| A | B |
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| Climax | The point of the story that is most intense and exciting. |
| Theme | The moral or message of the story that the reader learns. |
| Characters | People who play an important role In the story. |
| Conflict | Problem in the story |
| Plot | The series of events that occur in the story. |
| Setting | The time and place of the story |
| nonfiction narrative | is a type of writing in which an author tells a true story. |
| memoir | an author tells a true story of an important time in his or her life. |
| Context Clues | Clues in a text that help you figure out the meaning to a unknown word |
| Main Idea | Every story or paragraph has a main idea. The main idea tells you what the story is about. |
| Supporting Details | The supporting details are the key details in the passage that describe the main idea. |
| Direct Characterization | The narrator directly mentions or describes a character’s personality |
| Indirect Characterization | The narrator DOES NOT state the character’s personality/trait. |
| Compare | Explains how 2 or more things are alike or similar. |
| Contrast | Explains how 2 or more things are different. |
| Biography | An account of a person’s life written by another person/author. |
| Simile | Comparing two things using LIKE or AS. |
| Metaphor | Comparing two things without using Like or As. |
| Personification | Giving a non-living object human characteristics. |
