Grammar
What is an antonym
the opposite of a word
fiction
fake, not real
simile
comparison using "like" or "as"
setting
time and place of the story
moral
the lesson you learn from the story
what is a synonym
word that has the same meaning
opinion
something that can't be proven
metaphor
comparison NOT using "like" or "as"
predict
to use clues to tell what is going to happen next
point of view
the person who is telling the story
noun
a name, person, place, or thing
fact
a true statement, something proven
mood
how it makes you feel
narrator
tells about the characters in a play
Inference
an educated guess, "reading between the lines"
Proper Noun
a SPECIFIC person place or thing, example: Ms. Koonts, Southmont, McDonalds
non fiction
true, real
personification
giving non human things human qualities
italics
important words written in a slanted font
main idea
one sentence, what the whole story is about
common noun
every day things, not capitalized
examples: pizza, girl, school
dialogue
conversation between characters with quotation marks " "
stanza
a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in a poem
3 text features examples
picture, diagram, subheading, captions
theme
the message, the moral, the meaning