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Jessie Yang's Vocab Cards
7 habits vocab cards
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Language - English
6th Grade
09/03/2013

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Protagonist
Definition
The leading character,hero,or heroine of a drama or other literary work (good guy)
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Antagonist
Definition
The character,hero, or heroine who opposes the hero (bad guy)
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Main Idea
Definition
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about:
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Supporting Details
Definition
They clarify, illuminate, explain, describe, expand & illustrate the main idea
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Synthesize
Definition
To combine so as to form a new, complex product
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Analyze
Definition
Examine carefully & in detail
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Paraphrase
Definition
Restating or rewording
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Irony
Definition
The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
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Sensory Details
Definition
A literary device to engage & effect the reader; to make solid images in the mind using sight, sound, smell, touch & taste
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Figurative Language
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Refers to words, & groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the words
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