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| prefix | word part added to the beginning of a word |
| suffix | word part added to the end of word |
| root | basic part of a word that gives the word its meaning |
| create mental images | visualize images in your mind based on the information in the text |
| biography | story of a person’s life written by someone else |
| context clues | clues in the text to aid or help with unfamiliar words, etc. |
| mood | overall feeling or emotion of the story |
| tone | attitude author takes toward the subject (ex. humorous, serious, cheerful, etc.) |
| literal | words in their usual meanings |
| figurative | comparisons between unlike things (ex. simile, metaphor, personification) |
| simile | uses “like” or “as” comparing 2 unlike objects |
| metaphor | uses “is, are, was” stating one object is another |
| personification | giving human characteristics to a nonliving object |
| realistic fiction | the people and events are like people and events in real life |
| genre | type of story or writing (ex. realistic fiction, biography, nonfiction, etc.) |
| characters | people in the story |
| Table of Contents | shows titles, authors, and page numbers in the order they are presented in the book |
| dialogue | conversation or “talking” in the story |
| index | provides page numbers of alphabetized titles and authors |
| resolution | the end or ending of a story |
| glossary | contains all vocabulary words and their definitions in the book |
| theme | author’s message to the reader |
| plot | series of events in a story; contains a beginning, a middle, and an end |
| conflict | problem of the story |
| setting | time AND place a story takes place |
| concurrent | events that happen at the same time |
| third person limited | narrator focuses on one character in the story and explains what that character thinks and feels |
| first person point of view | one of the characters tells the story, first-person pronouns (I, me, my, myself, we, us, etc.) |
| point of view | how the author tells the story |
| third person omniscient | narrator is all-knowing and explains what all the characters think and feel |
| flashback | technique that authors use when they interrupt the action to tell about events that have already happened |
| third person point of view | narrator outside the story tells the story, third-person pronouns (he, she, they, etc.) |
| inference | conclusion from facts or guesses |
| valid | judgement is supported by evidence |
| invalid | judgement is not supported by evidence |
