A small part added to the A group of scenes in a beginning or end of a an act an affix play word to change its meaning.
Repetition of initial A book containing lists of consonant sounds: “Peter alliteration facts, published every an almanac Piper Picked a peck of year. pickled peppers.”
A comparison between A group of words next to two pairs of things: an analogy a line one another in a poem apple : red :: banana : yellow
assume Take something for A book of maps an atlas granted.
How the author feels The person who wrote attitude an author about his or her topic. the selection
The story of a person’s A summary of events that life; written by that an autobiography happened before the background information person. story begins.
A strong opinion about a The start of a selection the beginning topic that influences the bias way a writer writes. The story of a person’s Words written in dark, life written by another a biography heavy type that looks like bold print author this.
A list of all the characters Something that makes in a play, found at the cast of characters a cause something else happen beginning of the script.
Details that describe A person or animal who a character what kind of person a characteristics takes part in a story character is.
The most important Make the writing clearer event in the story; the clarify the climax and easier to understand. moment the conflict is resolved.
A play with a happy Tell how two things are ending; usually funny but a comedy compare alike. it doesn’t have to be!
A decision a reader A statement that tells makes about what is how two things are alike a comparison a conclusion happening in the story, or different based on evidence.
Explain how ideas in a The problem characters selection are similar to in a story are trying to a conflict connect other texts and the real solve. world. Words around an unknown word that help Tell how two things are context clues contrast you figure out its different. meaning.
A moveable piece of cloth Writing that gives details separating the audience a curtain about a person, place, descriptive writing from the stage in a drama thing, or action.
A variety of English Words characters say to spoken by a certain group a dialect one another in piece of dialogue of people: “You ain’t writing. gone?”
A book of words and their Twist the facts out of a dictionary distort definitions their true meaning.
A piece of writing Changed a story into a intended to be performed drama dramatized drama by actors.
Point something out as The result of a cause an effect emphasize being important.
A book or set of books Feelings that make you containing facts and emotional factors encyclopedia act in a certain way. explanations of a wide variety of subjects Judge the quality of A piece of writing that something good; decide evaluate tells how good or bad an evaluation how good or bad something is. something is.
Stretching the truth; Something that happens an event making something exaggeration in a story greater than it really is.
Things that have A description of an event happened in a person’s experiences by a person who was eyewitness account life there
Reasoning that has A statement that can be a fact mistakes: the facts do not faulty logic proved to be true support the conclusion.
Words that don’t mean A story made up by an exactly what they say, fiction figurative language author. such as similes and metaphors.
A scene in a story that The story is told by a brings the reader back to first person flashback character inside the story. an event that happened before.
Hints the author gives A broad statement that about what will happen foreshadowing could apply to more than a generalization next. one situation A combination of words A section in a book that and pictures that show gives the meaning of a glossary graphic organizers how a selection is words used in that book organized
The title of one section of Exaggeration: “Your dog a heading hyperbole a selection is so ugly it could…”
A picture, diagram, drawing, figure, graph, or A picture that a selection table that adds an illustration an image makes in your mind information to the selection.
Make an educated guess An educated guess you about what is happening infer make about what is an inference in the story. happening in the story.
Understand and explain Writing at the beginning the meaning of interpret of a selection that tells introduction something. you what will come.
When a character says When events do not work one thing and means verbal irony situational irony out as planned another.
Writing that slants to the When the reader knows side like this dramatic irony italic something the characters do not. What the author says A publication printed about the topic; the most regularly that focuses on a magazine main idea important message of the one particular topic. selection.
Blank space around the The conflict of the story main problem margin edges of the page
The story of a person’s A comparison between metaphor life, written by that memoir two things that does not person (Also called use “like” or “as” autobiography)
The feeling of the A long speech by one selection; the way the monologue mood character in a drama author wants the reader to feel.
A word that can have more than one meaning, multiple-meaning word A story told in prose. a narrative such as orange
Bad (used to describe The person telling the feelings) narrator negative story
Writing that is true, A publication usually telling about real-life printed every day that newspaper nonfiction people, places, things, or contains current news ideas. updates. A statement about the way a person feels about Re-stating an idea in your something; it cannot be an opinion paraphrase own words proven to be true for everybody.
A comparison between a non-human and a human, A group of words, not a personification phrase giving a non-human complete sentence human qualities.
A piece written that is intended to be performed a play The author of a drama a playwright by actors, also called a drama.
What happens in the plot The author of a poem a poet story.
A piece of writing that uses sounds and Who’s telling the story (in figurative language to poetry fiction) OR The author’s point of view express an imaginative perspective on his/her thought. topic (in nonfiction)
Good (used to describe Guess what will happen positive predict feelings) next.
