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| Onomatopoeia | Using sound-effect words that sound like what they describe |
| Alliteration | Using the same letter at beginning of each word |
| Caption | Words under a picture telling about the picture |
| Character development | the change in a character from the beginning to the end of the story |
| Comparative adjective | modifies or describes nouns by comparing |
| Concluding paragraph | the last paragraph in your story |
| Coordinating conjunction | a word used to join words: and, but, or |
| Free verse | poetry that does not rhyme |
| Generalization | a broad statement that applies to many people |
| Idiom | an expression that doesn't mean what the words say |
| Interjection | a word spoken suddenly to express surprise, pain, or delight |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two things not using like or as |
| Minor character | a character that comes in contact with main character |
| Parts of Speech | nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections |
| Personification | giving human characteristics to non-living things |
| Poetic style | the way a poem is written |
| Reference source | books and other sources that contain facts about different subjects |
| Resolution | finding a solution to a problem |
| Rhythm | the feel of "beat" when poetry is read aloud |
| Simile | a comparison using like or as |
| Stereotypical | unoriginal; conforming to a standard pattern |
| Stress | Put stress on; utter with an accent |
| Superlative adjective | shows the highest degree of comparison using most or -est |
| Text structure | an author's method of organizing text |
| Transitional words | a word that connects two thoughts or ideas together |
| Word origins | the history of words; the country they came from |
