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14 Cards in this Set
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Tall Tales
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use exaggeration to tell the story of impossible events, often because of some superhuman ability of a character.
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cause
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is what makes something happen
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effect
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is what happens as a result of the cause. it may have one or more causes
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branded
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marked by burning the skin with a hot iron
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constructed
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fitted together; built
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daintily
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with delicate beauty; freshly and prettily
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devestation
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waste; destruction
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lullaby
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song for singing to a child
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pitch
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thinck black sticky substance made from tar or turpentine
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resourceful
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good at thinking of ways to do things
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thieving
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stealing
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veins
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blood vessels that carry blood to the heart from all parts of the body
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subject
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is the word or group of words that tells whom or what the sentence is about
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predicate
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word or group of words that tell something about the subject. all sentences have to have both a subject and a predicate or it is called a sentence fragment
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