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onomatopoeia |
a word that sounds like what it says: "BAM" sounds like bam |
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paraphrase |
to put in one's own words |
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myth |
usually including god(s), heroes, and or how things came to be |
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folk-tale |
a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, esp. one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people. |
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tall tale |
An exaggerated, unreliable story: Paul Bunyan |
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fable |
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables. |
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Explanation, Definition and Reinstatement, and General Context |
3 types of context clues |
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Root Word |
the base word: perform is the Root Word of perfomance |
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Prose |
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse. |
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Metaphor |
comparison using "Is a" |
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Simile |
comparison using "like" or "as" |
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Compare |
to find details things have in common |
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Contrast |
to find details things lack in common |
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Reasons for reading literature |
to be entertained, to be informed, or to persuade |
