narrator
The person who tells the story
text
written information about a subject
theme
Central idea of a work of literature
setting
The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
contrast
how two or more things are different
Venn Diagram
a visual way to compare and contrast two things
unsure
having doubt OR undecided, NOT YES
sure
certain, YES
future
not happened yet, later
reason
why OR the cause of doing something or feeling a certain way
recipe
instructions for making something
passage
short text
information
knowledge about something
article
short text about a topic usually in a magazine or newspaper
Synonyms
Words that mean the same thing or almost the same thing
Antonyms
Words that have opposite meanings
Context clues
Words or phrases that help give meaning to unknown words
Main idea
What the writing is mostly about
Important/supporting details
The details in a passage that support, or back up, the main idea (usually tell who, what, when, where, why, and how)
Summary
Briefly restates the main idea and important details of a story
Author
The person who wrote the story or article
Audience
The intended readers for a piece of writing
Multiple-meaning words
Words that are spelled the same but have more than one meaning
Prefix
Letters added to the beginning of the word to make a new word
Suffix
Letters added to the end of a word to make a new word
Root word
The main part of a word
Characters
The people or animals in a story or a poem
Setting
The time and place that a story happens
Theme
Is a story's message, it can be a lesson about life or how people behave (moral)
Order of events (sequence)
What happens first, next, and last in a story
Graphic organizers
Story map, web, or time line showing information in picture form
Author's purpose
The reason the author wrote the story or article (P.I.E)
To entertain
A story or article that you might read for fun (such as a narrative)
To inform
A story or article that gives information or news
To persuade
trying to make the reader believe a certain way, to influence
Point of view (POV)
How the author sees something (his perspective) and affects the way he writes about it
Cause and effect
The reason something happens and the result
Making predictions
Trying to guess what will happen next in the story
Fact
A statement that can be proved to be true
Opinion
A statement that cannot be proved (it is what someone THINKS or FEELS)
Fiction
A passage that tells a made-up story
Fable
A story that usually has talking animals and teaches a lesson/moral
Fairy tale
A made-up story with imaginary characters and magical events
non-fiction
a type of writing that tells about real people, places, things, and events
biography
The story of someone's life written by someone else
poetry
a type of writing that uses creative language, is written in lines, and often includes rhythm and rhyme