biography
the true story of a person's life as told by someone else
conflict
a problem that the characters in a fictional story have to solve
context clue
the words of phrases around an unknown word that help the reader understand the meaning
fable
a made-up story that teaches a lesson
fiction
made up stories
folktale
a story that is told by people to other people over time
nonfiction
writing that gives information about real people, real events and real places
recount
to remember and retell a story
resolution
the end of a story that tells how the characters solved the problem
stanza
a group of lines that makes up a section of a poem
subject
The Who or what a sentence is about, contains the main noun
theme
the important lesson or message in a story