Quizlet Literary Terms 3

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  1. Alliteration: the repeating of the same sounds
  2. Cause and Effect: ♥Two events are related to eachother when one event brings out the other ♥The first event is the cause ♥ The last event is the effect
  3. Compare: tell how two things are alike, using details
  4. Context Clues: the words and sentences around an unknown word that tell you what it means
  5. Contrast: tell how two things are different, using details
  6. Describe: to write about something in DETAIL
  7. Draw Conclusion: to reach an opinion by thinking about the stated and unstated information in the text
  8. Generalize: ♥To make abroad statement ♥Not using details or facts
  9. Infer, Inference: ♥To arrive at a conclusion or opinion by reasoning ♥Using the facts to deetermine what is happening but not stated
  10. Onomatopoeia: the use of words whose sound echothere sense
  11. Paraphrase(same length, or longer): ♥restates the information in your own words ♥gives all of the information, not just the main events
  12. Predict: ♥guess what will happen next in the story ♥use cluse that forshadow events to guess ♥Use facts and details in the story to guess
  13. Prefix: a syllable, which has its own meaning joined to the beginning of a word to change that word's meaning
  14. Root: A base word to which is added a prefix and/or a suffix
  15. Suffix: a syllable, which has its own meaning, joined to the end of a word to change that word's meaning and part of speech
  16. Summarize (shorter): ♥Restate the major events ♥ Will be shorter than the original