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L.A study guide

Central idea

The main message the author tries to convey to the reader in a piece of writing.

Evidence

Objects or facts that can be used to support a claim or explain whether something is or isn’t true.

Inference

to do something based on the rules of logic and reason.

personal narrative

a true story from your life that is significant or important.

revealed

for something unknown to become known.

contrasting idea

A concept that opposes another.

Weighted words

Important words that can impact the text.

memoir

important events in your own life.

direct characterization

a device in literature where that author tells u exactly all about a character , which doesn’t let  u at all about a character

indirect characterization

to reveal everything about a character through clues that the reader can use to guess the character’s personality.

adjective

a word or phrase that explains a noun or pronoun.

Convey

to express a message, thought, feeling or idea to a different person.

Sagacious

to have the ability to understand hard situations and make a good choice or decision

denotation

the literal meaning of a word

negative connotation

a disliked feeling a word invokes or causes

conventions

a group of established rules or techniques.

possessive pronouns

a pronoun that shows who owns something

Dependent clause

a group of words that can’t stand alone as a sentence

coordinating conjunctions

a word that connects two or more phrases word or independent clauses

Logically

To do something based on the rules of reason and logic

subordinating conjunction

a word or phrase that acts as a connector between an independent and dependent clause

independent clause

A group of words that can stand alone as a sentence.

Coordinative adjectives

multiple adjectives that add to the same noun

proper noun

An always capitalized name for a specific person, place , or thing

Adverb

a word that describes or changes an adjective, verb, another adverb, or an entire sentence