| A | B |
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| Text Structure | main parts and how they fit together |
| Personal Narrative | tells about things that happen |
| Experiences | the author's life, thoughts, and feelings |
| Images | words that make pictures in your mind |
| Poem Structure | sections called "stanzas"; stanzas are not always complete sentences |
| Stanzas | Groups of Lines in a poes |
| Details | words that describe true information, things, and actions |
| Pronouns | use of I, We, Us, or Me |
| Personal Narrative Structure | Paragraphs |
| Compare | see how things are similar |
| Contrast | see how things are different |
| Reading Strategy | a way to understand what you read |
| Smirking | smiling in a way that shows you feel smarter or better than someone else |
| Rabbit Ears | when people hold their fingers in the shape of a "V" behind someone's head, like the ears of a rabbit |
| Generations | any of the different age levels in a family, such as grandparents, parents, and grandchildren |
| Ripples | little waves |
| Barbeque | a place for cooking food outdoors |
| Shoveling | using a shovel to move or pick up something |
| Mesquite Wood | a type of wood used in cooking food outdoors |
| Teenagers | people between the ages of 13-19 |
| Comforting | making someone feel better |
| Encouraging | giving strength or hope to; urgin |
| Elements of Literature | ways that authors express themselves in writing |
| genre | kind of literature |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| first-person poing of view | when the narrator uses the pronouns I, me, my, we, us, our |
