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Knowledge Map 46-60
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Grammar
7th Grade
01/19/2010

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Term
_____ is the author's message/perception about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.
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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 toughts 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 that narrator plays no part in the story and possesses a god-like perspective (sees all and knows all) using the pronouns he, she, they.
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Third person omniscient
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An author's voice is __________ when he or she includes opinions.
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subjective
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An author's 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.
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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 dialogue, rhetorical, questions, action, description, statistics, anecdote, or quotation.
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attention-getter, hook
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A __________ ________ is a thought provoking questions that you don't expect an answer to.
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rhetorical question
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A ______ _________ (1-2 sentences) is the controlling idea and major arguement(s) 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 _________ will be about.
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topic sentence, paragraph
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__________ __________ and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts, quotes, and statistics helps to create clear, coherent essays.
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supporting statements
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An ________ is a brief narrative/story told to illustrate a point.
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anecdote
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A _________ is a group of exact words a character says or lifting or copying the original words the author uses.
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quotation
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