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Literacy Terms

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    Understanding Literacy Terms
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  • what is a "theme" of a text?
    the key details of a text
    the main character
    A message or moral of a text.
    the main idea
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  • When does it mean when you are asked to be "explicit" in your writing?
    to make your writing plain or clear
    being vague
    to make a prediction
    to lie
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  • What is the "central idea" of a passage?
    the main point that the author is making
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  • what does "argument" mean?
    to make something up
    to fight with your freinds
    an opinion supported by facts
    to tell on someone
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  • Why do we use details from a text?
    to plagiarise a story
    to improve our writing
    to show you care
    to use information from a text to support an argument
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  • What do you do when you use "support" in your answers about a passage?
    copy the passage down word for word
    put something in your own words
    Refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or jus
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  • what does it mean to "evaluate" a text?
    copy down information from a text word for word
    form an argument based on the reading
    make up a story
    deciding what info you will include or exclude when u write
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  • A comparison between "like" or "as"
    Simile
    Irony
    Point of View
    Setting
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  • Using something concrete to represent an abstract idea or thought
    Symbolism
    Contrast
    Compare
    Forshadow
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  • External Conflict
    The height of action in the story
    A problem that the character experiences with him or herself
    A group of lines in a poem
    A problem that happens with the character and: another chara
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  • A problem that the character experiences with him or herself
    Determine
    Symbolism
    Internal Conflict
    Support
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  • Time and place where a story happens
    Central Idea
    Setting
    Narrative
    Mood
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  • Figurative Language
    The way in which a poem rhymes. It is denoted by letters.
    To make plain or clear
    Using expressive details that do not always mean exactly wha
    Written or spoken exchange between two or more people
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