Academic Vocabulary Part 3

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Direct quote

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the exact words of a character(s) indicated in writing with quotation marks

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Distinguish

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to identify the differences in

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Drama

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a play divided into acts and scenes; meant to be performed actively on a stage with actors, costumes, etc.

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Dramatic irony

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a situation in which the reader or audience knows something the characters in the text do not

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Dynamic

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refers to a character whose personality traits change during the story

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Edit

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to proofread for errors (ie. capitalization, punctuation)

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Elaborating details

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details which support and explain the main idea

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Ellipsis

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a mark of punctuation used to show that words have been omitted

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Evaluate

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to assess an argument to see if it is relevant and sufficient

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Evidence

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information an author provides to support the main idea of a text