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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 summary | A short passage about a longer piece that includes the most important ideas of the longer piece. |
| detail | A fact that supports the main idea of a paragraph or passage. |
| main idea | A sentence that tells what a piece of writing is about. |
| prefix | A word part added to the beginning of a base word; like "re" in reheat. |
| suffix | A word part added to the ending of a base word; like "ness" in greatness. |
| metaphor | A word or phrase that compares two unlike things without using words of comparison; for example, "He is a rabbit" means that he is fast and quick. |
| simile | A phrase that compares two things that are not alike by using the words like or as; for example, "She runs like the wind." |
| inference | A guess made by drawing a conclusion from facts or examples. |
| opinion | A personal view of something. |
| root word | A form of a word without a prefix or suffix. For example, "happy" is the root of "unhappiness." |
| idiom | A phrase where the meaning is different than the meaning of the words in the phrase. For example, "it's raining cats and dogs" just means it's raining hard. |
| chronological order | The order things happened in. |
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