| Term | Definition |
|---|
| conflict | external or internal problems or struggle |
| conflict examples | man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. self |
| connect | text to self, text to text, text to world |
| connotation | all of the feelings, emotions brought forth by a word |
| denotation | dictionary definition, without emotion |
| consonance | same consonant or consonant blend at the end of words |
| context | the setting of words;contained in the literature |
| context clues | information found in the text that solves problems |
| descriptive writing | appeals to sight, sound, taste, touch, smell |
| dialogue | actual words of the characters |
| diagraphs | consonant blends such as sh, ch, th, fr |
| drama | a genre including acts of a play; the script of a play |
| dramatic irony | audience knows something character does not know |
| drawing conclusions | guesses based on a text |
| entertain | to amuse |
| essay | non-fiction writing as in narrative, expository, persuasive |
| explicit | clearly defined or explained |
| implicit | expectation or thought not stated; implied information |
| expository writing | explains information |
| extend | to go beyond the text in thinking or information; to seek info beyond text |
| etymology | study of the origin of words |
| fable | animals in story with a moral |
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