words to know

The main people or animals in a story.

To show how things are alike.

To show how things are different.

An idea you get from clues, prior knowledge, and common sence.

A problem of challenge facing the characters in the story.

Words, phrases, or sentances around or near any unfammiliar words that help you understandits meaning.

A piece of information that helps you know more information.

A book that lists words and their meanings (or definitions).

Instructions that explain how to make or do something.

A kind of writing that uses dialouge and stage directions. It is written in acts and sences.

A kind of writing that includes made-up characters and events.

A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally.Often, the phrase means something differentfrom what its individual words mean.

The lesson or message the author wants you to know.

A book that lists synonyms, or words that have the same or similar meanings.

Different types of literature.

Visual aids that provide information in clear, short form.

A word or phrase at the top of a paragraph that tells what the paragraph is about.

An educated guess bassed on what you're reading and what you already know.

What most of the sentances in the story are about.It is also the most important point the author makes about a subject.

The feeling created by the story.

Any writing that descibes real people and events.

What happens in a story.

A kind of writing that has short lines and stanzas. Sometimes it rhymes.

A guess about what will happen,bassed on what you read and what you already know.

A phrase that comes at the begining of the root word and changes the meaning.

Information you already know before you read the story.

In a story what happens after the conflict is solved.

THe main part of a word that gives its meaning.

The order in which events take place. This is also called chronological order.

The time and place in which a story happens.

A word part that comes at the end of a word and changes its meaning.

A figurtive term in which words sound like it is writen.

A figurtive term that is not meant to be taken literally.

A figurtive term that compares two unalike things using like or as.

A figurtive term that gives human qualities to something that is not human.

A figurtive term in which the first sound of a word is repeated.

A figurtive term in which the truth is greatly exaggerated.

A figutive term that compares two unalike things directly.