| A | B |
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| topic | what the text is about |
| subject | some situation or event that is thought about |
| thesis | another word for the main idea |
| main idea | the most important idea about the topic |
| supporting details | what the author uses to back up or support the main idea |
| summary | shortened version of the passage |
| concise | brief |
| opinion | a judgement, personal feeling or reaction |
| fact | a statement that can be proven |
| informational text | provides facts, details, statistics, etc about a topic |
| fiction | untrue, made-up accounts |
| nonfiction | true accounts |
| analyze | break down into smaller parts or pieces |
| cite | locate or find in the story |
| text | the words or paragraphs of a written story |
| plot | the sequence of events of a story |
| theme | the moral learned from reading the story using words such as brave, coward, hones, liar, hard worker, lazy |
| central idea | same as the main idea |
