Reading 2nd grade

Complete Sentence

group of words that expresses a complete thought and contains a subject and a verb

Exclamation Point

This is used after a word or words that have special emphasis or feeling.

Question Mark

Punctuation Mark that finishes a question

Punctuation Mark

Symbol used at the end of a sentence

Capital Letters

Non-fiction

A true story

Fiction

A story that is not true or is made up

First Person

I" and "Me" standpoint. Personal perspective.

Third Person point of view

someone on the outside is looking in and telling the story as he/she see it unfold.

Main Idea

Theme

Characters

the people or animals in a story

Setting

The time and place in which a story unfolds.

Events

action

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea

Pronoun

A word that takes the place of a noun

Verb

An action word

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Adjective

A word that describes a noun

Sentence fragment

a sentence missing a subject or verb or complete thought

Story

a description of how something happened