| A | B |
|---|
| fable | includes animals as main characters |
| fairy tale | Once upon a time |
| realistic fiction | could be true but isn't |
| fiction | not true |
| nonfiction | true |
| transition words | words like BEFORE, IN COMPARISON, BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE |
| compare/contrast | at least 2 things |
| cause and effect | explains why something happened |
| sequence or chronological | in order and may have dates |
| problem/solution | starts with a problem and ends with the solution to the problem |
| prefix | at the front, syllable by itself |
| suffix | at the back, syllable by itself |
| root or base | what the prefix or suffix is added to |
| noun | person, place, or thing - usually can touch it |
| subject | usually noun at the beginning of sentence doing the action |
| verb or predicate | action done by subject of sentence- usually has ED or ING on it |
| compound word | two words connected like battleship or football |
| declarative | a statement................. |
| imperative | a command or request - you don't know who said or who they are talking to |
| exclamatory | excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| interrogative | question??????????? |
| fragment or incomplete sentence | an incomplete thought - you feel like you missed part of the conversation |
| compound sentence | two sentences connected with a AND, |
| comma in introductory words or names | yes, no, well, Joe, |
| commas in list | commas after things that are in list of three or more - chips, salsa, and drinks |
| adverb | ends in LY and answers question "HOW SOMETHING WAS DONE?" |
| adjective or sensory imagery | describes something - usually related to smell, taste, touch, sight, or hearing |
| contrast words | but, in spite of, however, yet, on the other hand |
| conjunctions | and, or, but, nor, either, neither - connect two things together |
| protagonist | main character facing the problem |
| antagonist | against the protagonist, can be a person, weather, illness, or self |
| setting | place and time of story |
| plot or problem | issue faced by main character |
| climax | a choice that changes how story will end |
| resolution or solution | how the story turns out |
| external dialogue | conversation with someone else |
| internal dialogue | conversation with self in your mind |
| abstract noun | feelings or thought, but not touch |
| pronoun | he, she, it, we, my, they, us |
| possessive pronoun | shows ownership - mine, his, hers, theirs |
| autobiography | written by self about self |
| biography | story about someone's life but not written by them |
| primary source | something actually there - diaries, witnesses, pictures, drawings, artwork |
| secondary source | wasn't actually there, but tells about it- encyclopedia, history websites |
