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Audience
What is the people for whom a piece of literature is written (the intended readers, viewers, or listeners of a text)?
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Tone
What is the author’s attitude towards the subject that he/she is writing about such as anger or approval, pride or piety, joy or pain?
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What is 'restates question stem in topic sentence'?
R
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Non-Fiction
What is any piece of writing about actual people, places, or events?
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Simile
What is the following line an example of: “My love is like a red, red rose.”
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Main message
What is the story’s main idea or message that the author intends to communicate by writing an informative text?
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Onomatopoeia
What is the sound of a word resembles its meaning, e.g., buzz, hiss, etc.?
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What is 'summary statement is included in closing
sentence'?
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Fiction
What is genres of narration that many be based on events and characters that are not real?
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Visual literacy
What is 'includes examining texts for aesthetic, emotive, affective qualities, elements of design and colour' ?
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Purpose
What is the reason for existence, the reason why something has been written or created; contributes to tone, diction, style, selection of specific details, audience, attitude, etc.; includes to define, report, persuade, compare, etc.?
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Metaphor
What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using the words like or as; e.g., “You are a dog.” ?
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What is 'cites all evidence'?
C
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Informational Texts
What is texts about process, people, events or reference material?
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Topic/Intro Sentence
What is a sentence stating the main idea of a paragraph?
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Alliteration
What is the repetition of the beginning sounds in groups of words, usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable; e.g., descending dew drops; luscious lemons?
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Assonance
What is the close repetition of the same vowel sounds between different consonants; e.g., brave – vain; lone – show; feel – sleet?
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What is 'answers all parts of the question'?
A
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Inferring/inference
What is combining clues in the text with prior knowledge to draw conclusions about objects, actions, locations, time, cause or effects, feelings, pastimes or occupations?
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Target Audience
What is an audience made up of the same kind of people (e.g., children between the ages of eight and twelve, doctors, people who live in northern climates, etc.)?
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Tone
What is the author’s attitude towards the subject that he/she is writing about such as anger or approval, pride or piety, joy or pain?
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Tone
What is the author’s attitude towards the subject that he/she is writing about such as anger or approval, pride or piety, joy or pain?
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What is 'expands and explains how evidence supports ideas'?
E
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Literal meaning/language
What is language that means exactly what it says?
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Points of View
What are the following examples of? First person, Third person, Omniscient.
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