something important that happens in a story

A) events

B) setting

C) birthday party

a group that listens to or watches an event

A) author

B) characters

C) audience

to fix and change a piece of writing

A) tear it up

B) edit

C) leave it alone

a person who writes a story

A) characters

B) author

C) illustrator

a group of two or more consonants without a vowel

A) noun

B) vowel

C) blend

animals and/or people in a story or a play

A) author

B) characters

C) audience

to find things that are alike

A) compare

B) vowel

C) contrast

to find things that are different

A) contrast

B) consonant

C) compare

small important parts of a story

A) main idea

B) details

C) sequence

a make-believe, imaginative story with a magical element

A) folktale

B) fantasy

C) non-fiction

a made-up story

A) author

B) non-fiction

C) fiction

a made-up story that was handed down

A) poem

B) folktale

C) event

type of writing or reading - fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, poems, fables and etc.

A) genreB) audienceC) character

the person who does the artwork to go with a story

A) illustrator

B) author

C) fireman

what the story is mostly about

A) audience

B) details

C) main idea

a snapshot in your head to go with a story

A) genre

B) edit

C) mental picture

a person, place, thing or idea

A) adjectives

B) verbs

C) noun

to figure out and tell beforehand

A) sentence

B) retell

C) predict

commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation marks which helps us to understand a written story

A) poemB) punctuation marksC) rhymes

to tell again in your own words

A) retell

B) predict

C) characters

words that end with the same sound

A) folktale

B) rhymes

C) vowels

a group of words that forms a complete thought

A) noun

B) fantasy

C) sentence

the order of events in a story

A) characters

B) sequence

C) author

where a story takes place

A) setting

B) illustrator

C) audience

a written story

A) author

B) text

C) illustrator

words that show action

A) adjective

B) nouns

C) verbs

words that end with the same letters but have different beginnings

A) nounsB) word familyC) verbs

the big picture of a story

A) poem

B) details

C) theme

letters a, e, i, o, u

A) noun

B) consonants

C) vowels

a part of a word with one vowel sound

A) edit

B) consonant

C) syllable

A word or group of words at the top of a piece of writing.

A) fantasy

B) heading

C) solution

Something said or known to be true. Something that is real.

A) grammar

B) fact

C) verb

Change from one position, stage, or situation, to another.

A) problem

B) transition

C) opinion

The rules for forming words and sentences for language.

A) grammar

B) context

C) retell

Knowledge or facts that comes from a source. Tells you something.

A) setting

B) contrast

C) informational

A particular type, sort, or category.

A) fact

B) genre

C) active listening

A part or quality of something related to the word character.

A) features

B) author's purpose

C) punctuation

small item; a particular way to describe something.

A) voice

B) detail

C) sequence

The use of certain marks, such as question marks, commas, and periods, to groups of written words.

A) genreB) factC) punctuation

The act or process of solving a problem or question.

A) compare

B) solution

C) nouns

A story where animals take on human characteristics.

A) features

B) contrast

C) fantasy

Information that tells more about the whole idea.

A) voice

B) main idea

C) setting

A word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, or animal.

A) narrative

B) noun

C) realistic fiction

An action word.

A) genre

B) informational

C) verb

What a word or phrase means.

A) solution

B) context

C) fantasy

To tell when two or more things are the same or similar.

A) additions

B) compare

C) punctuation

A message that tells about an act or event.

A) main idea

B) compare

C) narrative

To tell again.

A) informational

B) retell

C) active listening

An issue that is difficult to understand or deal with.

A) voice

B) problem

C) narrative

What you think.

A) details

B) realistic fiction

C) opinion

To tell when two or more things are different.

A) main idea

B) contrast

C) fact

The time and place where the story takes place.

A) genre

B) setting

C) author's purpose

The order events happen in a story.

A) character

B) headings

C) sequence

A story that could happen.

A) realistic fiction

B) transitions

C) context

How the author makes his/her writing sound.

A) solution

B) voice

C) sequence

What the audience does when someone is speaking or reading.

A) fantasy

B) problem

C) active listening

The reason the author writes.

A) author's purpose

B) fact

C) grammar

A person or animal in a story.

A) active listening

B) transition

C) character

The act of adding something.

A) additions

B) opinion

C) contrast

A feature that helps identify a person or thing.

A) characteristics

B) transition

C) narrative

People who give attention to something said, done, or written.

