| A | B | 
|---|
| index | topics alphabetized and includes page numbers | 
| preface | short summary paragraph at the beginning of the book | 
| glossary | definitions | 
| table of contents | Shows the separate parts or chapters of the book | 
| appendix | junk drawer where all the extra stuff like tables, charts, diagrams, etc. are | 
| almanac | A book of facts (weather, farming, etc.) about one year in time | 
| atlas | book of maps | 
| encyclopedia | a detailed book of facts about different topics; great for book reports | 
| periodical | magazines | 
| dictionary | gives you definitions, parts of speech, and how to pronounce words | 
| pre- | before, ahead of | 
| re- | again, back | 
| co, con- | with or together | 
| inter- | between, among | 
| trans- | across | 
| un- | not | 
| mis- | error | 
| sub- | under | 
| post- | after | 
| bio | life | 
| geo | earth | 
| astro | star | 
| -ology | the study of | 
| -spect- | to look, see | 
| -dict- | say, speak, tell | 
| -struct- | to build | 
| -script- | to write | 
| -habit- | to live | 
| prefix | at the beginning of a word | 
| suffix | at the end of a word | 
| repetition | repeating of lines or ideas like you would hear in a poem or song | 
| omitted | not included | 
| synonym | same | 
| antonym | opposite | 
| homonym | two words that are spelled and sound the same but have different meanings; quake (earthquake) and quake (shake) | 
| homophone | sounds the same but may have a different spelling and does have different meaning; dear and deer | 
| inferences | invisible facts that we can conclude from the information given in a story | 
| ABAB pattern | 1st and third line rhyme and 2nd and 4th rhyme | 
| character | people, animals, or other creatures that play acting roles | 
| setting | the background like the forest, house, or beach | 
| plot | the problem that the main characters face in the story | 
| antagonist | the villain whether human, animal, or weather | 
| protagonist | the hero or good character | 
| topic sentence | beginning sentence that states the main idea | 
| concluding sentence | ending sentence that wraps up a paragraph | 
| dialogue | conversation between two characters | 
| 1st person narrative | the person in the story is telling the story | 
| 3rd person narrative | a person who is not actually in the story is telling it | 
| chronological order | put things in time order based on hourly time, yearly time, or something like that | 
| compare and contrast | looks at the similarities and differences between things when putting the story together | 
| problem/solution | Character has a problem that must be solved and shows you how they go about doing so |