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| meter | pattern of beats (heavy and light) (stressed and unstressed) in lines of a poem |
| table of contents | lists the title of each chapter and tells the page on which it begins. |
| index | tells on what page you can find a certain topic or name, usually arranged alphabetically |
| idioms | a phrase taken as a whole that has a special meaning, BUT if taken in its separate words, it has a different meaning |
| entry word | the main word listed at top of page in your dictionary |
| guidewords | also at the top of each dictionary page: on the left shows the first entry on the page; on the right shows the last entry on the page |
| atlas | a book of maps |
| almanac | a book published once a year, with facts and important information on people, places, events. |
| Informative | a reading or writing passage about real people, events, thiings. Answers the who, what, where, when, how and why of reporting |
| Narrative | text that tells a story; may be fictional; found in folk and fairy tales, poems, mysteries, science fiction and adventure stories |
| Biographical | text that tells a story about the real events of a person's life. |
| Persuasive | a reading or writing that tries to convince someone into believing a certain way |
| rhyme | similarity of sound between two words, such as wear and tear. |
| stereotypes | something that is compared to a fixed or general pattern. ES All children are noisy and antsy. |
