Testing Vocabulary Week 3

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