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| Author’s message | The main idea, theme, or lesson the author wants to communicate to the reader |
| Analogy | A comparison of two things that are similar in some way |
| Affix | A word element added to the beginning (prefix) or the end (suffix) of a word root to alter its meaning or form, (e.g., pre-, -ful, and –ly) |
| Author’s purpose | The author’s intent; to describe, entertain, inform, persuade, teach a lesson |
| Autobiography | A history of a person’s life written by that person |
| Base word | A word that stands on its own after all prefixes and suffixes have been removed |
| Biography | An account of a person’s life written by another person |
| Cause and effect | Causal relationships between two or more events or situations |
| Character | A person, animal, or imaginary creature in a literary work |
| Character foil | A secondary character who contrasts with the main character and, in so doing, highlights various elements of the main character's personality. |
| Character motivation | That which causes a character to behave in various ways under various circumstances |
| Character trait | A noun or adjective used to describe the behavior or personality feature of a character (e.g., careless, dull, loyal, rude). |
| Chronological order | Emphasizes the order in which things happen (through time) |
| Climax | The point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action in a literary composition. |
| Comedy | Humor in the arts |
| Comparison and contrast | A way of organizing text that emphasizes the similarities and differences of two or more things. |
| Compound word | A word made from combining words |
| Compund words | "riverbank" or "houseboat" are examples of |
| Conflict | Opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces |
| Connection | Activating prior knowledge before, during, or after reading using text-to-self, text-to-text, or text-to-world associations. |
