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 * Idiomatic** **Language:** An expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally (e.g., //Let’s get on the ball.//)//.//


 * Imagery:** A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing and smell; figurative language. The use of images serves to intensify the impact of the work.


 * Implicit:** Meanings which, though unexpressed in the literal text, may be understood by the reader; implied.


 * Infer:** Read between the lines


 * Inference:** A judgment based on reasoning rather than on direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances; understandings gained by “reading between the lines.”


 * Inflectional Ending:** A form, suffix or element added to the end of a word that changes the form of the word to mark such distinctions as those of case, gender, number, tense, person, mood or voice.


 * Informational** **Text:** It is nonfiction, written primarily to convey factual information. Informational texts comprise the majority of printed material adults read (e.g., textbooks, newspapers, reports, directions, brochures, technical manuals, etc.).


 * Irony:** The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result.