| A | B |
| transition | words, phrases, or clauses that connect or move ideas from one subject or division (paragraph) to another |
| main idea | the most important thought or message in a paragraph or story |
| elaborate | to extend ideas through the use of facts, descriptions, details, or quotations |
| narrated experience/event | writing or speech that tells the events of a story or details of an event |
| narrative | a story or description of events that may or may not be true |
| narratpr | the person telling the story |
| dialogue | a direct conversation between characters |
| active voice | the voice of a verb when the subject performs the action Ex. The boy hit the ball. |
| passive voice | the voice of the verb when the subject receives the action of the verb Ex. The ball was hit by the boy. |
| point of view | the position of the narrator in the story |