| A | B |
|---|
| Autobiography | Story about a persons life, written by THAT person |
| Fiction | Story that is made up, or make-believe |
| Fact | Something that can be PROVEN |
| Opinion | What someone THINKS, but cannot be proven |
| Compound word | A word made up of two other complete words |
| Common Noun | Names any person, place, or thing |
| Proper Noun | Names a particular person, place or thing |
| Possessive | A word that shows ownership or possession (by adding 's, etc.) |
| Personal Essay | A piece of writing where the author writes about something in their personal life |
| Story Map | Chart showing Characters, Setting, Plot, Problem, and Solution for a story |
| Compare | Tell how things are similar or alike |
| Contrast | Tell how things are different |
| Multiple-Meaning Words | Words that can have more than one meaning |
| Action Verb | A word that tells what the subject in a sentence does or did (the MAIN word in a predicate) |
| Direct Object | A noun or pronoun in a sentence that RECEIVES the action |
| Exact Verb | An action verb that tells EXACTLy what the subject is doing (ex: twirled, stomped, etc.) |
| Summary | A brief review or account of a story or selection |
| Paraphrase | Putting something from a story into your OWN words, without changing the author's meaning |
| Synonym | A word that means the SAME |
| Antonym | A word that means the OPPOSITE |
| Prediction | Telling what you THINK will happen later in a story |
| Climax | The most suspenseful part of a story, when the character(s) must face the problem |
| Suffix | A part added to the END of a word that slightly changes its meaning (Ex: -ward, -ous) |
| Homophone | Words that SOUND the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings |
| Main Verb | The MOST important word (action) in the predicate |
| Helping Verb | Comes right before the Main Verb (Ex: HAVE climbed..., WILL learn..., etc.) |
| Linking Verb | A word that links the subject to a word in the predicate that names the subject |
| Predicate Noun | Comes after the linking verb and NAMES the subject |
| Predicate Adjective | Comes after the linking verb and DESCRIBES the subject |
| Main Idea | What a reading passage is MOSTLY about |
| Present-Tense Verb | Verb that shows action happening NOW or over time (ex: studies) |
| Past-Tense Verb | Verb that shows that something already happened (ex: designed) |
| Future-Tense Verb | Verb that shows that something is GOING TO happen (ex: will study) |
| Tone | The attitude a writer has toward their subject, which is shown by their choice of words |