A) teachersB) audienceC) writersD) presenters

The reason an author writes something.

A) author's purpose

B) entertain

C) inform

D) persuade

The most important idea about a topic.

A) settingB) central/main ideaC) themeD) character

A list of items that a good writer uses to check their writing.

A) headingsB) notesC) checklistD) supporting details

To discover similarities.

A) contrast

B) create

C) compare

D) find

Small pieces of information that tell about the main idea.A) supporting detailsB) main ideaC) summariesD) headings

The big idea in a story where the characters learn a lesson.A) opinion

B) point-of-view

C) theme

D) central idea

Not the same.

A) different

B) other

C) compare

D) plot

To discover differences.

A) create

B) similar

C) contrast

D) compare

The first written form.

A) draft

B) edit

C) sentence

D) paragraph

To prepare for presentation by checking and correcting grammar and spelling.A) createB) publishC) draftD) edit

A fictitious story where animals speak and act like humans to teach a lesson.A) poemB) fableC) plotD) fiction

Information that can be proved true or false.A) fact

B) author's purposeC) opinionD) point-of-view

A fictitious story or legend passed down from generation to generation.A) fantasyB) nonfictionC) folktaleD) poem

A form of writing, music, or other composition.

A) poetryB) nonfictionC) fictionD) genre

The title or topic at the top or beginning of a chapter, paragraph, or letter.A) beginningsB) endingsC) headingsD) main idea

A factual written piece.

A) plotB) rubricC) fictionD) informational/nonfiction

A story that is told or written.

A) narrative text

B) setting

C) selection

D) topic

Information that tells someone's ideas or feelings.A) opinionB) supporting detailsC) factD) fable

A small piece of writing.

A) passage

B) topic

C) rubric

D) detail

The important events that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of a story.A) themeB) settingC) plotD) topic

The way a narrator, character, reader, or author thinks about something.A) topicB) point-of-viewC) ideasD) genre

A fictitious story that could really happen.

A) fantasyB) nonfictionC) poetryD) realistic fiction

To change or modify a piece of writing by adding and deleting information.A) brainstormB) draftC) createD) revise

A summary used to assess a person's work.

A) genre

B) rubric

C) heading

D) draft

A small piece of writing.

A) theme

B) selection

C) setting

D) plot

When and where a story takes place.

A) character

B) setting

C) central idea

D) theme

The same or almost the same.

A) story

B) contrast

C) Venn Diagram

D) similar

To tell the important events in a story.

A) edit

B) summarize

C) create

D) revise

The expression in writing.

A) voice

B) details

C) setting

D) genre

adjectiveA) a word that is capitalizedB) a word that shows actionC) a person, place, or thingD) a word that describes a noun

adverbA) a word that describes a nounB) a word that describes an action verbC) a person, place, or thingD) a word that links the subject to the predict

causeA) an ending to bring to a closeB) the sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraphC) the beginning, or first partD) someone or something that makes something happen

common nounA) any person, place, or thingB) a word that shows actionC) a word that describes a nounD) the writer's unique style of expression

compareA) to look and describe how two or more things are differentB) to look and describe how two or more things are alikeC) retelling a story in your words; making it shorterD) the opening of a written work

conclusion

A) to make changes in somethingB) to tell how two ideas, people, or things are differentC) to bring about or come to an endD) a word that links the subject to the predicate

context clue

A) tells about people, things, and events of places that are realB) a hint in the sentence that helps you figure out what another word meansC) when and where a story takes placeD) a reason why something happens

contrast

A) something that a person believes or feels but it cannot be provenB) a word that links the subject to the predicateC) to look and describe how two or more things are differentD) the writer's unique style of expression

direct quoteA) the author of a playB) an illustrationC) where or when the story takes placeD) the exact spoken word of a character

edit

A) to make changes in something that is writtenB) a word used to describe a nounC) sequence of events in a storyD) a story that is not real but could happen

revise

A) names a person place or thingB) a sequence of events in the storyC) a picture or movieD) to make changes in something; the third step of the writing process

effectA) tells us who or what the sentence is aboutB) something that happens because something else happensC) when or where a story takes placeD) a hint in the sentence that helps you figure out what the bold face words mean

fictionA) a word used to describe a nounB) to make changes in somethingC) a story that is not real but could happenD) tells us who or what the sentence is about

