| A | B |
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| Author's Viewpoint | How the writer views the subject they are writing about |
| Possessive | A word that shows who something belongs to (ex: Squirrel's) |
| Contraction | Two words that are shortened into one, using an apostrophe (ex: they're) |
| Synonym | A word that means about the same thing as another word |
| Antonym | A word that means the opposite of another word |
| Exact noun | Names a SPECIFIC person, place, or thing |
| Exact verb | A more SPECIFIC action (ex: 'skipped' instead of 'moved') |
| Cause | 'Why' something happens |
| Effect | The 'result' of something happening |
| VCCV pattern | Always break the syllable between the 2 consonants |
| VCV pattern | Must decide whether to make the syllable break before or after the consonant |
| VV pattern | Syllable split comes between the 2 vowels unless they make a single sound |
| VCCCV pattern | Must decide whether to make the syllable break before or after the MIDDLE consonant |
| Pronunciation | The way you SAY a word out loud |
| Writer's 'voice' | The way a writer expresses himself that reveals what he may be like as a person. |
| KWL Chart | Displays what you KNOW, what you WANT to know, and what you LEARN about a topic |
| Comprehension | How well someone UNDERSTANDS what they read |
| Adjective | A word that DESCRIBES a noun or pronoun |
| Article | The special adjectives 'a', 'an', and 'the' that refer to any intem or a particular item |
| Demonstrative Adjective | The adjectives 'this', 'that', 'these', and 'those' that tell which one |
| Proper Adjective | An adjective formed from a proper noun that always begins with a capital letter (ex: American, French) |
| Biography | A written account of important events or experiences in a person's life |
