| A | B |
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| faulty logic | Reasoning that has mistakes: the facts do not support the conclusion |
| fiction | A story made up by an author |
| figurative language | Words that don't mean exactly what they say, such as similes and metaphors |
| first person | The story is told by a character inside the story |
| flashback | A scene in a story that brings the reader back to an event that happened before |
| foreshadowing | Hints the author gives about what will happen next |
| generalization | A broad statement that could apply to more than one situation |
| genre | A category of writing |
| glossary | A section in a book that gives the meaning of words used in that book |
| graphic organizer | A combination of words and pictures that shows how a selection is organized |
| heading | The title of one section of a selection |
| hyperbole | Exaggeration: Your dog's so ugly it could ... |
| illustration | A picture, diagram, drawing, figure, graph, or table that adds information to the selection |
| image | A picture that a selection makes in your mind |
| infer | Make an educated guess about what is happening in the story |
| inference | An educated guess you make about what is happening in the story. |
| interpret | Understand and explain the meaning of something |
| introduction | Writing at the beginning of a selection that tells you what will come |
| irony | When a character says one thing and means another |
| italic | Writing that slants to the side |
| line | A group of words next to one another in a poem |
| magazine | A publication printed regularly that focuses on one particular topic |
| main idea | the most important message of the selection |
| main problem | The conflict of the story |
| margin | Blank space around the edges of the page |
