Literary Terms and Concepts

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main idea

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What the passage is mostly about

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analyze

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to look at something carefully by attention to its parts

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redundant

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repetitive

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interpret

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to explain the meaning of something

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trace

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Outline; follow the course of

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theme

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the message or moral an author wants the reader to learn from the text

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connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

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compare

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similarities between two (or more) items or situations

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contrast

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Difference between things

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supporting detail

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a piece of information or example that supports the main idea