| A | B |
| Nonfiction Characters | real people |
| Historical Fiction Characters | real people and/or made-up people |
| Nonfiction Setting | real time & place |
| Historical Fiction Setting | real time & place |
| Nonfiction Events | real events to tell the story |
| Historical Fiction Events | real events and made-up events to tell the story |
| Compare | how 2 or more things are similar |
| Contrast | how tow or more things are different |
| Reading silently | reading by yourself |
| Traits | what a character is like |
| Motivation | tells us why a character does something |
| Adverbs | describes a verb or an adjective. It often tells how something is done. Adverbs often end in –ly. |