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the people, animals, or other creatures involved in a story
character
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a unique chracteristic or feature
traits
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the time and place of action in a story
setting
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feelings, passion, excitement
emotions
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the arrangement of actions in the story as exposition, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution
plot
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the central theme in a story
message
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the reason an author writes a particular kind of genre
purpose
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literature that is not true, false
fiction
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the restatement of the main points or events
summary
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a group of words or expressions that have an understood meaning in a particular language or region
such as.... It's Raining Cats and Dogs
idioms
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conversation between characters
dialogue
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a brief story or poem, usually with animal characters that teaches a lesson or moral
fable
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a lesson taught by a literary work
moral
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use of words that imitate sounds
Buzz / Grrrrr / Kerplunk / Plop
onomatopoeia
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the restatement of the main events or main points
summary
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to read between the lines
infer
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source of information usually in the back of a book to define words in the book
glossary
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an author's use of clues to hint what might happen later in the story
foreshadowing
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writing that explains or informs
expository
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the reason that explains or partially explains a chracters thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech
motive
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writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
figurative language
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make a reasonable statement about the future
prediction
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words or phrases that appeal to the five senses
imagery
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the point of view from which a story is told
perspective
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Little Red Riding Hood is the main __________ in the story.
A. character
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The __________ of the story was in the woods at Grandma's house.
C. setting
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arranged in order
chronological
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to briefly state the main concept or idea of a piece of literature
summarize
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having a likeness
similar
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how something is not alike
difference
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the way a written passage connects through ideas, organization, and theme
coherence
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word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part to another
transition
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