ELA FAST Vocabulary

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Graphic Feature

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Visual displays accompanying a text that make complicated facts easier to grasp.

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Syntax

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The way an author chooses to arrange words, form sentences, and use grammar.

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Circular Reasoning

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Using an argument’s conclusion as the premise for proving the argument, assuming what it is attempting to prove.

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Tone

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The writer or narrator’s attitude toward their subject (formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad, cheerful, etc.).

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Alliteration

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The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words near each other.

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Diction

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The choice of words and style of expression that an author uses in writing.

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Figurative Language

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Personification

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract concepts.

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Central Idea

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The main point or message that the author wants to convey in a text.