Master of the Main Idea
This is what a story or passage is mostly about.
The Main Idea
Words that have the same or almost the same meaning, like "large" and "huge."
Synonyms
This feature is found at the front of a book and lists the chapters and page numbers.
Table on Contents
A person, place, or thing.
Noun
When an author compares two things using the words "like" or "as."
Simile
These are the small pieces of information that prove or explain the main idea.
Key Details
Words that have opposite meanings, like "hot" and "cold."
Antonyms
This is a short description found under a picture or photograph.
A Caption
An action word, like "jump," "think," or "run."
Verb
"The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of this, where an object acts like a person.
Personification
A short retelling of a story that includes the beginning, middle, and end, but leaves out your opinion.
In the sentence: "The fragile glass vase broke into tiny pieces," this is what "fragile" means.
Easily broken or delicate
Found at the back of the book, this lists important words in alphabetical order and their definitions.
A Glossary
A word used to describe a noun, like "sparkly" or "blue."
Adjective
If the narrator is a character in the story using words like "I," "me," and "we," the story is told in this point of view.
First Person
To find the main idea of a single paragraph, you should often look at this specific sentence.
Topic Sentence
This is the part of the word added to the beginning of a base word to change its meaning.
Prefix
This text feature shows the order of events in time using a long line.
Timeline
This type of noun must always be capitalized because it names a specific person or place (like Pennsylvania).
A Proper Noun
Words like "Boom!" "Zap!" and "Hiss!" that imitate sounds.
Onomatopoeia
When you use clues from the story plus what you already know to figure out something the author didn't say out loud.
Making an inference
This is the part of the word added to the end of a base word, like -less or -ful.
Suffix
Authors use this type of thick, dark print to show that a word is important or can be found in the glossary.
Bold Print
These are the three punctuation marks that can end a sentence.
period, question mark, and exclamation point
This is the lesson or message the author wants you to learn from a story (like "honesty is the best policy").
The Theme