Understanding Literary Terms and Concepts

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A new thought based on reading between the lines

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inference

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A category used to organize stories

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text structure

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Type of genre where something that seems true, could be true, but is not fact.

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realistic fiction

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Type of genre where it is evident to the reader that the text is not true.

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fantasy

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Information that can be proven true and viewed the same by all

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fact

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What is information that can't be proven true?

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opinion

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The author's method and techniques to organize information in a text.

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text structure

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An author's organization of text by putting information in chronological order/steps.

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sequence

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An author's organization of text where the cause statements stem from actions or events, effects are what happens.

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cause & effect

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An author's organization of text to show how things are the same and different.

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compare & contrast