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Fourth grade L/A Vocabulary

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stanzaa group of lines in a poem / like a paragraph in a poem
dialoguewhen characters in a written work speak / should have quotation marks " "
non-fictiona reading that is true
themewhat the whole thing (reading) is about
comparedescribe how things are the same
contrastdescribe how things are different
infer / inferencemaking a good guess about why something happened based on what you know
generalizationreasonable judgment
persuadeconvince reader
evidenceprovides proof
authors purposewhy the auther chose that
opinionone person's thought
main ideawhat the whole thing is about
plotevents that happen in a story
themeidea
moodhow the writing makes you feel
fictionnot real
non-fictionreal
infersmart guess
compareto see how two or more things are the same
contrastto see how 2 or more things are different
biographya story about a real person written by someone else
autobiographya story a person writes about themselves
speakerthe person who is telling the story
informthe author's purpose is to give factual information
verifyto check if something is accurate or correct
stanzaa group of lines in a poem / like a paragraph in a poem
dialoguewhen characters in a written work speak / should have quotation marks " "
non-fictiona reading that is true
themewhat the whole thing (reading) is about
infer / inferencemaking a good guess about why something happened based on what you know
first persona person in a story who is telling the story (uses I, me, myself)
third personthe person telling the story is not a character in the story
settingwhere and when a story happens
conflictthe problem in a story
climaxthe most exciting part of a story ususally just before the end when the problem is solved
solutionhow the problem in a story is solved


ESL teacher
Lincolnton, NC

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