| A | B |
|---|
| foreshadowing | hints about the future |
| inferencing | invisible facts; you know it is true but not mentioned in text |
| first person narrative | narrator is in the story; I, we, me |
| third person narrative | narrator is watching the story; he, she, they |
| protagonist | main character in the story |
| antagonist | person or thing against the main character in the story; villain |
| plot | the problem faced by the main character |
| resolution/conclusion | how the plot is solved; end of story |
| climax | choice made by main character that determine how story will end |
| setting | location, time, weather, season |
| compare and contrast | 2 or more things; likewise, similarly, however, in contrast |
| problem and solution | the story starts with a problem that needs to be solved during the rest of the story |
| cause and effect | explains WHY something happened; because, if, then, as a result |
| sequential/chronological | things in order by steps or time |
| descriptive | gives you a image of something; describes in detail; for example |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| idiom | phrase that doesn't mean what it says; let the cat out of the bag |
| figurative | have to FIGURE OUT what it means; use context clues |
| literal | what the WORD SAYS is what it means |
| personification | treating something that isn't a person like it is |
| simile | comparing using LIKE or AS |
| metaphor | saying something IS something else |
| alliteration | repeating a sound over and over like in a tongue twister |
| onomatopoeia | spelling out a sound like WOOF or BANG |
| oxymoron | two words that are together but have opposite meanings like LIVING DEAD |
| pun | spelling words differently then they should be to be punny |
| adage or proverb | a phrase or saying that teaches a lesson; EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM |
| declarative | a statement of fact; ends in a period |
| imperative | command or request done FACE TO FACE so we don't know who is talking |
| exclamatory | excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| interrogative | question????????????? |
| pronoun | he, she, we, they, them, us, I |
| adjective | sensory imagery and usually connected to a noun |
| adverb | describes how an action was done; LY |
| preposition | location, time, place- next, before, under, in |
| conjunction | connects two things together; and, but, so, because, for, or |
| subject/noun | person, place, or thing doing action |
| predicate/verb | action and can be spelled differently in past, present, or future |
| abstract noun | think it or feel it; love, hate, confusion |
| rhyme scheme | AABB, ABAB |
| stanza | paragraph in a poem |
| repetition | using the same word or words over and over in a poem or story |
| flashback | diary entry, photography, memory, or other thing that helps the reader understand a character |
| internal dialogue | conversation with yourself |
| external dialogue | conversation with someone else |
| fable | animals are main character, short, and has a theme or life lesson |
| fairy tale | once upon a time, magic, kings and queens, ends happily |
| fiction | not true |
| nonfiction | true |
| biography | about someone's life |
| autobiography | person writing about their OWN LIFE |
| thesaurus | gives you synonyms of words; Wordhippo |
| dictionary | definitions, parts of speech, and pronunciation of words |
| encyclopedia | use this for a lot of information on one topic |
| atlas | book of maps |
| almanac | book of facts for one specific year like 2023 |
| synonym | has the same meaning as another word |
| antonym | has the opposite meaning as another word; pretty and ugly |
| homophone | two words that SOUND the same, but don't mean the same; deer and dear |
| simple | ONE subject, ONE verb, ONE complete thought |
| compound | more than one sentence connected by a COMMA and CONJUNCTION |
| complex | one simple sentence and one fragment |
| fragment | an incomplete thought like BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE. |
| runon | two sentences put together incorrectly; usually should have a period |
