| A | B |
|---|
| Narrative | story, prose |
| Organizational Pattern | Format in which a piece is written |
| interpret | performance verb meaning to unscramble or figure out |
| Plot | events or episodes which occur in a story |
| Episodes/Events | parts of a story |
| Fiction | creative writing, not factual |
| Non-Fiction | factual writing, informational |
| Infer | educated guess, guess w/ proof |
| Textual Evidence | proof, examples from reading |
| sequential order | in numerical order - first, second... |
| prefix | word part at the beginning of a word |
| base words | parts of words that can stand alone w/o help |
| text | words in type, reading passages |
| setting | where and when a story takes place |
| sensory detail | description using the five senses |
| imagery | the picture created in the head of the reader using words |
| visualization | making a "movie" in your head as you read |
| symbolism | when an object is meant to represent a more complex subject (empty crate - an empty life) |
| demonstrate | performance verb meaning "to show" |
| cite | performance verb meaning to record or list in writing |
| explain | performance verb meaning to help reader understand with examples or description |
| conflict | the type of problem in a story |
