| A | B |
| theme | the message or meaning of the story, what the author wants you to learn |
| word bank | a list of words given on a page to answer questions |
| directions | the steps that need to be followed |
| sequence | the orders things happen in a story - words like before, after, next, and later are words that can be used |
| order | the way things take place |
| infer | to form an opinion by reasoning from events that already happened |
| realism | when something is told in a story that could happen |
| fantasy | a story that has some things that could happen and some things that could not happen |
| drawing conclusion | a decision you make about what happens in a story |
| cause and effect | a cause is why something happens and an effect is what happens - some clue words are if, then, because, since and so |