| A | B |
| Chronological Order | a sequence according to time |
| Visual | image or picture |
| Summary | a brief statement of the main parts of something |
| Cause | a reason for an action or event |
| Effect | result or consequence of an action or event |
| Signal words/time | transition words that indicate the past, present, or future, such as: first of all, another, now, then, after |
| Description | a statement or picture in words |
| Reading Strategy | methods students use to help them comprehend their reading |
| Asking a question | a reading strategy that good readers use that involves asking WH questions during reading and attempting to answer it |
| Giving an opinion | a reading strategy that good readers use to make a connection between their reading and themselves, the world, or other books |
| Making a connection | a reading strategy that good readers use to make a connection between their reading and themselves, the world, or other books |
| Prediction | a statement about the way things will happen in the future |
| Narrator | the person telling a story |
| Author | a writer of a book, article, or report |
| Figurative Langauge | the use of words in an unusual or imaginative way |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which things that are different are compared, but does NOT use the words like or as |
| Simile | A figure of speech in which things that are different are compared with the use of the words “like” or “as” |