Vocabulary
A word that has the same or nearly thesame meaning as another word.
What does the word "synonym" mean?
The most important concept of the text.
What is the main idea or central idea?
A person, animal, or figure represented in a story.
What is a character in a story?
A group of words that expresses a complete thought and has a subject and a verb, also known as an independent clause.
What is a complete sentence?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an "antonym"?
Briefly stating the main events and key details in your own words.
What is a summary?
Nonfiction, Fantasy, Foktales, Myths and more
What are genres?
A sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
An action word.
What is a verb?
Words like "Bat" (the flying mammal and the sports equipment) or "Swing".
What is a homonym?
The underlying message or lesson that the author wants to convey.
What is the theme?
The time and place where a story occurs.
What is the setting?
You use a beginning, middle, and end structure to do this in your writing.
What is organizing ideas?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
The words or sentences surrounding a word that help explain its meaning.
What is a context clue?
The sequence of events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
The perspective from which a story is told, usually 1st or 3rd.
What is point of view?
The process of reviewing and correcting written work.
What is editing?
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., "and," "but," "or").
What is a conjunction or a FANBOYS?
To make an educated guess based on clues or evidence in a text.
What does it mean to "infer"?
These provide visual context and enhance the reader's comprehension of the text.
What are illustrations?
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
It allows you to organize your thoughts and ideas before finalizing your writing.
What is a rough draft?
A specific person, place, or thing.
What is a proper noun?