LEAP Vocabulary

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Main Idea

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What the story is MOSTLY about (specific to the story)

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Theme or Central Idea

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The message the author wants us to learn from the story from the character's thoughts, words, or actions.

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Point of View

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How the story is told

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First Person Point of View

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Told from the character's point of view. They experienced the events and use pronouns like "I, Me, My, We Us"

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Third Person Point of View

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Told from a narrator's point of view. They are not in the story and didn't experience any of the events. Use pronouns like "She, he, them, they, their"

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Text Structure

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How the passage is written/organized

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Compare/Contrast

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How topics are alike and different

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Cause/Effect

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What makes something happen/the result-what actually happened

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Descriptive

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Very detailed about a person, place, or thing

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Mood

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The FEELING the reader gets when they read a text