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What is alliteration?

• the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. For example, Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.

• The reason why something happens

• In the time order in which events happened

• helpful

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TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

What are captions?

• the turning point in the action of a story- the problem is solved

• make visible

• small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture

• where information comes from

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TEKS.ELA.3.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.5.6C

TEKS.ELA.6.5C

TEKS.ELA.7.5C

What is plot?

• giving human qualities to non-human things

• a comparison or two unlike things without using like or as

• the events that make up a story

• writing that tells how to do something

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TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

What is convey?

• a division or type of literature

• to disagree; to say the opposite

• a character trait used to describe someone who feels good about him/herself

• To communicate or express; make known

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TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

What is drama?

• following rules or customs; often in an exact and proper way

• a story written to be performed by actors; a play

• when a portion of the story goes back in time

• a collection of word pictures that appeal to the reader

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TEKS.ELA.5.8A

TEKS.ELA.5.8C

TEKS.ELA.5.8B

TEKS.ELA.5.8D

TEKS.ELA.5.9C

What is main idea?

• What a piece of writing is mainly about

• the various methods of communicating information

• a beginning or coming into being

• something that gets in the way of a goal

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TEKS.ELA.2.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.RI.4D

What is dialogue?

• told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "we"

• a conversation between two people

• to show

• when two words rhyme in the same line of poetry

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TEKS.ELA.6.8C

TEKS.ELA.E3.11H

TEKS.ELA.E4.11H

TEKS.MATH.7.8C

TEKS.MATH.8.8C

What is compare and contrast?

• when and where a story takes place

• the use of words that represent sounds

• shows how 2 or more things are alike and different

• how the conflict is solved or fixed

What is a narrator?

• the person who is telling the story; the speaker

• the perspective from which a story is told

• a drawing or picture

• to prove that something is right by giving reasons

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TEKS.ELA.E3.6A

TEKS.ELA.E4.6A

TEKS.ELA.LG.2N

TEKS.ELA.LG.3B

What is foreshadow?

• to show

• all of the events that make up a story

• another word for non-fiction

• the use of clues to suggest events that will happend later in the plot

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TEKS.ELA.5.8C

TEKS.ELA.3.8C

TEKS.ELA.4.8C

TEKS.ELA.6.7C

TEKS.ELA.7.7C