| A | B |
| nonfiction | not made up |
| fiction | made up |
| chronological order | in the order they happened, time order |
| bias | favors one side or the other |
| primary research | interviews, journals, newspapers |
| secondary research | books |
| theme | topic and attitude |
| topic | subject |
| bibliography | list of sources |
| source | place where you get the information |
| true adventure | writing around a real event |
| biography | someone's life story |
| autobiography | your own life story |
| essay | writing with your thoughts, opinions, feelings |
| editorial | opinion in a newspaper or magazine |
| persuasive | trying to convince you |
| cause and effect | what makes something else happen |
| compare and contrast | alike and different |
| classification | putting like things together |
| order of importance | starts with least and goes to most |
| Venn Diagram | circle graph for likes and differences |
| characters | people |
| plot | list of events |
| climax | most important part, solves problem |
| symbol | item that represents something abstract |