| A | B |
|---|
| synonym | a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word |
| evaluate | judge |
| personal narrative | a story that tells about the experience of the writer |
| glossary | a small dictionary in the back of the book |
| flashback | the interruption of action in order to tell something that happened in the past |
| colloquial | informal |
| sensory details | details that appeal to one of the five senses |
| loan words | words that have been borrowed from other languages |
| humor | the amusing quality of things |
| root word/base word | the main part of a word |
| prefix | the part that is in front of the root word |
| suffix | the part that follows the root word |
| anecdote | a very short story with a simple, amusing point |
| context clues | details from a sentence or paragraph that help you determine the meaning of a word |
| vivid action verbs | expressive action verbs |
| inference | making a prediction or guess about something based on clues about the story |
| chronological order | time order; sequence of events |
| transitional words/phrases | after, often, before, finally, first, second, etc. |
| theme | the main idea or basic meaning of a literary work |
| syllables | the number of parts a word is divided into |
