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Concept Review: Seventh Grade  Concept Definition Example Analogy Metaphor: To compare two things without using the words "like" or "as" Example: //"Your heart is bigger than a lion"// Simile: To compare two things using the words "like" or "as" Example: //"You smell as bad as a skunk"// Idiom: A creative phrasing of words Example: //"It's raining cats and dogs"// Personification: A person who represents an abstract quality Example: Hyperbole: To exaggerate something Example: //"I ate so much food, I thought I was going to explode"// Root words: The real word inside of a big word Example: //"un**thank**ful"// Affixes: Something you can add to the end of a word Example: //"unthank**ful**"// Word meanings • Definition: What a word means Example: //"Hyperbole means to exaggerate something"// • Example: • Restate: To say something in a different way Example: //"// • Contrast Textbooks: A book containing information Example: //"A math textbook holds information on math"// Newspapers: A lot of pieces of paper that report the news Example: //"The New York Times"// Signs: Instruction manuals: A manual giving instructions Example: Atlas: A map of the world Example: //"A globe is an atlas"// Almanac Encyclopedia Cause and effect Author’s argument/ Point of view/ Perspective Technical directions Consumer and workplace documents Author’s evidence Bias: Not being fair Example: //"CNN"// Stereotyping Short story Novella Novel Essay Plot: Example: Foreshadowing Characterization Theme: The main idea of a story First Person Third Person omniscient Third Person Limited Subjective Point of View Objective Point of view Transitions Anecdotes Descriptions Facts: True statements Statistics Examples: Note-taking Outlining Summarizing: Putting a lot things into one short thing Example: "He went to go to get pizza, then he drove home, and finally, he started to devour it while watching a football game."/ "After he got his pizza, he ate it while watching a football game". Paraphrasing/rephrasing Bibliography In-text citation Revise for organization Revise for word choice Beginning/middle/end Conflict/resolution 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