| A | B |
|---|
| Simile | comparison using like or as |
| Metaphor | comparison NOT using like or as |
| Personification | giving a non-human thing "human-like" characteristics |
| Hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| Idiom | a catchy impossible saying |
| Onomatopoeia | words that make the sound of their names |
| Concept and Definition | gives the term/idea and then defines it |
| Order of Importance | when a passage lists things according to how much it matters |
| Resolution | the end of the story/ when the problem has been solved |
| Chronological Order/ Sequence | listing events in the order in which they happened |
| Compare and Contrast | tellign what's alike and what's different |
| Rising Action | where the problem is introduced |
| Climax | the most exciting/highest point in the story |
| Falling Action | where the problem is being solved |
| Third Person Limited Point of View | the narrator is NOT a character and only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character |
| Third Person Omniscient Point of View | the narrator is NOT a character and knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters |
| Initiating Event/Exposition | the beginning of the story |
| First Person Point of View | the narrator is a character |
| Prefix | letters added to the beginning of a root word to change the meaning |
| Protagonist | the good guy/ the character the reader is rooting "for" |
| Connotation | the feeling/aura around a word |
| Root Word | the base of a word |
| Suffix | letters added to the end of a word to change the meaning |
| Context Clues | hints around a word to help find its meaning |
| Antagonist | the bad guy/ or the character "against" the good guy |
| Summary | a brief description of a longer work |
| Synonym | has the same meaning |
| Couplet | 2-lined rhyming stanza |
| Analogy | a comparison based on relationship |
| Predict | tell what will happen before it happens |
| Atlas | a book of maps |
| Sonnet | a 14-lined poem with a rhyme scheme (ababcdcdefefgg) |
| Dictionary | gives the definition, spelling, pronunciation, word origin and part of speech for words |
| Antonyms | means the opposite |
| Alliteration | repetition of the consonant sound at the beginning of 2 or more words in a line |
| Thesaurus | gives synonyms |
| Denotation | the dictionary definition |
| Almanac | a book of general facts released every year |
| Quatrain | a four-lined stanza |
| Imagery | painting a picture with words that appeals to the five senses |
| Flashback | going back to a previous event for reference |
| Foreshadowing | hints about something that will happen later in a story |
| Literal Language | the actual meaning |
| Figurative Language | goes beyond its actual meaning |
| Free Verse | a poem that has no set rhyme scheme or rhythm |
| Irony | hints that things might not be what they appear to be |
| Plot | the events in a story |
| Cause and Effect | When one event occurs and makes another event happen |
| Conclusion | a final decision |
| Haiku | a three lined Japanese poem |
| Symbolism | when something represents another thing |
| Opinion | something that someone thinks and can not be proven |
| Main Idea | what a passage is mostly about |
| Conflict | the problem in a story |
| Internal Conflict | when the battle is iside one of the characters |
| External Conflict | when the battle is with something outside of the character |
| Stanza | a group of lines in poetry separated by spaces |
| Rhyme | when the ends of two or more words have the same sound |
| Rhythm | the beat of a poem |
| Persuade | when the author tries to convince someone to see something their way |
| Infer | to arrive at a final decision |
| Encyclopedia | gives facts about a specific topic |
| Details | support for the main idea |
| Fact | something that can be proven true |
| Theme | the lesson learned in a story |
| Dialogue | a conversation |
| Inform | to give information |
| Tone/Mood | the feeling the reader gets |
| Entertain | strictly for enjoyment |
| Lyric | a "song-like" poem that expresses the poet's feelings/emotions |
| Characters | the people/objects that play a role in a story |
| Rhyme Scheme | using letters to shoe the pattern in which a peom rhymes |
| Generalization | giving facts in no specific order |
| Steps in a Process | gives directions/ tells how to do something |
| Enumeration/ Listing | a numbered or bulleted list |
| Setting | where and when the story takes place |
