| A | B |
|---|
| theme | the message or the moral of a story |
| anxious | eager; impatient |
| infer | to conclude using other facts |
| argumentative | inclined to argue |
| insightful | having the ability to see and understand a situation |
| suspenseful | exciting; uncertain |
| hostile | disagreeing; antagonistic |
| reflective | thoughtful |
| amusing | interesting |
| trite | not important |
| trivial | not important |
| conflict | problem |
| internal conflict | a problem that a character has within himself (dealing with sickness, divorce, death, etc.) |
| external conflict | a problem that a character has with another person or his surroundings |
| idol | a famous person |
| idle | to do nothing; slow or still |
| bibliography | a list of sources used in research |
| critical tone | a judgmental manner of speaking |
| glossary | vocabulary with pronuniciation |
| index | an alphabetical list of subjects and hte page numbers whwere they can be found in a book |
| copyright page | the page near the front of a book that tells when and where the book was printed |
| expository writing | writing that tells the reader how to do something or offers factual information |
| narrative writing | writing that tells a story |
| persuasive writing | writing that tries to persuade the reader |
| descriptive writing | writing that uses lots of description |
| round characters | characters in a story that are fully developed and have more than one character trait |
| flat characters | characters in a story that are not fully developed |
| dynamic character | a character that goes through lots of changes during a story |
| static character | a character that does no change in a story |
