| A | B |
| schema | The accumulated knowledge that a person can draw from life experiences to help understand concepts, roles, emotions and events. |
| sentence | A group of words that express a complete thought. It has a subect and a verb. |
| sequential order | The arrangement of ordering information, concept, or ideas. |
| simile | A comparison between two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as". |
| solution | An answer to a problem. |
| stanzas | Lines of poetry grouped together. |
| story | An account of something that happened. |
| style | A way of writing that is individual to the writer such as choice of words, phrases, images. |
| suffix | A group of letters added to the end of a word. |
| summary | To retell what happens in a story in a short way by telling the main ideas, not details. |
| supporting details | Statements that often follow the main idea. They give you more information about the main idea. |
| symbolism | Something that represents something else. |
| synonyms | Words with the same, or almost the same meaning. |
| title | A name of a book, film, piece of music, or other work of art. |
| tone | A way of writing that shows a feeling. |
| topic sentence | A sentence that states the main idea of the paragraph. |
| valid | correct, acceptable |
| verb | A word that shows action or being. |
| voice | To express a choice or opinion. |