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| characters | people, animals, or things that have a part in a story |
| setting | where and when a story takes place |
| sequence | ordering of events |
| plot | the problem and conflict in a story |
| problem | conflict |
| solution | resolution |
| summarize | tell what happens at teh beginning, middle, and end of a story |
| draw conclusions | make a guess about what will happen based on story information |
| inference | take a guess about what will happen based on story information |
| main idea | a statement about what the whole story is about |
| supporting details | details that support the main idea of the story |
| dictionary | reference book used to look up the definition of words |
| thesaurus | reference book used to find synonyms and antonyms |
| internet | online resource used to locate information |
| glossary | mini dictionary in the back of a book specific to the words in that book only |
| index | located in the back of a book and tells the page a word can be found in the text |
| atlas | book of maps |
| wikipedia/encyclopedia | resource used to locate information on topic - dolphins, George Washington, planets |
| synonyms | words that have similar meanings |
| antonyms | words that have different/opposite meanings |
| homophones | words that sound the same but have different meanings |
| context clues | using the words in a sentence to help figure out the meaning of an unknown word |
| sensory words | words used that describe your senses (soft, bitter, clank) |
| nonfiction | tells about true events |
| fiction | stories that are not true |
| realistic fiction | stories that could be true but are not - they would not have make believe characters |
| opinion | what someone thinks or believes |
| fact | seomthing that can be proven true or false |
| compare | how things are the same |
| contrast | how things are different |
| venn diagram | graphic organizer used to compare and contrast |
| character traits | how a character feels, acts, and thinks |
| author's purpose | the reason an author writes or includes specific details in a story |
| cause and effect | what makes someting happen and the results |
| historical fiction | stories that are not true but may include some historical facts |
| guide words | the first and last words on a dictionary page also located on the top of the page |
| entry words | all of the words on a dictionary page with definitions |
