| A | B |
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| Pre-writing | Brainstorming, Webbing, Graphic Organizers |
| Rough Draft | Getting your ideas on paper in a format |
| Five Step Writing Process | Pre-writing, Rough DRAFT, Revising, Editing, Good Copy |
| Revising | Rewrite, reread, rethink, add details |
| Editing | Correcting punctuation, spelling, grammar, indention, and sentence structure |
| Good Copy | Publish |
| Topic | One word that tells what it's all about |
| *Main Idea | *Sentence about all the other sentences *What is theme? *What is best title |
| Ante- | Means before |
| Post- | Means after |
| op-, oc-, ob | means up against, or in the way |
| postscript | note written after letter |
| antebellum | referring to time period before Civil War |
| obnoxious | actions harming/bothering (against) another |
| Setting | Time and Place where story is "set" up |
| Character Development | What a character says, thinks, looks like, does, and how other characters react to him/her |
| Plot | The plan of the story; what order did events happen in? |
| *Theme | Lesson learned or main thought through story |
| *Conflict | PROBLEM: Struggle between two opposing sides |
| Initiating Event | Event that STARTS the conflict in story |
| Rising Actions | Events that show conflict building to climax |
| *Climax | The high point of excitement in the story WHERE Conflict Starts being solved |
| Falling Actions | Events showing the conflict being solved |
| Resolution | End where conflict comes to end |
| Predict | Use background knowledge about what you'll read and clues from story to "GUESS" what will happen next |
| Background knowledge | What you know from experience about topic |
| Fiction | Fake; made up story |
| Non-fiction | Not fake - True |
| Narrative | Story "The Three Little Pigs" |
| Amphi- & ambi | Around or on both sides |
| Contra-, contro-, counter- | Against or opposite |
| From Greek; anti- or ant- | Either opposite or against |
| Counteract | To oppose or lessen the effect by acting contrary |
| Antibiotic | A substance that destroy or weaken certain microorganisms |
| Counterfeit | To make something that is different from original, but similar |
| Ambivalent | To not care about either of the opposing sides |
| Obstruction | A closure or blockage that is in the way |
| Noun | Person, thing, idea, place, or feeling |
| Verb | Word showing action, state of being, or linking noun to another noun or adjective |
| Adjective | Word describing a noun or pronoun |
| Adverb | A word describing a verb, adjective, or adverb |
| Preposition | Word showing relationship between a noun and some other word in sentence |
| Prepositional phrase | A phrase starting with a prepostion and ending with a noun or pronoun |
| Conjunction | Word that connects two words, ideas, or phrases |
| Interjection | Word showing great expression |
| *Simile | His dreams were like tears falling from the sky |
| *Metaphor | the bank was a vampire sucking money from everyone |
| *Hyperbole | the rabbit was traveling at the speed of sound |
| Source to Product | Tree to paper |
| *Synonyms | Same - Small : Little |
| Antonyms | Opposite - Open : Closed |
| Animal to Habitat | Bear : Cave |
| Part to Whole | Finger : Hand |
| Object to Action | Stapler : Attach |
| Analogy | Comparison of two pairs of words that each have same relationship |
| *Personification | the wind laughed as it blew more snow |
| *Onomatopeia | "Crash!" "tinkle" "Aawk" "Whooo" |
| Latin bases "mit" & "mis" | Means send |
| Context Clues | Information, words in text that helps figure out meaning of unknown word |
| Drawing Conclusions | Using information from story & information from story to make true statement |
| Narrative Elements | Plot, Character, Setting, Conflict, Theme |
| Dialogue | Talking between characters; exact words said |
| Genre | A type of literature either fiction or non-fiction Ex. Folk tale, poetry |
| Summary | Choose just main events or facts - no details |
| *Stanza | a paragraph in poetry |
| *Haiku | Japanese poem with 3 lines: 5 syllables, 7 syllable, 5 syllables |
| *Limerick | Five line poem that's usually funny that has A, A, B, B, A ryhyme scheme |
| Alliteration | Having three or more words in a sentence start with same letter |
| *Haiku Example | Shimmering leaves float// Soaring between bare branches// Floating to dry dirt |
| *Ballad | Poem that tells story; How The Grinch Stole Christmas; Casey At The Bat |
| *Free Verse | Poem with NO RULES |
| *Subject Verb Agreement | When subject of sentence "Sally" from our class "winS" the contest. |
| *Pronoun | Word taking place of noun; Ron took "it" and left. |
| *Antecedent | Noun pronoun is referring to; "Tom" was responsible for "his" homework. |
| *Revising | Means same as revision |
| *Repetition | repeating same words, or lines in poem |
| *Rhyme | When words end with the same sound; After that, he just sat |
