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| Synonyms | words that mean the same thing or almost the same thing |
| Antonyms | words that have opposite meanings |
| Context Clues | words or phrases that help give meaning to unknown words |
| Example | an item that is the same as other things in a group |
| Expression | a phrase that doesn't mean what it says word for word |
| Main Idea | what a piece of writing is mostly about |
| Important Details | usually tell who, what, when, where, why, and how |
| Summary | briefly restates the main idea and important details of a story |
| Author | the person who wrote the story or article |
| Prefix | letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word |
| Suffix | letters added to the end of a word to make a new word |
| Characters | the people or animals in a story |
| Motivation | the reason a character does or says something |
| Setting | the time and place that a story happens |
| Plot | the series of events that happen in a story |
| Problem | the conflict or trouble that the characters have in a story |
| Resolution | how the problem is solved in a story |
| Text Structure | the organization the author uses to show how his ideas are connected |
| Chronology | a time text structure showing what happens first, next, and last in a story (sequencing) |
| Cause and Effect | a text structure showing how one thing leads to another - why something happened and the result |
| Compare and Contrast | a text structure showing how two or more things are alike and different |
| Graphic Organizers | a way to keep track of information - sometimes in picture form |
| Outline | short phrases used to organize information in a story or article (Graphic Organizer - G.O.) |
| Venn Diagram | two overlapping circles used to compare two things (Graphic Organizer - G.O.) |
| Story Map | circles connected by lines that show important information from the story (Graphic Organizer - G.O.) |
| Time Line | a line showing dates in the order that events happened (Graphic Organizer - G.O.) |
| Author's Purpose | the reason the author wrote the story or article |
| AP to entertain | a story or article that you might read for fun - such as a narrative |
| AP to explain | giving directions how to do something or why something happened |
| AP to persuade | trying to make the reader believe a certain way - to influence - such as an advertisement |
| Paired Selection | two stories or articles that are meant to be read |
| Point of View | how the author sees something - and how it affects the way he writes about it |
| Making predictions | trying to guess what will happen next in a story |
| Drawing conclusions | trying to figure out things that aren't stated |
| Fact | a statement that can be proved to be true |
| Opinion | a statement that can not be proved - it is what someone thinks or feels |
| Supporting an Answer | finding a sentence in the story to prove a conclusion |
| Fiction | a story or article that is made up - not real |
| Non-fiction | a story or article that tells about real life people, places or events |
| AP to inform | a story or article that gives information or news |
