brings about dramatic action central to the plot of a story. Conflict may be internal, as a psychological conflict within a character, or external.

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Conflict

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

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The element of plot structure that takes place after the climax and begins to resolve the conflict(s) of the story before the resolution.

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Falling action.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

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Literary works written in prose based on imaginative ideas and storytelling not presented as fact.

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Fiction

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3