PM3 Fast Vocabulary flashcard

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What is the central idea?

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The focused idea of the text.

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What does point of view mean?

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Perspective (viewpoint) of the narrator or the person telling the story.

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What does it mean to infer?

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To guess (or tell) based on evidence.

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What are supporting details?

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Helpful information that explains or proves the central idea (main idea).

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What is a stanza in a poem?

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It is the paragraph of a poem.

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What is a theme in literature?

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The underlying message or main idea of a story.

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What is a character in a story?

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A person, animal, or figure in a narrative.

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What is a plot?

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The sequence of events that make up a story.

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What is a setting?

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The time and place where a story occurs.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.