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action
active voice
according to the information
adjective
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article
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fact
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fiction
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figure of speech
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literary nonfiction
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main
main character
main idea
main purpose
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memoir
mood
most important
most likely
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multimedia
myth
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objective summary
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opposing claim
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paragraph
paraphrase
parentheses ( … )
passage
person
phrase
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plot
poem/poetry
point of view/perspective
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reader
read aloud
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ready
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reason
reflection
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resolution
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response
rhyme
revise
role
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sensory language
sentence
sequence
setting
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significance
soliloquy
solution
sonnet
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statement
story
summary
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tell
text
textual evidence
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theme/central idea
thesaurus
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title
tone
topic
traditional stories
transition
true
turn
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whenever
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whereas
whereby
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who
who is speaking
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with
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