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Knowledge map 45-60
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Language - English
7th Grade
01/19/2010

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Term
____ is the authors message/perception about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work
Definition
theme
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___ ____ point of view is when the story is told by a character in the story and uses the pronoun I
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first person
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in ___ ____ ____ point of view the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of a single character using the pronouns he, she, they
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third person limited
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in ____ ___ _____ point of view the narrator plays no part in the story and possesses a g-d like perspective using the pronouns he, she, they
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third person omniscient
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an authors voice is _____ when he or she includes an opinion
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subjective
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an authors voice is _____ when it is factual, expressed without an opinion
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objective
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____ _____ is the ability to analyze several responses to literature and determine how the literary elements shape those responses
Definition
literary criticism
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well organized essays balance all aspects of the _____ and use effective _____ to unify and connect sentences and paragraphs
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composition, transitions
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techniques an author can use as an ____-_____/____ include, rhetorical questions, action, description, statistics, anecdote or quotations
Definition
attention-getter/hook
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a ____ ____ is a thought provoking question that you don't expect an answer to
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rhetorical question
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a ___ ___ is the controlling idea and major arguments that support the main idea for an essay and is included in the introductory paragraph
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thesis statement
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The _______ tells the reader what the paragraph will be about.
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topic sentence
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____ ____ and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts, quotes, and statistics helps to create clear, coherent essays.
Definition
supporting statements
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An _____ is a brief narrative/story told to illustrate a point.
Definition
anecdote
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_______ and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts, quotes, and statistics helps to create clear, coherent essays.
Definition
supporting statements
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A_______ is a group of exact words a character says or lifting or copying the original words the author uses.
Definition
quotation
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