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relay
a race in which several team members take turns running to complete a race
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Insolent
insulting, arrogant
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Exposition
introduces the main characters, the setting and sometimes the conflict.
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Assurance
guarantee or pledge
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Set a purpose for reading
Identify what you want to accomplish as you read
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Ensnare
to take or catch in something
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Analyze
Examine carefully and in detail
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Vehemently
with intense emotion
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Stealthily
cautiously; secretly
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Characterization
the way a writer creates and developes characters
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Rising Action
increases tension and builds the conflict
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Conviction
A strong belief
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Inertia
resistance to motion, action or change
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Sage
Wise or profound person
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Subtle
Slight; difficult to detect
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Junction
A place where 2 roads meet
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Prodigy
A person with exceptional talent
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Gingerly
with extreme care
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Summarize
to briefly retell the main idea of a piece of writing in ones own words
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Climax
the point of greatest interest or the turning point in the story
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Opposition
the act of opposing or resisting
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Audacity
Shameless daring or boldness
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Retaliation
a paying back of a wrong
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Restrain
to hold back; to control
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setting
the time and place of an action
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Authors Message
main idea or theme of a particular work
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Haughitly
proudly, scornfully
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Insight
wisdom and understanding
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Theme
a message about life or human nature that the writer shares with readers
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retorted
reply quickly or sharply
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predictions
readers stradegy that involves using text clues to make a reasonable guess about what will happen next.
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Monotony
tedious sameness
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Suspense
the state or quality of being undecided
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Lark
carefree or spirited adventure
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Myth
A traditional story usually concerning a super human being or unlikely event
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Adorn
to enhance or decorate
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Hypocritical
False or deceptive
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Clutch
To grasp and hold tightly
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Crouch
to stoop with bent knees
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Foreshadowing
a decive that prepairs readers for an event or action occuring later in the plot
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Resolution
Reveals the final outcome of events and ties up loose ends
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Falling Action
shows the results of the climas and brings the story to a close
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Sinister
suggesting or threatening evil
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Bewilderment
the state of confuse or astonished
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illuminated
lite up, lighted, made bright
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deceive
cause to believe what is not true
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diminish
to become smaller or less
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refrain
to hold oneself back, to stop
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Arrogant (Relay)
displaying a sense of self-importance
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inferences
logical guess that is made based of facts and ones own knowledge and experiences
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