Flora and Ulyssus

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Author's Purpose

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The reason or motivation for writing a specific text

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Persuade

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Cause someone to believe something through reasoning

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Entertain

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Provide amusement or enjoyment

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Inform

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To provide with information or facts

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Prefix

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An affix added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning

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Graphic Feature

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Visual aid used to help support the author's purpose

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Figurative Language

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Words or phrases that are meaningful but not literally true

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Text Features

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Word based, organizational elements that help the reader navigate a text

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Sensory Words

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Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses

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Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration