| Predicting:
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Anticipating what is coming next as you read.
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| Monitoring your comprehension:
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Evaluating your understanding as you read and correcting the problem whenever you realize that you are not comprehending.
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| Context clues:
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Words in a sentence or paragraph which help the reader deduce (reason out) the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
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| Word-structure clue:
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Roots, prefixes, and suffixes that help you determine a word's meaning.
Word structure clues are also known as word part clues.
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| Root:
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Base word that has a meaning of its own.
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| Prefix:
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Word part attached to the beginning of a root word that adds its meaning to that of the base word.
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| Suffix:
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Word part attached to the end of a root word.
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| Etymology:
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The origin and history of a word.
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| Denotation:
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Literal, explicit meaning of a word-its dictionary definition.
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| Connotation:
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Additional, nonliteral meaning associated with a word.
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| Figurative language:
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Words that create unusual comparisons or vivid pictures in the reader's mind.
Figurative language is also called figures of speech.
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| Metaphor:
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Figure of speech suggesting a comparison between two essentially dissimilar things, usually by saying that one of them is the other.
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| Simile:
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Figure of speech presenting a comparison between two essentially dissimilar things by saying that one of them is like the other.
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| Hyperbole:
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Figure of speech using obvious exaggeration for emphasis and effect.
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| Personification:
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Figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving things are given human traits or attributes.
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