Mr. K's Reading Terms 21-40
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These are reading words that good readers use and think about.
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Mr. K's 4th Grade Class 2012-2013
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 debate | A discussion of reasons for and against something |
| characterize | to describe the features of someone |
| narrate | to tell a story or describe a series of events |
| contrast | to tell how things are different |
| resolve | to make a firm decision about; to find a solution |
| allusion | a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize ex:minotaur |
| appendix | supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book ex:the main work could have had already been printed and the cost of destroying the batch and reprinting is deemed too high. As such, addenda may come in many forms — a separate letter included with the work, text files on a digital medium, or any similar carrier. |
| characterization | the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features Ex. "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd" |
| chronological | relating to or arranged according to temporal order Ex. "chronological age" |
| classified ad | a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type Ex:DSi |
| antithesis | the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance Ex. "his theory is the antithesis of mine" |
| archetype | an original model on which something is patterned ex:witch;green, big nose, warty, broom, evil |
| omniscient | infinitely wise ex:god |
| oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') ex:quiet scream |
| paradox | (logic) a self-contradiction Ex. "'I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false" |
| pathetic fallacy | the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects Ex. 'the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy |
| stereotype | treat or classify according to a mental stereotype Ex. "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" |
| symbolize | express indirectly by an image, form, or model Ex. be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" |
| syntax | the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages. ex:for a simple sentence the ruke is one verb one noun |
| homophone | two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) |
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