Final Exam Must-Know Terms

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setting

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the time and place a story occurs

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conflict

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a struggle or problem; characters can have conflict with each other, nature, society, or themselves

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character traits

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the different qualities that define a character's or person's appearance or personality

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theme

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the life lesson or message readers can learn from the story

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mood

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the feeling a reader gets from a story

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perspective

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the unique way a character, person, or author sees something; revealed through their speech, actions, & thoughts

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context clues

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hints about a word's meaning found in the sentence or paragraph around it

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prefix

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word part added to the BEGINNING of a word that can change its meaning

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root

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word part found in the MIDDLE of a word

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suffix

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word part added to the END of a word that can change its meaning