Quizlet MCAS PREP

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  1. Alliteration: The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
  2. Cause: The reason for an action or condition
  3. Compare: Figuring out how two things are the same
  4. Conclusion: A decision you make using clues from the passage
  5. Context Clues: Using part of the passage to define an unknown word
  6. Contrast: Figuring out how two things are different
  7. Effect: The result of an event or condition
  8. Fact: A statement that can be proven
  9. Fiction: Writing that tells a made-up story
  10. Imagery: Using the senses in writing: look, sound, touch, smell, and taste
  11. Main Idea: The most important idea in the passage
  12. Metaphor: Compares two different things without using "like" or "as"
  13. Meter: Regular pattern of syllables in a poem
  14. Nonfiction: Writing that shares facts and true information
  15. Onomatopoeia: Use of words that imitate actual sounds
  16. Opinion: A statement that can not be proven
  17. Personification: Describes an object, animal or idea using human characteristics
  18. Plot: What happens in the story
  19. Prediction: What you think will happen next
  20. Sequence: The order of events that happen in the story
  21. Setting: The time and place in which a story takes place
  22. Simile: Compares two different things using "like" or "as"
  23. Stanza: Groups of lines in a poem
  24. Summary: Sums up; retells the information in a few sentences
  25. Theme: Lesson learned