writing that covers an event in the writer's life

A list of topics covered in a book, along with the page number.

book of maps

One of the first pages of a book. It contains the book's title, the author's name and other information such as the publisher's name and address.

To arrange or organize into groups or types

How the reader feels about the text while reading.

A lesson taught

Sequence of events in a story.

Perspective from which a story is told.

a life lesson or piece of human experience learned

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point; the height of the problem

A type of autobiography that covers a short period of time

Events leading up to the climax. The problem is complicating.

A group of lines in a poem

A word formed from the initial letters of a name (NFL, FBI)

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

a small book usually having a paper cover (pamphlet)

Arranged in order of time

told from the narrator's point of view using "I" and "We"

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution. Problem is resolving (for good or bad).

End of the story where loose ends are tied up. Problem is resolved.

Excitement or tension that reader feels while reading a book. (I wonder what will happen next...)

word beginning

word ending

The base word you start with before adding prefixes or suffixes

a fictional tale, marked by fantasy and magic, often appealing to the imagination

A word that means the opposite of another word

A word that means the same as another word

A category or type of literature

Words that sound alike but have different meanings

book of synonyms and antonyms

The author is telling about the characters using "he", "she", " it", or "they."

two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)

What the passage is MOSTLY about

Beginning of a story

A scene set in a time earlier than the main story

A warning or indication of a future event

An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").

A comparison of two things not using like or as where one thing is said to BE another thing

A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes, such as buzz or hiss.

A comparison of two things using like or as

A simplified description applied to every person in some category

a play

Attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience

A short tale, often with nonhuman characters, from which a useful lesson or moral may be drawn.

text under illustration

Find differences

A list in the back of a book with definitions of difficult words.

A story containing unreal, imaginary features. Usually with magic and monsters.

A type of fantasy that uses science and technology. (Robots, time machines, etc.).

A story using made-up characters that could happen in real life.

fiction that involves an event in history. Contains historical facts, events, or people, but is not true.

A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)

A story that is not true or is made up

writing that tells about real people, places, and events

story of a person's life written by another person

An account of a person's life written by that person

A statement that can be proved.

A belief or view about something

Two or more words combined to create a new or more specific word.

A story passed down from person to person by word of mouth

The time and place of a story

A unit of speech heard as a single sound; one "beat" of a word or phrase.

the letters a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y

Group of words with the same root

located in the front and tells you units, chapters, headings, and page numbers

a humorously exaggerated story about impossible events

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

The reason why something happens

A change that is a result of an action or other cause.

to try to convince someone to change their mind

having more than one syllable

to say what will happen before it occurs

give a brief statement of the main points of (something).

a book of synonyms and antonyms

A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea.

two circles that overlap each other to show how a text is similar and different

Main character in a story

A character or force in conflict with the main character

Person telling the story

words at the top of a dictionary page which help locate words

to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

Conversation between two or more characters

language that uses similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, or other types