Reading
This term describes the time and place in which a story occurs.
Setting
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
This structure explains how two or more things are alike and how they are different.
Compare and Contrast
These are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.
Synonyms
A story that is written about a real person’s life, but written by a different person.
Biography
This is the "high point" or the most exciting part of a story where the main conflict is usually addressed.
Climax
The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of giving human qualities to non-human things, also known as this.
Personification
In this structure, the author lists events in the order they happened in time.
Chronological Order (or Sequence)
This is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
Antonym
A story that could actually happen in real life but is made up by the author.
Realistic Fiction
When Fido had a juicy bone, a cozy place to lie, and me petting him, he was in paradise. What does paradise mean?
A place of extreme happiness
An extreme exaggeration used for effect, such as "I’m so hungry I could eat a horse."
Hyperbole
This structure explains why something happened and what happened as a result.
Cause and Effect
If you don't know a word, you can look at the sentences around it to find these "hints."
Context Clues
This genre involves magic, talking animals, or other impossible elements.
Fantasy
This is the perspective from which a story is told, often labeled as "first person" or "third person."
Point of View
A comparison that says one thing is another thing, without using "like" or "as."
Metaphor
This text feature, usually found at the back of a book, lists important topics and the page numbers where they can be found.
Index
This is the part added to the end of a root word that changes its meaning, like "able-" or "ful-."
Suffixes
Traditional stories that often explain how something in nature came to be and usually involve gods or heroes.
Myths
My friend and I will PART company after dinner. I won't see him until he returns from vacation. What does the word part mean in this sentence?
leave
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of this device, where the same initial consonant sound is repeated.
Alliteration
If a text identifies a dilemma and then offers ways to fix it, it is using this structure.
Problem and Solution
This is the part added to the beginning of a root word that changes its meaning, like "un-" or "re-."
Prefixes
A story written about a person's life, written by that very same person.
Autobiography