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Key detail

A Key Detail is a major supporting concept of a paragraph, section of text, or story.

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Summary

a brief statement or account of the main points of something.

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Trait

a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.

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Motive

a reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious.

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Perspective

a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

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Theme

the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

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Main idea (literature)

the point that a writer is trying to make about the topic

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Moral

concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.

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Topic

a matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation; a subject.

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Simile

A comparison from one thing to another using like or as.

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Metaphor

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

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Personification

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

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Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Claim

state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

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Counterclaim

a claim made to rebut a previous claim.