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100

The beginning part of a story, where the main characters and setting are introduced

Exposition

100

To bring the story to an end by wrapping up all the events and ideas.

Conclude

100

a text feature that helps identify a place or location

map/graphics

100
A ____ mood creates a sense of welcoming, relaxation, and safety

comforting

100

The most exciting part of a story, where the main conflict reaches its peak. The turning point that often determines how the story will end.

Climax

200

language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words, using tools like similes, metaphors, and personification to create a vivid or imaginative text

Figurative Language

200
The atmosphere of a story that creates feelings, such as happy, sad or scary

mood

200

Where the main problem is established creating tension that leads to the climax.

Rising Action

200
An exaggerated way of describing something that is not meant to be taken literally.

Hyperbole

200

When the conflict begins to resolve and the story starts to wind down.

Falling Action

300

The final part of a story where the conflict is fully resolves and the loose ends are tied up.

Resolution

300
When two things have something in common or alike

similar

300

when two things are not alike or have distinctions

different

300

headings, captions, bullet points, and illustrations that help explain or organize information in a text

Text Features

300

the most important point or message in a text or story

key idea
400

The main lesson or central idea that the author wants to communicate through the story or text

primary message

400

a way of organizing information where one event leads to another event

Cause and Effect Organizational Pattern

400

Who tells the story or poem and their unique point of view. It influences how information is presented and shapes our understanding of events

Speaker's perspective

400

The writer ____ the plot by making the events in the story unfold and build up, leading toward the climax and resolution.

develops

400

A place that is apart, distant, or exists far way is ______.

Remote

500

A statement or central idea that a writer presents in an essay, expressing the main argument or position

Thesis
500

A person's _____ is the way they feel or think about something, shown through their actions, words, or behavior

Attitude

500
To ______ is to capture or attract someone's attention.

engage

500

A ________ is an event that delays your progress or reverses the progress that had been made

setback

500

To ____ is to make an educated guess or draw a conclusion based on clues or evidence from the text

infer