| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dialect | speech patterns characteristic of a particular geographic region |
| evidence | Statistics, facts, and expert testimonies are types of |
| conflict | a struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces |
| opinion | a belief or idea that cannot be proved to be true false |
| external conflict | a fight, argument, disagreement or simply opposition in which two sides are present. |
| technical language | If a doctor were writing an article for a medical journal, he or she would probably use |
| climax | the "high point" of a story in which the major conflicts erupt in some kind of final showdown |
| dialogue | A conversation between two or more characters is called |
| connotation | an idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word |
| works cited page | a list of the sources used in a report |
| antonym | a word with the opposite meaning |
| generalization | a broad statement that applies to many situations |
| contradiction | occurs when two statements have opposite meanings |
| synonym | has the same or almost the same meaning as another word |
| context clues | help you to determine a word's meaning |
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