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Concept Review: Seventh Grade  Concept Definition Example Analogy: a comparison to show how things are alike Metaphor: a comparison not using like or as Simile: A comparison using like or as Idiom: a phrase not meaning its actual meaning ex its raining cats and dogs Personification: when you give human like qualities to an inanimate object Hyperbole: an exaggeration Root words: the basic part of a word that usually carries meaning Affixes:A prefix or a suffix Word meanings • Definition • Example • Restate • Contrast Textbooks: A book used in schools Newspapers: A paper with news for a certain area Signs: A public display of a message Instruction manuals: A book with instructions Atlas: Almanac: A book with many facts on many topics Encyclopedia: A refrence book with many topics Cause and effect:when a cause has an effect Author’s argument:when the author fights for a topic they believe Point of view: a narrative mode Perspective:A view Technical directions: directions for a technical device Consumer and workplace documents: documents made for cunsumers Author’s evidence: evidence from the authour Bias:choose a side and do not support another not giving a fair chance Stereotyping:judjing people or thing based on race, size etc. Short story: a short fiction story Novella: a short story Novel: a long story Essay:a paper based on one topic Plot: the point of the story or movie Foreshadowing:telling what will happen Characterization: the act of showing characters Theme: the most important message First Person: a person in the story is doing all the talking Third Person omniscient: point of view of an all knowing author Third Person Limited: point of view of a not all knowing author Subjective Point of View: you bring opinion in to it Objective Point of view:a third-person point of view in which the narrator does not comment on or interpret any of the characters or their actions Transition: is a move Anecdotes:a short tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident. Descriptions: describing something Facts:true information Statistics:factual numbers Examples:showing something Note-taking: taking notes Outlining: organizing notes into an outline Summarizing:telling about a story Paraphrasing/rephrasing: putting notes in to your own words Bibliography: cited work In-text citation: after text it says where it git the information Revise for organization: when you revise and make it more organized Revise for word choice: when you revise to put better words in Beginning/middle/end: parts of a story Conflict/resolution: the problem and how it eventually gets solved Rising action Climax Denouement Major and minor characters Setting Dialogue Suspense Narrative action Organize around clear ideas and images Card catalog Magazine Newspaper Dictionary Footnotes Support and proposition Reader’s concern Counter argument Main idea Significant details Modifiers Active voice Infinitives Participles Pronouns and antecedents Parts of speech Structure and types of sentences Pronoun reference Quotation marks Commas Dependent and independent clauses Hyphens Dashes Brackets Semicolons capitalization