| A | B |
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| genre | types of literature |
| synopsis | a short summary |
| imagery | picturing what you read |
| ZPD | ideal reading level |
| footnote | numbered word at page bottom with more info |
| analysis paragraph | contains opinions, weaknesses, strengths, and recommendations |
| introduction paragraph | contains main characters, setting, genre, author, title, etc. |
| summary paragraph | contains synopsis of the story along with conflict and climax |
| foreshadowing | hints at events to come |
| conflict | the problem to be overcome |
| climax | turning point that determines outcome |
| resolution | how a problem is resolved |
| allusion | reference to something well know |
| fantasy | genre that could not happen in real life |
| autobiography | a persons own account of their life |
| biography | a person's life story by an author |
| realistic fiction | genre that sounds true but was made up |
| periodicals | material published at regular intervals |
| magazine | a collection of articles over a topic |
| internal conflict | a personal problem outside of the story conflict |
| denotation | dictionary definition |
| connotation | things associated with a word |
| homophone | words that sound alike |
| antonym | opposites |
| synonyms | words that mean the same |
| fiction | made up stories |
| nonfiction | factual material |
| context clues | words around an unknown word that help determine its meaning |
| realistic fiction | story that sounds true but was made up |
| historical fiction | realistic fiction set in the past |
| STAR | test to help track your reading ability |
| RAP | Read All Period |
| Reading Renaissance | program using AR for reading practice |
| metaphor | comparison of unlike things in which one becomes another |
| simile | comparison of unlike things using like or as |
| cliffhanger | review that doesn't give away the ending |
