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| This type of story is fiction, and it can usually be read in one sitting. |
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| This is a logical guess, based on evidence. As the reader you are trying to figure out more than the words say. |
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| Qualities that tell us about a character's personality or their physical appearance. Sneaky, tall, evil humorous, depressed, are all examples of this term. |
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| A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. For example, "She is as mean as a snake." |
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| The true story of a person's life told by that person. |
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| To entertain, inform, express an opinion, or persuade the reader to do something. |
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| Giving human qualities, traits, or characteristics to nonhuman things like animals and objects. For example, The wind whispered her warning of the coming storm through the forest of trees. |
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| Words that help the reader imagine how things look, sound, taste, feel, or smell. |
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| The true story of a person's life written by another person. |
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| Writing that tells about real people, places, and things. |
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| Sound words, for example bang, boom, splish splash. |
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| The people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of the story are called ________. |
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| A hint about an event that will occur later in a story is called ________. |
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| A conversation, episode, or an event that happened in the past. |
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| Words are used to express more than their dictionary meaning. Examples of figurative language are simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. |
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| The most important characters. |
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| These are the less important characters. |
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| To make something stand out, to put emphasis on something. For example, using Bold or Italics print in books, passages, or articles. |
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| A comparison of two things that have some quality in common, but it does not contain words such as like or as. Instead, it states that one thing is actually something else. For example, "She is a snake in the grass." |
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| A feeling that a reading passage gets across to its readers. It how what you are reading makes you feel. Think about a picture of a heart. |
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| The time and place of the action in a story, poem, or play. The time may be the past, present, or future. The place may be real or imiginary. |
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| A meaning, lesson, big idea, or moral of a story. For example, "Slow and steady wins the race." |
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| This shows the writer's attitude toward his or her subject. Think of a picture of a brain. |
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| An obvious exaggeration, usually funny. For example, "I'm so hungry, I could eat a cow!" |
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| Repeating the consonant sounds at the beginning of words. For example, Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. |
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| The point of highest action, most suspenseful part, or the turning point in a story. |
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| This definition describes the literary term that relates to a twist or when something unexpected happens. Think about "The Gift of the Magi." |
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| The perspective from which a story is told. For example think of "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs." In this version the wolf is telling the story from his side. |
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| In a poem this is the voice that talks to the reader. It is not always the poet. It may be a character in the poem. |
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| Struggle between two forces, or a problem. |
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| In the plot of a story, this occurs after the climax, and it leads to the conclusion or the resolution. |
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| In the plot of a story, this type of action leads up to the climax. |
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| The most important idea a writer wishes to express. When you read nonfiction you should try to find this in every paragraph you read. |
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| The series of events in a story that includes(exposition/beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/conclusion). |
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| The teller of the story. Sometimes it is a character in the story, and sometimes it is an outside voice. |
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| The use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once. Writers use this to bring certain ideas, sounds, or feelings to the readers attention. |
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| A group of two or more lines in a poem. It is almost like a paragraph. |
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| A feeling of growing tension or excitement that makes a reader curious about the outcome of a story or an event within a story. |
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| A traditional story that usually explains how certain things came to be. The characters are often superhuman beings, like gods or goddesses. Think of the types of stories you read in Social Studies while studying Greece and Rome. |
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| A brief story that teaches a lesson about life. In these stories, the characters are usually animals. This story usually ends with a moral or a lesson to be learned. |
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| Find similarities, things that are the same. |
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| Find differences, things that are not the same. |
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| A statement that can be proven with evidence and supporting details. |
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| A statement that expresses a feeling or a point of view. It may not necessarily be true. |
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| Represent or a symbol of, for example a heart = love |
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| Alliteration and Onomatopoeia are examples of this term, words that play with sounds and noises |
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| Something that is good, helpful, and positive |
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| The extra titles that divide the passage into categories based on their main idea. |
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| The lesson a fable will teach you. For example, in The Tortoise in the Hair the lesson is, slow and steady wins the race. |
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| The order the information is arranged in. It may be arragned in chronological order (time order), by subject or topic order, or by order of importance. |
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