A story that is not true or is made up

writing that tells about real people, places, and events

Texts that provide facts about a variety of topics (sports, animals, science, history, careers, travel, geography, space, weather, etc.)

comparing two things using like or as

comparison not using like or as

text clues + your knowledge= a new conclusion

Central idea or lesson of a work of literature

give a brief statement of the main points of a story.

A person in a story

A quality that demonstrates how a person thinks, feels, and acts.

The time and place of a story

something that happens in the story

What the passage is mostly about

the way something is set up or organized

the points that explain why the author is making a certain claim

the narrator of a poem

hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word

Back up with details

A group of lines in a poem

A text structure where events are arranged in the order in which they happened; sequence, order, chronology

The reason why something happens

The result or consequence of the cause

a text structure that shows similarities and differences among two or more people, events, ideas, etc., compare/contrast

Text is written to show how one thing leads to another

a text structure in which the author presents a problem and provides solutions for the problem

a text structure where a topic, idea, person, place, or thing explained by its features, characteristics, or examples

the person who tells the story

proof

Important details in a story that support the main idea.

what someone else has said or written

a method or way of doing something