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Literary Terms
Literary Terms
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4th Grade
03/03/2011

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Alliteration
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Repetition of an initial consonant sound across syllables or words (e.g. sleds sliding on snowy slopes)
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Analogy
Definition
A comparison of two things that are similar in some way. (e.g. a street light is like a star)
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Antonym
Definition
A word that means the opposite of another word (e.g. happy/sad)
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Author's message
Definition
The main idea, theme, or lesson the author wants to communicate to the reader
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Author's purpose
Definition
The author's intent: to describe, entertain, inform, persuade, teach a lesson, etc
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Autobiography
Definition
A history of a person's life written by that person
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Base word
Definition
A word that stands on its own after all prefixes and suffixes have been removed. (e.g. govern in government)
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Biography
Definition
An account of a person's life written by another person.
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Cause and effect
Definition
Cause: why something happens
Effect: what happens
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Character
Definition
A person animal, or imaginary creature in a literary work
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Chronological order
Definition
A way of organizing text that emphasizes the order in which things happen (through time)
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Compare and contrast
Definition
Similarities and differences
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compound word
Definition
A word made from combining words (e.g. riverbank)
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conclusion
Definition
The ending of the passage
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connection
Definition
Activating prior knowledge before, during, or after reading (i.e. text-to-self, text-to text, text-to-world)
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consonant
Definition
a speech sound that is not a vowel
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context
Definition
the part of a text that surrounds a word or passage and may help to clarify its meaning
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context clues
Definition
information from text surrounding a word or phrase that helps the reader figure out meaning or pronunciation
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descriptive writing
Definition
writing to describe something, someone, or some place in a way that shows readers, rather than tells
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dialogue
Definition
the words spoken by the characters
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drawing conclusions
Definition
forming an opinion based on what you already know or on the facts and details in a text
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entertain
Definition
to amuse
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essay
Definition
a short article on a single subject written from the author's personal viewpoint
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explicit
Definition
directly stated in the text
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expository writing
Definition
writer gives information, explains, defines, or describes something.
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