| A | B |
| contrast | how are they different? |
| compare | how are they the same? |
| setting | time and place a story happens |
| hypothesize | predict, guess what is going to happen |
| author's purpose | reason for writing a text |
| moral | lesson that can be learned from a story |
| synonyms | words that have the same, or almost same, meanings |
| antonyms | words that have opposite meanings |
| repetition | something that is repeated, like a sound in a poem |
| genre | the type of story |
| simile | a comparison containing the word "like" or "as"s |
| prefix | chunk of letters added to beginning of word "-un" "-dis" |
| suffix | chunk of letters added to end of word "-able" "-ly" |
| alliteration | use of words that begin with the same sound near one another |
| infer | to form an opinion from evidence in the text |
| summarize | restate information giving only the most important points |
| evaluate | carefully judge the value of something or someone |