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What is the main idea of a text?
what the text is mostly about
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What is an idiom?
a saying that does not make literal sense
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What is alliteration?
the repeating sounds at the beginning of words
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What are context clues?
clues within the text
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What is the theme of a story, poem, or drama?
the lesson the author is trying to teach you
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What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
a simile compares two things using the words like or as, a metaphor compares two things but does not use the words like or as
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What is onomatopoeia?
a word that sounds like the sound it names
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What are key details?
important words and phrases
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What is an inference?
clues from a text + prior knowledge= a logical based assumption (inference)
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What is an adage?
a wise old saying containing an universal truth
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What is imagery?
to use words and make a picture in your mind
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What is to cite or quote accurately?
to repeat of copy exactly
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What does it mean to compare and contrast?
to note the differences and similarities
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What is a hyperbole?
an over exaggeration
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What is a simile?
a comparison of two things using the words like or as
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What is yes?
Is Mrs. Hilson the best Reading teacher? Yes or No
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What is a prefix?
the word part that comes at the beginning of a root or base word
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What is personification?
a phrase that gives human traits to nonhuman things
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What is a metaphor?
a direct comparison of two things without using the words like or as
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What is summarize?
to retell a passage in your own words
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Yes
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