A group of letters added A guess about what will to the beginning of a a prediction a prefix happen next. word that change the word’s meaning. A piece of writing written Something that causes by someone who was primary source difficulty for one or more a problem involved in the event characters he/she describes.
Writing that tries to An object an actor uses or persuade the reader to a prop propaganda carries on stage. act based on emotions and not on facts
Writing in sentences and The reason why a person paragraphs (not drama or prose purpose does something poetry)
Emphasizing a sound, Punctuation marks that word, or idea by using it surround dialogue; they quotation marks repetition over and over again look like this: “ “
Repetition of the ending Something or someone sounds of words: that can give you needed a resource rhyme hat/cat/mat or information. take/break/shake.
The “beat” in a poem, a The way the conflict in pattern of stressed and rhythm resolution the story is solved. unstressed syllables
The written copy of a A drama written for TV or drama, containing a screenplay a script movies dialogue and stage directions A piece of writing written Language that appeals to by someone who was not any of the five senses: secondary source sensory words involved in the event touch, taste, sound, he/she describes. smell, or sight.
Anything that is constructed or painted to When and where a story a set setting make the stage look like takes place the setting of the play
A shorter story next to the main selection that gives more detail about a a sidebar Important significant topic related to the main selection
A comparison between two things that uses the simile A short, informal drama a skit words “like” or “as”
The way a problem could solution The narrator of a poem speaker be solved.
Instructions to the actors The area where a play is stage about how to move and stage directions performed say their lines
The author’s position on A group of lines in a a topic: how he/she feels stance a stanza poem about it. A graphic organizer that shows the parts of a story Said or written. stated story map (character, plot, setting, sequence, resolution, etc)
A smaller heading that A plan for how to a strategy gives the title of one subheading complete a task section of a selection
A group of letters added Words underneath the to the end of a word that title of a selection that subtitle a suffix change the word’s give more information meaning.
Re-tell the story by listing A brief re-telling of the the most important summarize most important events in a summary events: to “make a long a story story short.”
Something that stands for The building in which a a symbol a theater something else play is performed.
The moral or lesson about life that a story theme A book of words and their a thesaurus teaches synonyms
A narrator, who is not a character in the story, The way the author feels tells the story. third person tone about his or her topic. What the selection is A drama with a sad topic a tragedy about. ending
The appearance of words, The decisions a writer word choice lines, or stanzas in the visual elements makes about what words poem that add to the to use. poem’s meaning
Overused or trite Vague or unclear ambiguous commonplace
Unnecessary repetition of redundant Worried, anxious distraught a word or idea
Present reasons for or argue Gloomy, sad, serious somber against something
Wild excitement pandemonium Overused expression cliché
Showing remarkable Extreme confusion bedlam ingenious originality Suffering severely from famished Words imitating sounds onomatopoeia hunger; starving.
To condemn openly, To plunge into a liquid, denounce douse criticize. submerge.
Back up with details or To give up, desert, disown forsake support evidence.
To illustrate and explain demonstrate To give more details elaborate
Not clearly seen, heard, To cause somebody to or understood. adopt a certain position, persuade indistinct belief, or course of action
The reason a character Feeling of guilt remorse motivation behaves a certain way.
The art of evaluating or critique Uncertainly tentatively analyzing the play One follows this to make The items needed to ingredients a cake, cookies, or any recipe make the food. other food.
Turn on the oven early to A cup, teaspoon, get it to a specific tablespoon, pinch, dash, measurements temperature before preheat or an ounce putting the food in to cook or bake.
The character who The main or central opposes the main antagonist character in a literary protagonist character work
A story that attempts to A brief tale, usually about explain something about a myth an animal, that teaches a a fable the world moral or lesson.
A story passed down The person or persons for from one generation to a folktale audience whom you are writing the next.
To look quickly through a To look quickly at a reading for specific scan reading for a general idea skim information of what it is about.
An alphabetical list in a A reading strategy to help printed work that gives with comprehension by re-reading each item listed the page index going back and reading number where it may be the selection again found. To foresee and deal with anticipate A wrong or mistaken idea misconception or provide for beforehand
To think seriously and A device used in a carefully about what reflect household, especially in utensil occurred. the kitchen.
So clear in statement that A newspaper or magazine there is no doubt about explicit article that gives the editorial the meaning opinions of its editors
A changing from one Extremely sorrowful or state, stage, place, or a transition grievous emotionally painful subject to another
A story from the past, A main idea that is not often about a famous directly stated; but implied person or event, based at a legend discovered by inference. least somewhat on historical fact
A fact or idea that helps The name of a selection a title to prove that the main supporting detail idea is correct
A small part of a word A section of a play taking root scene that gives it a basic place in a single setting meaning Clearly stated; easy to see Not having any emotions about a topic, not neutral apparent negative or positive.
Transfer an idea from A category of writing genre your reading to a new apply situation in real life.