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Alliteration:	The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
Allusion:	An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place or event.
Analysis:	The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.
Antonym:	A word that is the opposite of another word.
Characterization:	The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities.

Compare:	Place together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections.
Context clues:	Information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words.
Conventions of language:	Mechanics, usage and sentence completeness.
Evaluate:	Examine and judge carefully.
Figurative language:	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

Fluency:	The clear, easy, written or spoken expression of ideas. Freedom from word-identification problems which might hinder comprehension in silent reading or the expression of ideas in oral reading.
Focus:	The center of interest or attention.
Genre:	A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry).
Alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
Allusion	An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place or event.

Analysis	The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.
Antonym:	A word that is the opposite of another word.
Characterization	The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities.
Compare:	Place together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections.
Context clues:	Information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words.

Conventions of language:	Mechanics, usage and sentence completeness.
Evaluate	Examine and judge carefully.
Figurative language:	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
Fluency:	The clear, easy, written or spoken expression of ideas. Freedom from word-identification problems which might hinder comprehension in silent reading or the expression of ideas in oral reading.
Focus	The center of interest or attention.

Genre

A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry).