Important Leap Words 2025

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Affect

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To influence or make a change in something.

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Effect

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The result or outcome of a cause.

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Plot

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What is HAPPENING in the story (the events)

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Setting

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The time and place in which a story takes place.

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Tone

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The author's attitude toward the subject.

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Mood

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The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader/ how the reader feels after reading

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Main Idea

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The one thing the whole paragraph or paper is about.

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Central Idea

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The one thing the whole thing is about

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Summary

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A brief statement or paragraph of the main points of a text written in your own words

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Author's Purpose

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The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic.