<p> 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.</p><p>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.”</p><p>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</p><p> assume Take something for A book of maps an atlas granted.</p><p>How the author feels The person who wrote attitude an author about his or her topic. the selection</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Details that describe A person or animal who a character what kind of person a characteristics takes part in a story character is.</p><p>The most important Make the writing clearer event in the story; the clarify the climax and easier to understand. moment the conflict is resolved.</p><p>A play with a happy Tell how two things are ending; usually funny but a comedy compare alike. it doesn’t have to be!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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?”</p><p>A book of words and their Twist the facts out of a dictionary distort definitions their true meaning.</p><p>A piece of writing Changed a story into a intended to be performed drama dramatized drama by actors.</p><p>Point something out as The result of a cause an effect emphasize being important.</p><p>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.</p><p>Stretching the truth; Something that happens an event making something exaggeration in a story greater than it really is.</p><p>Things that have A description of an event happened in a person’s experiences by a person who was eyewitness account life there</p><p>Reasoning that has A statement that can be a fact mistakes: the facts do not faulty logic proved to be true support the conclusion.</p><p>Words that don’t mean A story made up by an exactly what they say, fiction figurative language author. such as similes and metaphors.</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>The title of one section of Exaggeration: “Your dog a heading hyperbole a selection is so ugly it could…”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Understand and explain Writing at the beginning the meaning of interpret of a selection that tells introduction something. you what will come.</p><p>When a character says When events do not work one thing and means verbal irony situational irony out as planned another.</p><p>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.</p><p>Blank space around the The conflict of the story main problem margin edges of the page</p><p>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)</p><p>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.</p><p>A word that can have more than one meaning, multiple-meaning word A story told in prose. a narrative such as orange</p><p>Bad (used to describe The person telling the feelings) narrator negative story</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>A piece written that is intended to be performed a play The author of a drama a playwright by actors, also called a drama.</p><p>What happens in the plot The author of a poem a poet story.</p><p>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)</p><p>Good (used to describe Guess what will happen positive predict feelings) next.</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>Writing in sentences and The reason why a person paragraphs (not drama or prose purpose does something poetry)</p><p>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: “ “</p><p>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.</p><p>The “beat” in a poem, a The way the conflict in pattern of stressed and rhythm resolution the story is solved. unstressed syllables</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>A shorter story next to the main selection that gives more detail about a a sidebar Important significant topic related to the main selection</p><p>A comparison between two things that uses the simile A short, informal drama a skit words “like” or “as”</p><p>The way a problem could solution The narrator of a poem speaker be solved.</p><p>Instructions to the actors The area where a play is stage about how to move and stage directions performed say their lines</p><p>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)</p><p>A smaller heading that A plan for how to a strategy gives the title of one subheading complete a task section of a selection</p><p>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.</p><p>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.”</p><p>Something that stands for The building in which a a symbol a theater something else play is performed.</p><p>The moral or lesson about life that a story theme A book of words and their a thesaurus teaches synonyms</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>Overused or trite Vague or unclear ambiguous commonplace</p><p>Unnecessary repetition of redundant Worried, anxious distraught a word or idea</p><p>Present reasons for or argue Gloomy, sad, serious somber against something</p><p>Wild excitement pandemonium Overused expression cliché</p><p>Showing remarkable Extreme confusion bedlam ingenious originality Suffering severely from famished Words imitating sounds onomatopoeia hunger; starving.</p><p>To condemn openly, To plunge into a liquid, denounce douse criticize. submerge.</p><p>Back up with details or To give up, desert, disown forsake support evidence.</p><p>To illustrate and explain demonstrate To give more details elaborate</p><p>Not clearly seen, heard, To cause somebody to or understood. adopt a certain position, persuade indistinct belief, or course of action</p><p>The reason a character Feeling of guilt remorse motivation behaves a certain way.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>The character who The main or central opposes the main antagonist character in a literary protagonist character work</p><p>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.</p><p>A story passed down The person or persons for from one generation to a folktale audience whom you are writing the next.</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>To think seriously and A device used in a carefully about what reflect household, especially in utensil occurred. the kitchen.</p><p>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</p><p>A changing from one Extremely sorrowful or state, stage, place, or a transition grievous emotionally painful subject to another</p><p>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</p><p>A fact or idea that helps The name of a selection a title to prove that the main supporting detail idea is correct</p><p>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.</p><p>Transfer an idea from A category of writing genre your reading to a new apply situation in real life.</p>