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Concept Definition Example Analogy (a cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject) Example MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken Metaphor( a figure of speech) Its raining cats and dogs Simile (you have to use the words like or as) Example The roller coaster is as tall as the mountain Idiom ( a figure of speech) Example He really went to town on that issue Personification ( when you make a thing, idea or an animal do something only humans can do) Necklace is a friend Hyperbole ( exaggeration) Example We walked a million miles Root words ( the root word of a word) Example meaning mean is the root word Cause and effect( It causes sometimes and the effect is something else) Example My alarm clock didn't ring and the effect was that I was late for school. Essay( a 5 paragraph paper) Example My teacher told us we had to write an essay Plot Affixes Word meanings • Definition • Example • Restate • Contrast Textbooks Newspapers Signs Instruction manuals Atlas Almanac Encyclopedia Author’s argument/ Point of view/ Perspective Technical directions Consumer and workplace documents Author’s evidence Bias Stereotyping Short story Novella Novel Foreshadowing Characterization Theme First Person Third Person omniscient Third Person Limited Subjective Point of View Objective Point of view Transitions Anecdotes Descriptions Facts Statistics Examples Note-taking Outlining Summarizing 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