Poetry
A group of words in a poem
Line
The main events of the story organized in order, including introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
Plot
A statement including information that can be proven
Fact
Using background knowledge and text evidence to come to a conclusion
Infer
The person or character who tells the story
Narrator
A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Universal message of the story that includes a moral or lesson learned
Theme
The most important idea of a text or section of a text
Central or Main idea
A word defined with its definition and other information about the word
Dictionary entry
Mental images while reading a text from the details.
Visualize
A poem that does not rhyme and has lines of varying lengths
Free verse
When a character is talking, punctuated with quotation marks
Dialogue
Components that are not the main body of text and supports what is written
Text Features
Details or specific facts that support an inference or idea
Text Evidence
A phrase with a meaning that is different than the literal meaning of the words used
Figurative Language
Words ending in the same sound
Rhyming
When a character is telling the story, sharing their thoughts and feelings
First-Person point of view
The way a text is organized
Text Structure
Inferencing where one gathers information, considers general ideas, and comes to a decision
Conclude
Telling the main ideas of a text in your own words, while maintaining logical order
Summarize
The beat of the poem
Rhythm
The turning point in the story
Climax
What the author wants us to know
Author's Message
The order of events in a text
Sequence
Why the author wrote the text
Author's Purpose