| A | B |
|---|
| accuracy | Correctness or precision |
| affix | either a prefix or a suffix |
| alliteration | blubbering babies baked biscuits |
| allusion | referring to someone or something famous (hinting) |
| analysis | looking at a story by its parts |
| antonym | a word that means the opposite: hot/cold |
| appositive | a noun next to another noun in a sentence to give more information |
| assertion | a positive statement |
| autobiography | a story about someone's life written by that person |
| biography | a story about someone's life |
| cause | something that is the reason for an event |
| effect | the event that happens as a result of something |
| characterization | the method an author uses to reveal characters and personalities |
| climax | the most exciting part of a book |
| compare | how items are the same |
| compound word | a word made up of two other words |
| conflict | problem |
| context clues | using information from the reading |
| contrast | how items are different |
| conventions | grammar and spelling |
