| A | B |
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| words that mean the same thing - or almost the same thing | synonyms |
| words that have opposite meanings | antonyms |
| words or phrases that help give meaning to unknown words | context clues |
| what a piece of writing is mostly about | main idea |
| usually tell who, what, when, where, why, and how | important details |
| briefly restates the main idea and important details of a story | summary |
| the person who wrote the story or article | author |
| letters added to the beginning of the word to make a new word | prefix |
| letters added to the end of a word to make a new word | suffix |
| the people or animals in a story | characters |
| the time and place that a story happens | setting |
| what happens in a story | plot |
| the trouble or conflict that the characters have in a story | problem |
| the resolution or end of the problem in a story | solution |
| what happens first, next, and last in a story | order of events |
| story map, web, or time line shown in a picture form | graphic organizer |
| the reason the author wrote the story or article | author's purpose |
| a story or article that you might read for fun - such as a narrative | to entertain |
| a story or article that gives information or news | inform |
| giving directions how to do something or why something happened | explain |
| trying to make the reader believe a certain way | persuade |