genreA) a word used to describe a nounB) act so as to bring aboutC) a picture or movie your mind forms when you are readingD) a certain kind or type of literature such as fiction, non-fiction, auto-biography, biography, science fiction, and poetry

inferenceA) a educated guess about something that is not directly stated in a passage but is strongly hinted at or impliedB) parts of a narrative storyC) tells about people things and places that are realD) story that is not real

introductionA) punctuation marks used at the end of sentencesB) retelling of story in your own wordsC) the opening; the part that explains what will follow in a storyD) to make changes in something that is written

irregular plural noun

A) nouns that change form without following the rulesB) an educated guess about something you readC) a reason why something happensD) a word used to describe a noun

linking verbA) a reason why something happensB) parts of a narrative storyC) a word that links the subject to the predicateD) names any person, place or thing

nonfictionA) a writing that is true, real, and full of factsB) a word used to describe something about a verbC) nouns that change form without following the rulesD) names any person, place, or thing

opinionA) to tell how two ideas or things are different

B) sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph

C) as so as to bring about

D) something that a person believes or feels but is not based on actual facts

plotA) the sentence that tells the main idea of the paragraphB) the beginning or first partC) a reason why something happensD) the action or sequence of events in a story

possessive nounA) names an person, place, or thingB) punctuation marks that are used at the end of sentencesC) a word used to describe something about a verb or clauseD) a noun that shows ownership

punctuationA) end marks or symbols at the end of a complete sentenceB) parts of a narrative storyC) tells who or what the sentence is aboutD) an educated guess about something

settingA) an ending to bring to a closeB) punctuation marks used at the ends of sentencesC) a word used to describe a nounD) where or when the story takes place

subjectA) a certain kind of literatureB) who or what the sentence or story is aboutC) a word that links the subject to the predicateD) a reason why something happens

summaryA) something that a person believes in or feelsB) a brief retelling of the story in your own wordsC) the beginning or first partD) names a person, place, or thing

topic sentenceA) an ending or to bring to a closeB) a certain type of literatureC) something that a person believes or feelsD) the sentence that states the main idea

voiceA) a certain type or kind of literature

B) to bring about change

C) a hint in the sentence that helps you

D) the writers unique style of writing

visualizationA) a certain type of literatureB) a picture or movie your mind forms when you are readingC) sequence of events in a storyD) parts of a narrative story

story elementA) parts of a story; narrativeB) names a person, place, or thingC) nouns that change form without following the rulesD) a form of a noun that shows ownership or possession

advertisingA) bill boardsB) come to a satisfying endingC) good friendsD) promote, publicize, and propagate

atlas

A) highways and rivers

B) "why" something happens

C) people

D) a book of maps

author's viewpointA) promotion

B) end, finale

C) trusting the characters

D) the way an author thinks about the subject of his or her writing

causeA) a book of mapsB) "why" something happensC) the tail of a whaleD) an ocean's bottom

climaxA) high point in the storyB) conversation, speaking, and talkingC) clouds in the skyD) a lemonade stand

conclusionA) end, finale

B) bring forward, beginning

C) the start

D) a highway

describe

A) explain, communicate, impart, or exemplifyB) a book of mapsC) a movieD) a robot

details

A) "why" something happensB) point, example, tells more abut the main ideaC) suspenseD) places to visit

dialogueA) what happens, resultB) screamingC) conversation, speaking, or talkingD) a rock band

editorials

A) freezer bagsB) periodicalC) a fruitD) editor's opinion found in a newspaper or magazine

effectA) promote, publicize or propagandaB) what happens, resultC) energyD) fish

examplesA) booksB) universal, earthC) model, provide practiceD) a type of clothing

expository textA) fiction, stories that are not trueB) nonfiction, writing based upon true factsC) tall talesD) fairy tales

genreA) classification of writingB) generationsC) something used for cleaningD) sports equipment

globalA) universal, throughout the earthB) narrowC) type of basketballD) round shape

historical fictionA) make-believe stories based upon true facts in historyB) stories based upon things in the futureC) legendsD) newspaper

inferenceA) problem solvingB) to reach a reasonable conclusionC) referenceD) periodical

introduction

A) endingB) bring forward, beginningC) conclusionD) ice cream sauce

outcomeA) middleB) introductionC) effect, or ending in a storyD) complex

plot

A) main idea

B) details

C) important events that make up a story

D) an apple

proofread

A) edit for mistakes

B) free write

C) draft

D) final copy

revision

A) draft

B) make new, improve the content

C) sloppy copy

D) sailboat

rising action

A) a beach ballB) conclusionC) introductionD) events that add interest or suspense to the conflict

