| A | B |
| Imagery | A vivid description thatproduces mental images. The image produced can be an emotion, a sensation, or a visual picture. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of intial consonants sounds in neighboring words |
| Personification | An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form. |
| Point of View | The way in which an author reveals characters, events and ideas in telling a story; the vantage point from which a story is told. |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used. |
| Metaphor | The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used. |
| Characterization | The metoh an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities |
| Setting | The time and place a story unfolds. |
| Characterization | The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities |
| Effective Speakers/Effective Listeners | Main eye contact, ask probing questions, summarize |
| What should I do during reading? | Predict, Connect, Comment, ,Visualize, Question |
| What should I do Before I read? | Establish a purpose |
| What should I do after reading? | Summarize or retell the story events |
| Metacognitive During Reading Strategies | The reader knows what his brain is doing as he reads. |
| prosperous | successful |
| suffice | enough |
| abated | weakened |
| excessive | great |
| prudent | wise |
| leisurely | slowly |
| forlorn | sad |
| unshod | noshoes |
| conjectured | guessed |
| vessel | ship |
| What should I do when I am stuck? | reread, visualize,summarize, connect, predict and comment |