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| Antonym | a word that is the opposite of another word |
| Author's purpose | the reason for writing something is PIE-to persuade or to inform or to entertain |
| Fiction | stories that could be believable but are made up |
| Nonfiction | stories that are true and have facts |
| Genre | a category or type of books such as mystery or fantasy |
| Simile | comparing two things using either "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | comparing two things without using "like" or "as" |
| Persuade | someone tries to convince you of something (author's purpose) |
| Inform | giving you facts and numbers to give you information about something (author's purpose) |
| Entertain | trying to entertain you with a story (author's purpose) |
| Compare | sometimes when comparing items you can use a Venn Diagram (overlapping circles) to tell about things that are different and similar |
| Synonym | two or more words that have similar meanings |
| Inference | using your prior knowledge and clues in the passage to help you make a guess |
| Imagery | using the 5 senses to create a mental picture for the reader |
| Chronological | when things happen in a story as they actually happen (what happens first-second-etc.) |
| Cause and effect | the reason something happens and the results |
| Compare and contrast | when a story is organized by how things are similar then it shows how things are different |
| Problem and solution | when a story is organized by stating an issue or problem and then discussing ways it could be solved |
| Setting | when and where a story takes place |
| Characters | people or animals the books is about |
| Point of View | who is telling the story |
| 1st person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling it-uses words like "I" and "me" |
| 3rd person limited point of view | a narrator tells the story but you only know about the thoughts and feelings of a few of the characters |
| 3rd person omniscient point of view | a narrator tells the story but you know a lot of the thoughts and feelings of the characters |
| protagonist | the main character in the story who is usually a "good guy" |
| antagonist | the evil bad main character in the story |
| exposition/initiating event | the beginning of the story where you learn about the setting and characters |
| rising action | the action of the story starts to get better and you begin to learn about the conflict |
| Climax | the OMG moment of the story where the major problem must be solved-the turning point in the story |
| Resolution | the story wraps up at the end and the main problem has been solved |
| Individual versus individual | a character has a conflict with another character |
| Individual versus nature | a character has to battle nature (storms or survival) |
| Individual versus society/world | a character has a conflict with a government or the laws of a place |
| Individual versus self | this is internal conflict where the character has a struggle with him or herself and must choose what to do |
| Theme | the story's overall lesson the reader can learn from reading it |
| Onomatopoeia | words used to stand for a sound |
| Alliteration | the beginning sound of a several words sound the same |
| Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration such as "I could eat a horse!" |
| Personification | giving something non human a human trait |
| Trait | something that describes the appearance or personality of a character |
| Tone | the author's attitude toward something |
| Mood | the reader's feelings from reading a passage |
