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What is evidence
what you use to support your answer; the middle sentences in a paragraph.
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What is plot
the action of a story
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What is a simile
compare things using like or as
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What is fiction
invented by imagination
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What is a passage
another name for a story
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What is paired texts
two or more texts that are used together
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What is theme
the message or lesson
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What is a metaphor
comparing things without like or as; saying one thing is another thing
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What is nonfiction
real, true, not made up
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What are details
pieces of information that answer when, where, why, who or how
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What is multi
prefix that means more than one
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What is an event
something that happens in a story
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What is personification
giving person like qualities to nonperson things
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What is the narrator
the person telling the story
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What is compare
tells how things are alike
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What is a fact
a statement that is true and can be proven
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What is the setting
when and where a story takes place
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What is a hyperbole
extreme exaggeration to prove a point
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What is third person pov
the narrator is not a character in the story (they, he, she)
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What is contrast
tells how things are different
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What is an opinion
something that you think or believe
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What is a character
a person or something with person like qualities in a story
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What is alliteration
repetition of beginning word sounds
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What is first person pov
the narrator is also a character in the story (I, me)
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What are context clues
clue words to help understand the meaning of an unknown word
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