role

A) character or appearance

B) bread

C) writer

D) prop

root

A) plant

B) a vegetable

C) base word

D) harvest

simileA) make new, improve content

B) middleC) comparison between something known and something unknown. Always uses either "like" or "as"D) main idea

table of contentsA) a spaceshipB) showing differences or an assortmentC) proofreadD) section of a nonfiction writing that shows the chronological order of the book's contents. Usually located at the beginning of the writing

themeA) an underlying meaning or message of a story;a lesson the author

wants you to learn from his/her writingB) character or appearanceC) breakfastD) a bowl of soup

transitionA) a parachuteB) events adding interest or suspense to the conflictC) a notebookD) changing from one state, stage, place or subject to another

variety

A) happyB) the sameC) tiredD) showing differences or an assortment

the relationship between two things when one thing makes something happenA) cause and effectB) purposeC) opinionD) influence

to give attention to

A) details

B) tone

C) fact

D) to entertain

the influence of one person, thing, or action on another

A) significanceB) impactC) convinceD) communicate

something that is told or facts that are learned; news or knowledgeA) factB) informationC) to informD) main idea

meaning or sense, showing the importance of connectingA) communicateB) impactC) convinceD) significance

the most important fact that the selection is aboutA) summaryB) main pointC) main ideaD) main problem

to give facts or information aboutA) to informB) influenceC) detailsD) facts

that which tells what the main selection is aboutA) main ideaB) summaryC) narrativeD) main problem

the reason for which something is done or writtenA) detailsB) reasonC) toneD) purpose

to have power over

A) influence

B) rule

C) to inform

D) facts

a special quality of a person or thingA) opinionB) personalityC) ideaD) characteristics

what a person thinks

A) fact

B) opinion

C) idea

D) details

a way of speaking or writing that shows a certain feelingA) personalityB) sweetC) prettyD) tone

something that can be proven to be trueA) opinionB) detailsC) ideasD) fact

individual feature, facts or items used to further describeA) toneB) purposeC) moodD) details

the major harmful situation needing to be dealt withA) main ideaB) main problemC) main pointD) impact

the way a story is written to show emotions or feelings, such as happy, sad excitingA) personalityB) toneC) moodD) significance

a person who writes a story or selection

A) author

B) biography

C) nonfiction

the meaning of a word, phrase

A) definition

B) sentence

C) word

personally encountering or doing something

A) experience

B) reference

C) situation

another word used for a short reading passage - a poem, recipe, or article

A) sentence

B) selection

C) phrase

a book, passage, etc., to which one is directed

A) reference

B) quotation

C) phrase

group of words that is used to tell, ask, command, or exclaimed something having a subject, verb and punctuationA) sentenceB) selectionC) word

the blank space around the printing on a page

A) ends

B) margin

C) corner

several sentences that express an idea and deals with a specific subjectA) selectionB) phraseC) paragraph

a group of words that does not form a complete sentence, but gives a single ideaA) paragraphB) sentenceC) phrase

punctuation marks that show what someone said

A) quotation marks

B) parentheses

C) brackets

a critical, problematic, or striking set of circumstances

A) conclusionB) situationC) experience

all the words in a language

A) vocabulary

B) phrase

C) sentence

This is known as the result or consequence of an event that happens in a story.A) themeB) causeC) effectD) plot

This is known as a reason why an event happens in a story.A) causeB) effectC) main ideaD) theme

These are the parts of the story that help you find the main idea.A) supporting detailsB) causesC) effectsD) comparisons

This is known as the reason why someone writes a story.A) effectB) relevanceC) author's purposeD) cause

This is known as the "meat" of the story.

A) themeB) main ideaC) causeD) effect

When looking for similarities and differences, what are you working on?A) comparisonsB) causeC) effectD) main idea

ThemeA) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural soundsB) images that can be seen or that are imaginedC) arranged according to the order of timeD) view about life and how people behave

MetaphorA) the repetition of a soundB) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or asC) a careful plan or methodD) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them

ClimaxA) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the actionB) events in a storyC) the last part of something or a final resultD) a history of a person's life

DialogueA) a way of looking at or thinking about something

B) a passage quoted from a book

C) a conversation between two or more persons

D) the chief character in a play