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| narrative | a story that has characters, setting, and plot |
| setting | the place and time of a story |
| character | a person or an animal in a story |
| plot | the main events of a story that include a beginning, middle, and end |
| topic sentence | a sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph; usually the first sentence of a paragraph |
| main idea | the most important point, opinion, or message in a text |
| predict | to guess what will happen next based on evidence in the text |
| prefix | a group of letters added to the beginning of a root word |
| suffix | a group of letters added to the end of a root word |
| root word | a word that we add prefixes and suffixes to |
| essay | has an introduction, body, and conclusion; has 5 paragraphs |
| conclusion | the last paragraph in an essay; it is a summary of the entire essay |
| introduction | the first paragraph in an essay; grabs the readers attention; does not give details |
| body | the middle part of an essay; gives examples and details; its 3 paragraphs |
| singular noun | one person, place, thing or idea |
| plural noun | two or more people, places, things or ideas |
| vowels | a, e, i, o, u, y |
| consonants | the letters b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n... |
| caption | a line of text that explains what is shown in a picture |
| clarify | to determine the meaning of unknown vocabulary or unclear ideas |
| edit | to correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. |
| revise | to add or delete sentences in your writing |
| writing process | prewriting, writing, revising, editing, publishing |
| present tense verb | a word that expresses an action or state of being that someone is doing right now |
| past tense verb | an action word that already happened. For example, had, rode, hung. |
| synonym | words that mean the same. For example, teacher and instructor. |
