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| a piece of writing (the passage could be a story, artivle, poem, even a redipe) |
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| the words of a passage (The text is anything you read on a page) |
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| writing that is thin and slanted. |
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| writing that is thick and heavy |
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| a title (A heading helps a reader find information) |
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| the writer (The author of a book writes the text) |
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| the artist (The illustrator of a book creates the artwork) |
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| a piece of artwork (drawing, painting, photograph) |
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| a person or animal that plays a part in a story (James is the main character in James and the Giant Peach) |
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| where and when the story takes place (The setting of Snow White is in a forest long ago) |
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| the action of a story (The plot is what happens in a story) |
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| an action that makes something else happen (The beach trip was the cause of his sunburn) |
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| what happens as a result of the cause (His sunburn was an effect of going to the beach) |
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| true information that cannot be argued (It is a fact that Roald Dahl wrote The BFG) |
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| a visual representation or frame to help students organize information and record relationships. |
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| a person's belief; not everyone has to agree with it (it is my opinion, Roald Dahl is the greatest children's author of all time!) |
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| "figure of speech", metaphors and similies |
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| comparing one thing to another by saying it is something else. My cat's eyes are green emeralds. |
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| comparing one thing to another using "like" or "as". The cat moved like a tiger stalking its prey. The cat was as black as coal. |
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| a word part added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning |
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| a word part added to the ending of a word to change its meaning. |
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| many stories, articles, and poems are written to entertain the reader, just for the reader to enjoy! |
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| some author's write to give the reader information, like how to draw dogs, how to cook pancakes, or how to work a math problem |
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| some authors write to share their opinions and to persuade the reader to act or think a certain way |
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| the group of people for whom the book is written. The audience is who will read the book. |
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| make a smart guess about what might happen next |
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| many stories, articles, and poems are written to entertain the reader, just for the reader to enjoy! |
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| some authors write to give the reader information,like how to draw dogs,how to cook pancakes,or how to work a math problem |
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| some authors write to share their opinions and to persuade the reader to act or think a certain way |
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| the group of people for whom the book is written. |
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| make a smart guess about what might happen next |
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| to suggest to tell a friend something is good |
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| tell how two things are alike |
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| tell how two things are differnt |
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| find information in the passage to prove your answer |
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| a story centering around events the student has experienced,read or heard about. |
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| the student writes a story that revolves around an event and has a resolution. |
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| short composition consisting of a group of sentences dealing with the same topic |
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| brackets used around words to set them off from the sentence (words) |
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| a passage from a magazine or reference book |
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| tell about something,list its properties |
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| question and answer session with a person,a scheduled meeting |
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| the play from of a book when making a movie |
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| specific adjectives describing an object, small parts |
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| with the exclusion of leave out |
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| the true story of a person's life written by someone else |
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| the true story of a person's life written by the person |
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| a set of instructions for making something |
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| a public notice published in a newspaper or magazine |
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| a set of books with information on almost any topic |
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| a book that tells what words mean and how to say and spell them |
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| a book of synonyms, gives a list of words that mean the same thing as your entry word |
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| a book containing statistical information and world facts for a period of time usually one year |
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| a long fiction story usually a chapter book |
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| fiction stories that have been told for generations |
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| folktales that often include royal characters, magic, and good winning over evil |
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| folktales that have a moral usually have animal characters that teach a lesson |
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| folktales about people or events from history often told as ghost stories |
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| folktales full of exaggeration tales to big to believe |
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| a make believe story that could have happened |
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| a make believe story that could have happened a long time ago setting is a true part of history |
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| writting that often has rhythm and rhyme |
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| the "beat" of a poem, the pattern of loud and soft syllables in a line of poetry |
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| when the last word of two lines in a poem sound alike |
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| the feeling you get from a poem, sometimes silly or fun, other times serious or sad |
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| part of a poem, usually several line separated from the rest of the poem by space |
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| the act of repeating something dais or done |
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