(10) Literary Terms and Techniques

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a concise statement of the most important ideas of a text, written in your own words and in a logical sequence

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summary

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a guess about events that may happen later in a story

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prediction

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the feelings evoked by a text

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mood

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word choice

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diction

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types of sentences used and the ways they are arranged

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syntax

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the attitude that the author or narrator takes toward the subject

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tone

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the author's message - the main idea the author wants readers to understand

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central idea

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a logical guess a reader makes about aspects of a text that the author does not explicitly or directly explain

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inference

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a work that uses humor to expose the flaws in institutions, social rules, individuals, or human nature in general

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satire

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to restate something into your own words, keeping the writer's reasoning, but simplifying the language

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paraphrase