Vocabulary
a type or category of literature
Genre
one word that is the opposite of another word
Antonym
a story's time and place
Setting
a story that is not true; it is created in the author's imagination
Fiction
Each new paragraph, or line of speech should be
Indented
to retell the most important parts of a text in a much shorter space, and in your own words
Summarize
a group of letters placed at the beginning of a word to change its meaning
Prefix
point of view in which the main character "tells" the story in his or her own words
First Person
a story trying to convince you to believe the same way the author does
Persuasive
Facts, reasons or examples that support the main idea
Details
to give human characteristics to a thing
Personification
the noun (or nouns) to which the pronoun refers
Antecedent
the author's reason for writing
Author's Purpose
an account of someone's life written by someone else.
Biography
to restate something you read or hear by putting it in your own words
Paraphrase
to compare two things using like or as
Simile
A part of a sentence that is not a complete thought on its own.
Dependent Clause
Point of view where the narrator of the story tells the story from an outside perspective.
3rd Person Point of View
factual writing that explains, informs, or describes (rather than entertains)
Nonfiction
A sentence that introduces the author's argument.
Thesis Statement
a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning.
Figurative Language
What is the direct object in the following sentence?
After the game, Landon gave Corey his baseball bag.
What is baseball bag
a conclusion based on facts, reasoning, and "reading between the lines"
Inference
this type of text includes literary elements and devices normally found in fiction, but it tells about people, events, or setting that could be real.
Realistic Fiction
Sentence that summarizes the paragraph. Finishes off the paragraph.
Concluding Sentence