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200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100Reading Comprehension ComprehensionGrammarGrammarLiteraryTermsLiteraryTerms
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The difference between Synonyms and Antonyms.
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Synonyms are words that mean the same. Antonyms are words that mean the opposite. 100
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The difference between Connotation and Denotation.
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The connotation is an implied meaning. The denotation is the exact meaning
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The difference between prefix and suffix.
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The prefix comes at the beginning of the word and the suffix comes at the end.
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The central idea of a work of literature.
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Theme
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The attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character.
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Tone
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Capitalization Rules: Charles Dickens wrote great expectations in 1861.
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Capitalize titles: Great Expectations must be capitalized
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Capitalization Rules: While in washington d.c., we met congressman Delay.
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Capitalize cities and proper titles: Washington D.C. must be capitalized. C in congressman must be capitalized
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Comma Rules: I went to the store for milk bread and candy.
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Listed items must be separated by a comma. I went to the store for milk, bread, and candy.
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Comma Rules I went to the store but I did not get the milk.
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A compound sentence must be separated by a comma. I went to the store, but I did not get the milk.
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Types of Sentences: Since it is time to go, I will have to tell you the rest of the story later.
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complex
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Subject/Verb Agreement: A vase of flowers makes a room attractive.
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Correct: The subject “vase” agrees with “makes.”
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Subject/Verb Agreement: Drinking and driving remain a major cause of highway fatalities.
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Incorrect: Drinking and driving remains a major cause of highway fatalities. Drinking and driving is considered a single activity.
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Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement The audience fixed their attention on center stage.
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Incorrect: The audience fixed its attention on center stage. “audience” is considered a single unit.
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Parallelism: The children ran down the hill, skipped over the lawn, and into the pool.
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Incorrect: The children ran down the hill, skipped over the lawn, and jumped into the pool. Each phrase must begin with a verb to be parallel.
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Parallelism: The duties include baby- sitting, house-cleaning, and preparation of meals.
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Incorrect: The duties include baby-sitting, house-cleaning, and preparing meals. To be parallel, the listed verbs must all end in –ing.
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Series of related events that make up a story or drama.
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Plot
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Contrast between expectation and reality.
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Irony (situational, dramatic, verbal)
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Struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces.
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Conflict (Internal/External)
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Makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one things becomes another thing without using like, as, than or resembles.
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Metaphor
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A non human thing is or quality is talked about as if it were human.
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Personification
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Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
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Point-of-view: 1 st person 3 rd person limited 3 rd person omniscient
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Makes a comparison between two unlike things using a word as, like, resembles, or than.
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Simile
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Sneering, jesting, or mocking a person, a situation or thing.
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Sarcasm
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When a person, place, thing, or event stands for itself and for something beyond itself.
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Symbolism
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To explain or inform; to create a mood or stir an emotion; to tell about a series of events; to persuade the reader to believe something or do something.
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Author’s purpose in non-fiction
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