6th Tennessee Academic Vocabulary
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monicaezell on December 13, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Genre | a category of literature |
| Inference | a logical guess based upon information in the text and personal knowledge |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration to make a point |
| multiple meaning words | words that are spelled the same and often sound the same, but have different meanings |
| personification | a device in which human characteristics are given to nonhuman things |
| rhyme | a repetition of accented syllables with the same vowel and consonant sounds |
| rhythm | the variation between the accented and unaccented syllables in a poem |
| point of view | the perspective from which the story is told (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things uses like or as |
| text features | a print element used to help a reader find information quickly |
| thesis statement | the argument or opinion set forth and defended in an essay |
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