| A | B |
| summary | It briefly restates main idea and the most important details. |
| main idea | It is the most important idea in a story that can be stated in one sentence. |
| inferencing | What is likely to happen? |
| facts | Details which tell who, what, where, when, why, and how. They can be proven. |
| opinions | It is a thought, feeling, or attitude. |
| sequencing | What happened first, next, then, finally and in what order? |
| problem | It is something a character struggles with in a story. |
| plot | The events that happen in a story. |
| predictions | Use your own experiences and information from the story to guess what might happen. |
| compare | How are things alike? |
| contrast | How are things different? |
| cause | A person, thing, or even that makes something happen. |
| effect | Something made to happen by a person or thing. |
| purpose | This is a plan or intention by an author. |
| feelings | Examples are joy, sorrow, fear,anger, and happiness. |
| emotions | A very strong feeling of any kind. |
| graphic sources | These show information in different ways and in picture form. |
| setting | This is the when and where of a story. |
| analogies | This is a way to compare similiar things. |
| synonyms | A word that means the same thing. |
| antonyms | A word that means the opposite. |
| homonyms | These are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. |
| prefixes | A group of letters added to the beginning of a root word. |
| suffixes | A letter or group of letters added to the end of a root word. |
| legend | A story coming down from the past. |
| folktale | A story or legend originating and handed down from common people. |
| fable | A story that is made up to teach a lesson. |
| advertisement | This is a public announcement. |
| newspaper | Sheets of paper printed every day of the week, telling stories, ads, and sharing pictures. |
| prove it | Where did you find the information in the story? |