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100What is to trace?
List in steps
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100What is describe?
Tell all about it.
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100What is an autobiography?
A story about an individual written by that person.
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100What is simile?
A comparison of two objects using the words like or as.
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100What is foreshadowing?
When the author gives you a clue to future events in the story.
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200What is analyze?
Break apart
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200What is support?
Back up with details.
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200What is a biography?
A story written about an individual by someone other than that person.
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200What is rhyme scheme?
The pattern of rhyming lines in poetry.
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200What is figurative language?
Words or groups of words that are meant to represent something other than their literal meaning.
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300What is infer?
Read between the lines.
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300What is explain?
Tell how.
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300What is a fable?
A story written to teach a lesson or moral?
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300What is a stanza?
Paragraphs in poetry.
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300What is alliteration?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
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400What is evaluate?
To judge
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400What is summarize?
Give me the short version.
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400What is non-fiction?
A story that is true.
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400What is haiku?
A three line Japanese verse form.
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400What is main idea?
What the passage or story is generally about.
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500What is formulate?
Create
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500What is predict?
What will happen next?
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500What is historical fiction?
A story based on a historical event that contains characters that are make-believe.
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500What is concrete poetry?
Poetry written in a certain shape that relates to the content of the poem.
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500What is author's purpose?
The reason the author writes a selection.
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