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Concept Review: Seventh Grade/  Concept Definition Example Analogy: Metaphor : To compare a noun to another without using the words "//like//" or "//as//". Example: Your head is a rock Simile: To compare a noun when using the words "//like//" or "//as//" Example: She is as tall as a giraffe Idiom: A saying Example: //Who let the cat out of the bag?// Personification: To take a non-living item and make it have human abilities. Example: The snake just walked away. Hyperbole: To exaggerate Example: //It's a million degrees in here.// Root words: "Intelligence" "Unintelligent" Affixes: Changes the word meaning. Word meanings • Definition: The meaning of a word. Simile is a poem using "like" or "as" • Example: a model of something "an example of a mammal is horses" • Restate: to say in another way "the dog ran up the tree" and "the dog ran up the OAK tree" • Contrast: Comparing things that are different " dogs and cats" Textbooks: Books that are used in school " the math book is a textbook" Newspapers: a daily publication printed on paper "The Union Tribune" Signs: A public display of a message "watch for the sign!" Instruction manuals: Shows you how to do or work something "turn the on button" Atlas: Almanac Encyclopedia Cause and effect Author’s argument/ Point of view: Someone else's perspective. Perspective: Someone elses thoughts. Technical directions Consumer and workplace documents Author’s evidence Bias: Not being fair. Stereotyping: Short story: A story thats short Novella Novel Essay Plot Foreshadowing: Gives you a hint in the book for the ending. Characterization Theme: The main idea. First Person: Using words like " I " and " me" Third Person: omniscient Third Person: Limited Subjective: Point of View Objective: Point of view Transitions Anecdotes Descriptions Facts: Accurate information 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: Used to pause in a sentence. Dependent and independent clauses Hyphens: To break up a word to make it 2. Dashes Brackets Semicolons capitalization