repetition of beginning consonant sounds; for example "She sells seashells by the seashore" OR "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

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a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art; For example calling two teenagers "Romeo and Juliet" to show they have a dramatic love affair going on.

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a short story about a real incident or person

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the direct opposite, a sharp contrast (example: "One SMALL STEP for man, one GIANT LEAP for mankind")

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a word that means the opposite of another word; For example hot/cold, mean/nice, day/night, etc.

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a section at the end of a book that lists all of the topics in the book and the page numbers you can find them on

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an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing

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a speaker or writer's opinion and the evidence they use to support their opinion and try to convince others

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repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words that are close to each other; for example "He fell asleep under the cherry tree" because of "sleep" and "tree" having the same long E sound

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the listener, viewer, or reader of a text; who it is for; often a writer has a specific audience in mind​

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the reason an author has for writing; what they are trying to do with their writing (inform, persuade, express, describe, entertain)

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a personal prejudice in favor of or against one thing, idea, person, or group, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

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a title or short description of a picture that gives readers and viewers more information about the image

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the relationship between events or things, where one is the result of or impacted by the other

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the most important point the author makes in an informational text; a summary statement that captures their big ideas

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a person, animal, or object that takes part in a story

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reasons why characters act the way they do

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the qualities that make up a character's personality; for example, smart, funny, serious

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arranged in order of time; for example a timeline of your life would start with your birthday and list important events in the order they occurred in time

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the writer's position, an opinion they have that they support with evidence

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a worn-out idea or overused expression; example, "don't judge a book by its cover"

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the turning point of the story, where the conflict comes to a head, moment of biggest suspense

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discussing how two ideas or things are similar (comparing) and how they are different (contrasting)

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the problem in a literary work, the biggest issue the main character faces, may be internal (man v. himself) or external (man v. nature, man v. man, man v. society, man v. the supernatural)

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the emotions people attach to a word aside from its actual meaning; for example people would rather be called "brainy" instead of "nerdy" because "nerdy" has a more negative vibe

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repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words that are close to each other; for example "They have a bond that goes beyond life" has consonance because of the "nd" sound that ends two words near one another.

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the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed

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an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in an argument.

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the dictionary definition of a word

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the picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell, and touch

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writing that tries to imitate how a person sounds, their accent; for example a writer may have a character say "goin'" instead of "going" to show they are from a certain area; dialect is used to show where a character comes from and sometimes their level of education or their emotions in the moment

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the words that come out of a character's mouth, what they say

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a reference book containing an alphabetical list of the words currently in use in the English Language with information about each word's meaning

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a story written to be performed by actors on a stage, a play script, which is broken into acts and scenes

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