Question 1

inference

Accepted Answer

a conclusion based on evidence about something that is not explicitly stated - a logical guess based on evidence, experience and prior knowledge

Question 2

idiom

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a phrase that means something different from the literal meaning of the words in the phrase

Question 3

graphic organizer

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a visual method of organizing information, such as a content map, outline

Question 4

genre

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a category of text having a particular form, techniques, and content, such as biography, poetry or short story

Question 5

setting

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the time and place in which the events of a story occur

Question 6

character

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a person, animal, or imagery, creature in a literary work

Question 7

simile

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a figure of speech that uses like, as, or as if to directly compare two different things

Question 8

metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a comparison is implied by analogy but is not stated such as

Question 9

homophone

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a word which is pronounced identically with another word, but is spelled differently and has a different meaning

Question 10

adages

Accepted Answer

an old familiar saying

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