An object or device typically held in the hand, that helps get a task or job done.
Tool
A repeated decorative design.
Pattern
Main idea
These stories reflect the culture or place they came from; they include a character who is known for being sneaky.
Trickster Tales
map
Memory
An order given to a person or animal to do something.
Command
These support the main idea in a piece of writing.
Details
This type of nonfiction writing gives facts about a science topic.
Science article
Bold text/bold font
To make or do something the same way as something or someone else
imitate
The ability to do something that comes from training, experience, or practice
skill
These are words that sound the same, but have different meanings and different spelling
homophones
This type of writing consists of the characters' speaking parts, but does not include dialog tags. (Dialogue tags explain who is speaking, like "hello!" said Mr. Demmert.)
Play script or screenplay
This text feature tells what one section of the writing will be about
section heading/heading
A way of sharing ideas, using a system of words or signs to express thoughts and feelings to one another
The power or skill to do something
ability
Dialogue
This type of nonfiction writing tells about someone else's life.
biorgraphy
This tells about something in an illustration or photograph.
caption
To receive something (money, property, characteristic, etc.), usually from your parents.
inherit
The sharing of information
Communication
This is an idea that an author may present, but it cannot be proven.
Opinion
autobiography
This is where you would look to find the page where a certain word or topic is located.
Index