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oxygen, carbon, water, sugar, and salt are classified as substances
An example is one that is representative of all of a group or type |
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| Link the text to prior knowledge, or other texts or experiences |
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| Writing or speech that explains, informs, or presents information; background information that establishes the setting in a story or novel |
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| nonfiction- to explain or inform |
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| Something that can be proven true or real |
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| Statements of information that can be verified as true as opposed to statements of belief, judgement, or points of view that are based on personal biases |
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| Action that happens after the climax of a novel that leads to resoultion |
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| Language enriched by word images and figures of speech |
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| A technique of interrupting the chronology of a narrative by shifting to an earlier time in order to introduce information |
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| A character constructed around a single idea or quality |
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| A note or comment at the bottom or "foot" of the page referring to a specific portion of the text and often providing additional information or insight |
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| The technique of giving clues to coming events in narrative |
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| A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content |
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| A persuasive technique that uses positive words or phrases with a "feel-good" quality to leave a nice impression without making any guarantee |
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| An alphabetical listing of key words from the book, along with pages where the words appear |
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| Tell first and last words on the page |
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| Words that appear many more times than other words in written or spoken language |
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A word with the same spelling as another word, whether or not pronounced alike
EX: bow (and arrow) vs. bow (of a ship) |
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| A word having the same pronunciation and often the same spelling as another, but a different origin and meaning, as bay (body of water), vs. bay (part of a window) |
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A word having same pronunciation as another word, but a different origin and meaning
EX: hair and hare or scale (of a fish) and scale (a ladder) |
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