Expository text vocab

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Organizing text by sorting info into categories

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Classification

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Description accompanying an illustration

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Caption

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A traditional tale about heroes and their deeds

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Legend

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An ordinary object with extraordinary meaning; represents something else.

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symbol

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Educated guess

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Inference

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A story’s message about life or human nature

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theme

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Open land in a forest

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clearing

Front

examine carefully

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inspect

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to go forward; continue

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proceed

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A brother or sister

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sibling