one act or event that leads to somethings else happening
cause and effect
the person, place, thing or idea that a sentence is about
subject
a word that has a similar meaning
synonym
a word that has the opposite meaning
antonym
how things are alike and how they are different
Comparison
the final sentence that restates the topic and ties together the reason the author holds his/her opinion
concluding sentence
the personal telling the story
narrator
people in a story
characters
two or more of something
plural
the sentence that introduces the writer’s opinion
topic sentence
the central point of a passage or text
main idea
what the characters say
dialogue
evidence the writer uses to support his/her opinion
reason
to retell in your own words
summarize
a word part that is added to the beginning of a root word
a genre of story that is about a real person, often someone who made a difference, written by someone else
biography
a line that represents when important events occurred and in what order
timeline
where the story takes place
setting
the central idea of a story
theme
chronological order