Unit 6: Lesson 1

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 6, Unit 6, Lesson 1.
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  1. emphasize
    stress or single out as important
  2. occur
    come to pass
  3. period
    an amount of time
  4. relevant
    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  5. tradition
    a specific practice of long standing
  6. short story
    a brief but fully developed prose narrative
  7. folktale
    a traditional story or legend circulated by word of mouth
  8. introduction
    the first section of a communication
  9. structural
    relating to the composition of something
  10. organizational
    of or relating to an organization
  11. definition
    a brief explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase
  12. description
    a statement that represents something in words
  13. cause
    any entity that produces an effect
  14. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  15. classification
    the act of distributing into categories of the same type
  16. explicitly
    in a clearly expressed manner
  17. implicitly
    without ever expressing so clearly
  18. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  19. complex sentence
    a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
  20. independent clause
    a section in a complex sentence that can stand alone
  21. dependent clause
    a section in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone
  22. clause
    an expression including a subject and predicate
  23. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
  24. subordinating conjunction
    a conjunction that introduces a dependent clause
  25. conjunction
    a function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases
  26. universal
    applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
  27. invariably
    without change, in every case
  28. nurture
    help develop; help grow
  29. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  30. integral
    existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  31. trance
    a psychological state induced by a magical incantation
  32. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
Created on Mon Sep 14 16:31:43 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Sep 16 13:38:31 EDT 2020)

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